lga 1150 xeon processors?

[tom.selleck]

i am planning on building a new rig (my first intel build ever!) the components are the following:

asus z87 gryphon
2 8 gig mem sticks for 16 total gigs of memory
new atx case
pentium 3220


i plan on upgrading the cpu later to maybe a xeon. i want speed. will the xeon be good for this rig? how are xeon processors for gaming. Thanks!

 

[mda]

If you're just going to be gaming, might as well go for an i5/i7.

Unless you have any other reason as to why you'd want a Xeon.

 

[SithSolo1]

They should perform the same as similarly clocked i7s minus the overclocking and they are cheaper and support some extra virtualization features. Just make sure the mobo supports it.

 

[pxc]

There's no point in getting a LGA 1150 Xeon for gaming. They don't come with any extras like larger cache size, more cores or higher clock speed; just more expensive prices for the same or worse performance*. For other uses there may be some benefits, like going all the way down to 13W for some lower clocked models.

* there is an E-1280v3 which turbos to 4GHz on 1c, but it's a $600+ processor.