e3 1231 v3 or 4690k?

[Dhampire01]

They have a price difference of only 10 euros.
So which one should i get?
I want the cpu for gaming and stuff.

 

[Sakkura]

For gaming, the 4690K is preferable. The Xeon would be a bit better for multithreaded workloads.

 

[TechyInAZ]

4690K for pure gaming and OCing. Xeon for gaming and streaming (unless your going to use hardware acceleration).

 

[Dhampire01]

But i dont understand.
Its the same price,it has lower TDP and same clock speeds (almost).
In addition,it has a lot more l3 cache.

 

[IamTimTech]

It does have higher cache, it can't be overclocked though. Otherwise it's practically the same processor.

 

[TechyInAZ]

But i dont understand.
Its the same price,it has lower TDP and same clock speeds (almost).
In addition,it has a lot more l3 cache.

Your forgetting that the 4690K packs a powerful IGPU as well. That's why it's more expensive.

 

[IamTimTech]

But i dont understand.
Its the same price,it has lower TDP and same clock speeds (almost).
In addition,it has a lot more l3 cache.

Your forgetting that the 4690K packs a powerful IGPU as well. That's why it's more expensive.

Right, which won't make a difference if you have a GPU but will make things a pain in the but if you don't have one.

 

[Dhampire01]

It does have higher cache, it can't be overclocked though. Otherwise it's practically the same processor.

It's essentially a i7 4790

 

[Dhampire01]

But i dont understand.
Its the same price,it has lower TDP and same clock speeds (almost).
In addition,it has a lot more l3 cache.

Your forgetting that the 4690K packs a powerful IGPU as well. That's why it's more expensive.

The 4690k is cheaper actually

 

[CTurbo]

The Xeon is cheaper to build with since you can throw it in a H97(or less) board and get 100% out of it. Overclocking costs a lot more than just the "k" model cpu since you need a decent Z97 board and a decent cpu cooler. We all know that overclocking is not worth the extra cost. Hyperthreading is a far more useful feature. I would choose the 1231v3 9/10 times and I would choose an i5 4590 the other 1/10.