i5 or Xeon for Gaming?

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Hello,

would you say an Intel i5 processor or an Intel Xeon processor is better for gaming? Please write a reason why the processor is good and which processor model.

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[Belur]

There are many different Xeons and i5's.
Atleast Xeon is better than i5.

The Xeon has hyperthreading, the i5 doesnt. Basically a i7 4770 without iGPU.

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other reason?

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4W less power consumption.

Belur has said enough. Just buy the Xeon, you'll love it.

[Xoke-VN]

Basically i would go with a good i5 (K-model), since you wont need hyperthreading for gaming etc.
I prefer overclocking over some more generated core which cant be used in gaming yet!

[Krotus]

But than you have to pay a lot more money for a good Z97 Board and cooler, if you want to overclock. And the additional CPU power isn't needed in games, because the GPU will limit the FPS first. More and more new games use more than 4 core and so profit from the hyper threading of the Xeon, so it´s a good choice, to buy the Xeon E3-1231V3.

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What do you think about this?

A AMD shouldn't so good for am gamer PC.

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220W just for the CPU, that's insane.

I don't know if you understand this picture but it shows the best CPUs for Gaming. And AMD is at the end.

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Guess 3 people damaged their GPU so they had to use the I5 IGPU

[#Synonym]

I have heard the Xeon is not be compatible with all video cards, is it? If so what I see whether the Xeon kompatiebel with the graphics card? I wanted to buy with this graphics card:

[[&] Delinquent]

Thats total bullshit and it will work with every PCIe card. Dont buy the 750 though, AMD cards are much faster at that price.

[Chicken.ShooT]

Originally Posted by Belur

There are many different Xeons and i5's.
Atleast Xeon is better than i5.

The Xeon has hyperthreading, the i5 doesnt. Basically a i7 4770 without iGPU.

^this