XEON Vs I7 workstation

[Abominablespongecake]

I am looking at buying an old Dell PC and then putting a newer graphics card in for some lights esports gaming for less than £250

The two towers I am considering buying have either an Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1225 or i7-4770. On paper there doesn't seem to be much between these two what would you guys recommend?

[Guest]

I would get the I7, slightly faster and more supported(More people have it).

Also with an I7, you probably get more compatibility, so you don't have to worry about your new gpu or whatever being supported.(As that is not always the case with xeons and their MB's)

[factorialandha]

i personally would say from a gaming perspective, go for the i7, but it depends on your other workloads.

 

 

[Abominablespongecake]

ty now need to figure out how to upgrade PSU to get a graphics card in there!

[Tyler Miller]

So if this is a pc build for 250 pounds, then an i7 4400 would be round 250 dollars or what ever that is in pounds, mixed with a graphics card in there, would be over your preferred budget. 

Try something else like and i3 or an i5 depending on your workload to performance in gaming. Plus all the others parts inside the build, unless you already have those extra parts in the build, such as RAM, storage, motherboard, etc.. 

[Abominablespongecake]

I got the i7 workstation for 230 GBP. It comes with 8gb DDR3. I have another 8gb (mine is slower clock speed but should still work). I also have my own SSD. Let's say I am willing to spend another 50 on GPU, what should I go for? I think it has to be pretty low power draw as CPU is 290 watts I believe and doest have a 6 pin plug. These things sometimes come with quadro k600 that are 41 watts if that helps 

[Biggerboot]

9 minutes ago, Abominablespongecake said:

I got the i7 workstation for 230 GBP. It comes with 8gb DDR3. I have another 8gb (mine is slower clock speed but should still work). I also have my own SSD. Let's say I am willing to spend another 50 on GPU, what should I go for? I think it has to be pretty low power draw as CPU is 290 watts I believe and doest have a 6 pin plug. These things sometimes come with quadro k600 that are 41 watts if that helps 

GTX 750 ti is probably your best bet if you want to keep the stock PSU.

Truthfully I think you should try to wait for the GTX 1050 3gb that's coming out soon, but that may be out of your budget.