Upgrading Pentium G3258 to ______?

Hardware CPU
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Good morning everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my Pentium G3258 (OC to 4.4 GHz). My current parts are listed below. I was thinking of upgrading to either an Intel Xeon e3 1231v3 or Intel i7 4790k. I understand that their is a decent price difference between the two. But I am stuck on determining whether the price difference is worth it... Any suggestions/comments will be very much appreciated.

Current Use
- Data mining via MS SQL Server Express (large data sets, i.e. 23 million rows)
- Visual Studio C# Programming
* Both uses scenarios are currently for exploratory use

Goal
- Increase the responsiveness of queries to allow for more complex queries across multiple databases.
- Increase responsiveness of Visual Studio

Current Components
Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qfgH6h

Thank you for your time!

  • Joe
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If you want to overclock, go with the i7. Otherwise, go with the Xeon.

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If you want to keep the price down a little bit, you can always go for an i5-4690k. I also had a G3258 build, and only yesterday bumped it up to the 4690K, the increase in performance is really nice, and it is all I really need for gaming and video work (and some other stuff). From your usages though a i7 would probably be best... though the Xeon is probably better since your applications rely on reliable work rather than fast work so OCing isn't really needed.

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i5-4690k

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I would personally go with the Xeon, assuming that I never planned on needing the iGPU.

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Upgrading to an Intel quad core processor would be better. Be it i5, i7 or Xeon, I would choose Xeon as it provides best value for money.

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4770K would be your best bet on a Z87 mobo.
Or if you dont care about overclocking Xeon E3-1230-V3

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The Xeon is a good choice

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Thanks for all the help everyone!

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both haswell and devils canyon work in z87 however unless OP really needs the extra performance, I would recommend the 4690k

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I would hunt for a used i7 personally unless you need the performance asap. Ideally the Xeon is a better choice but the i7 will have better performance.

I would avoid the i5 since I don't think it will quite meat your needs and will essentially just be the Pentium with 2 extra cores (since the Pentium is a binned i5)

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Thanks for the feedback! What would you consider a good used price for an i7 4790k in the US?

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pro tip, if you're ever unsure search it on ebay then click 'sold items' on the filter...
looks like they're selling at about 250-300 right now so i'd aim for 250-270

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Thanks!

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Basicly yes.
But on some Z87 boards its a pain in the ass to use DC chips on.
Atleast back in the day wenn DC got released and bios updates for Z87 first came out,
there were a few reports of boards that were overvolting the DC chips.
Gigabyte in particular seem to have had these issues, but also some others.
I assume that this issue is allready tackled by newly released biosses but still.