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    Performance: Xeon 1230 v3 or dual AMD fx6300

    What would give better performance, a single Xeon 1230 v3 or two AMD fx6300s? The two AMD fx6300s have higher clock speeds (3.5GHz) and 12 cores all together. The Xeon 1230 v3 has a clock speed of 3.3GHz and only 4 cores. Given the two options are about the same price, would the dual cpu...
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    Will motherboard display ports work without cpu integrated graphics - ASRock H87m Pro4 and Xeon 1230v3

    Hi I am looking to build my first custom pc. It will have an ASRock H87m Pro4 motherboard with a Xeon 1230v3 cpu (which doesn't have integrated graphics). The motherboard's description mentions things about supporting triple monitor, 1920x1200 max resolution etc. (it has 2 video ports and HDMI)...