Best Xeon for $350

[evangs1]

Looking for a xeon with good single thread performance for ~$350. Don't really need anything more than 4 cores. Single socket.

 

[LookItsRain]

xeon e3 1231 v3 on lga 1150 for 250 usd is your best bet and cheapest

 

[evangs1]

xeon e3 1231 v3 on lga 1150 for 250 usd is your best bet and cheapest

OK thanks. Is there any model that would offer slightly better performance for my budget? Willing to spend ~$350.

 

[LookItsRain]

xeon e3 1231 v3 on lga 1150 for 250 usd is your best bet and cheapest

OK thanks. Is there any model that would offer slightly better performance for my budget? Willing to spend ~$350.

For gaming, you could get slightly better performance out a lga 2011-3 based xeon..if you want to burn your wallet with the huge increase in platform cost for a 5-10% performance increase, with a near 100% increase in price.

 

[Mac266]

OK thanks. Is there any model that would offer slightly better performance for my budget? Willing to spend ~$350.

You're just spending more for 100 MHz increases. Not really worth it.