Intel Xeon E5 1620 or i5 3570k for gaming? [HELP]

[Gillani007]

hey guys 
I'm building a gaming rig on a budget so these two are the option 
Intel Xeon E5 1620
i5 3570k
which will be the best?
GPU im choosing is a rx 580 8gb
plz help

[Firewrath9]

can you squeeze 20$ in your budget for a i5-4690k? its better than either one.

perhaps consider 8350k too.

[App4that]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

can you squeeze 20$ in your budget for a i5-4690k? its better than either one.

4690k takes a different socket. 

 

OP, go with the Xeon. 

[Bigman397]

E5-1620 is a better CPU, motherboards you find will be workstation or server grade though

[SupaKomputa]

e5 1270v2?

[Gillani007]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

4690k takes a different socket. 

 

OP, go with the Xeon. 

I heard about xeon stuttering issue in gaming, any idea?

 

[Gillani007]

3 minutes ago, Bigman397 said:

E5-1620 is a better CPU, motherboards you find will be workstation or server grade though

workstation boards are no good? hp z series?

[App4that]

1 minute ago, Gillani007 said:

I heard about xeon stuttering issue in gaming, any idea?

 

I could see it possibly happening if the CPU is a low clocked one, or the board only supports lower clocked RAM. Not really and issue with anything that new, more the LGA1366 stuff. 

[agent_x007]

Xeon E5-1620 v1 = Core i7 3820 which is a glorified 2600k (+2MB L3, +128bit more memory bus + 24 more PCIe lanes).
In short : Xeon wins.

[Gillani007]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

I could see it possibly happening if the CPU is a low clocked one, or the board only supports lower clocked RAM. Not really and issue with anything that new, more the LGA1366 stuff. 

8g 1333mhz ram will be enough with 3.8ghz boost?

[Reznik]

It's not that workstation boards are bad, it's that they are usually a odd size, not easy to find replacements, power might not be standard.  If you are getting this as a workstation the DDR3 in it might be ECC, not a bad thing but can't mix with normal DDR3 if you plan to add more.  Workstation boards also likely don't have things like extra fan headers, likely no ability to OC. 

[Gillani007]

5 minutes ago, agent_x007 said:

Xeon E5-1620 v1 = Core i7 3820 which is a glorified 2600k (+2MB L3, +128bit more memory bus + 24 more PCIe lanes).
In short : Xeon wins.

 

2 minutes ago, Reznik said:

It's not that workstation boards are bad, it's that they are usually a odd size, not easy to find replacements, power might not be standard.  If you are getting this as a workstation the DDR3 in it might be ECC, not a bad thing but can't mix with normal DDR3 if you plan to add more.  Workstation boards also likely don't have things like extra fan headers, likely no ability to OC. 

im confused again

[Reznik]

2 minutes ago, Gillani007 said:

 

im confused again

You asked if workstation boards were bad so I gave you some insight into what to expect from one.  

[agent_x007]

Someone assumes you will be buy server/workstation board.
Xeon E5-1620 will work with standard X79 boards as well.

[Reznik]

Just now, agent_x007 said:

Someone assumes you will be buy server/works station board.
Xeons work with standard X79 boards as well.

Didn't assume. He asked about a HP Z series board.  

[Gillani007]

ok so other then that xeon is better ?

 

[App4that]

Xeon is better. All mainstream consumer CPUs from Intel are failed Xeons. All of them. A 8700k, is a failed Xeon. That said you have to watch pricing, don't over pay for a Xeon or you lose the benefit.