Overclockable Xeons??!!

[PCGuy_5960]

After some research, I found this video... 

He was able to get the Xeon to 4GHz+ with the multiplier... 

Now my question: is it worth buying a used Xeon E5-1650 and getting it to around 4GHz or just buy a Haswell 4790K or 4690K?

 

Which will be the best for gaming and video editing? 

 

[TheRandomness]

Video editing? The Xeon. It has 6 cores and 12 threads. 

Gaming? The 4790k because the 8 threads are starting to help and you can overclock it. 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Video editing? The Xeon. It has 6 cores and 12 threads. 

Gaming? The 4790k because the 8 threads are starting to help and you can overclock it. 

If I OC the Xeon, will it be good for gaming or nah...? 

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If I OC the Xeon, will it be good for gaming or nah...? 

It'll be alright, maybe be behind by around 2-5 FPS (basically not much at all although an E5-1650 v2 or v3 (X79 and X99 respectively) would be nicer due to the improved IPC over the generations)

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

It'll be alright, maybe be behind by around 2-5 FPS (basically not much at all although an E5-1650 v2 or v3 (X79 and X99 respectively) would be nicer due to the improved IPC over the generations)

I was thinking about that, bit if I am going to spend $500-600 I'd rather get a 5820K...this solution is just cheaper... 

[SLAYR]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If I OC the Xeon, will it be good for gaming or nah...? 

Yes, if you can get it a high enough speed on it the chip, but x79 motherboards are expensive ($250) and the chip may be another hundred or so.

[PCGuy_5960]

But multicore games like BF4... Will they benefit from 6C/12T?

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

Yes, if you can get it a high enough speed on it the chip, but x79 motherboards are expensive ($250) and the chip may be another hundred or so.

That's my point... It costs as much as a 4790K system 

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

But multicore games like BF4... Will they benefit from 6C/12T?

The answer is in what you said. 

[SLAYR]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

But multicore games like BF4... Will they benefit from 6C/12T?

In most games they don't use over 4-8 threads on AAA tittles, which is why the 5820k is more geared towards workstations.

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

The answer is in what you said. 

So I guess all Triple A titles should as they do leverage Multiple threads 

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

So I guess all Triple A titles should as they do leverage Multiple threads 

Well, some. You might see increased performance though

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

In most games they don't use over 4-8 threads on AAA tittles, which is why the 5820k is more geared towards workstations.

 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Well, some. You might see increased performance though

 

Another thing, it is impossible for the Xeons to have worse performance in games like my FX-6100... Right? 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Another thing, it is impossible for the Xeons to have worse performance in games like my FX-6100... Right? 

Worse than * 

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Worse than * 

The edit button exists. And yes.

[SLAYR]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Another thing, it is impossible for the Xeons to have worse performance in games like my FX-6100... Right? 

The xeon, or really any more modern intel cpu will be a lot better then the fx 6100 especially in gaming.

[PCGuy_5960]

Ok. Thx guys... 

[PCGuy_5960]

9 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

The edit button exists. And yes.

I was just in a hurry  

[alexyy]

I'd suggest buying the i7 4790k if you were to pay the same price for either options. 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, alexyy said:

I'd suggest buying the i7 4790k if you were to pay the same price for either options. 

I just thought that maybe a 6core would be better for more multitasking...

[alexyy]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

I just thought that maybe a 6core would be better for more multitasking...

Not enough to compete with several generations of IPC gains. 

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, alexyy said:

Not enough to compete with several generations of IPC gains. 

Hmm.. I will see if I can get a better deal for a Haswell chip (Off of eBay)