[SOLVED] E3 1290 v2 or 1246 v3 for gaming?

[Faaz__]

Simple as the title suggests and my overall specs are: Asus B85M-G Motherboard, Rx 580 nitro+ 8Gb & 16Gb DDR-3 1600Mhz Ram. These processors are selling for the same price in my country, Pakistan.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Your motherboard only supports the 1246 v3 and only with 0904 or later BIOS. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/B85MG/HelpDesk_CPU/

 

[logainofhades]

E3 1290v2 is an ivy bridge/3rd gen intel cpu, and not compatible with 4th gen motherboards. You would have to go with the 1246v3

 

[Karadjgne]

The B85 chipset is lga1150 Haswell family. The E3-1290 v2 is lga1155 Ivy-Bridge family, so not compatible with your motherboard.

Only choice out of those 2 is the E3-1246 v3. The 'v2' is Ivy-Bridge for any of those cpus, the 'v3' is Haswell.

 

[Faaz__]

Your motherboard only supports the 1246 v3 and only with 0904 or later BIOS. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/B85MG/HelpDesk_CPU/

My bad, I forgot to mention that I also have an intel dq77mq lying around... Also, I have updated my b85 bios to 3602!

 

[Faaz__]

My bad, I forgot to mention that I also have an intel dq77mq lying around... Also, I have updated my b85 bios to 3602!

Sry dq77mk

 

[Faaz__]

So since the 1246 v3 is 4th gen, It will offer better performance right?

 

[jeremyj_83]

The performance between the 2 CPUs will be almost identical. The 1246v3 has a lower clock speed 3.5/3.9 vs 3.7/4.1, but has about a 5% IPC increase over the 1290v2. The 1246v3 is also the newer platform so that is an advantage.

 

[Karadjgne]

Differences, Haswell doesn't have as many issues with using NVMe drives as boot, Ivy-Bridge is all but impossible. Ivy doesn't have any power supply issues, Haswell requires a dc-dc design or disable c-states lower than C3.

Performance is equitable, clock speeds are negligible as is IPC differences.

Best bet is to pick the motherboard, weigh pro's cons etc as to headers, fitment, looks, ability, lifespan etc. Then the cpu choice is made for you.