Hello fellow techies!
Basicly i want an 4790K without the graphics. What xeon model is equivalent to the i7 4790K? Also will the xeon be much worse when gaming or will it be about the same as the i7? My last question, is ECC memory a must for a xeon or can i use regular DDR3 1600 MHz that i already have laying around?
Thanks for any answers!
There basicly is no Devils canyon Xeon.
But there are Haswell refresh Xeon´s.
It doesn't need to be Devils Canyon, i just want a Xeon option equivalent to the i7
THe Xeon E3-1271-V3 is the closed you could get interms of clockspeeds.
3.6GHz base 4.0Ghz turbo, no igpu.
Well that processor is about 90 bucks more where i live than the i7, i thought the xeons would be cheaper without the graphics?
Is there a cheaper option?
The clock-speed is slower but the Xeon 1231-v3 does have the 4 cores and 8 threads of a Xeon, and with a turbo of 3.8Ghz its no slouch. It also happens to be the cheapest Xeon with 8 threads. I happen to use this exact chip as my daily desktop driver :)
Xeon E3-1231-V3 or 1241-V3
are the best options price to performance wise.
I have a Xeon 1230V3. it is excellent.
Yeah, that option looks pretty good, i can get it for 300 bucks here in Sweden. I do like the eight threads and the boost clock. I might pick that one. Thanks!
Do i have to use ECC memory with it?
No Xeon's will run perfectly fine with normal memory when it comes Haswell E3's :)
^^ consumer boards trend not to support ECC where a "server" board may be able to support both ECC & non-ECC but there's also unbuffered UDIMM & RDIMM so with a server board use memory from the compatibility list.
I'm guessing you're using a "regular" board so you'll be fine with boggo RAM it's the board that defines the RAM support usually.
Best option here. uhmm the xeon will be fine in gaming however they are meant to do other tasks. If haswell at stock makes you happy then you wont notice a difference. the reason people get xeons is for discrete or large data loads and 24/7 validation.. That and go with a H97 board if your going xeon since you dont need OC and you need ECC
Nope, with a H97 or Z97 chipset board you wont have ECC support anyway.
You can use normal DDR3 1600mhz ram.
Any higher then DDR3 1600 makes no sense, since they will be down clocked to 1600mhz anyway.
Xeons are not gaming chips and will cost more for the equivalent i7. Any specific reason you want a Xeon instead?
Or you can gamble with an H81 Board to see if the BIOS update supports Haswell Refresh CPU to save a few bucks.
The E3 Xeons are usually cheaper than their i7 counterparts and can be used for gaming. I own one and all I mostly do is play games on it.
Mostly they run at lower clock speeds, tho, and you cannot overclock them.
