Help with cpus

[echo86]

How does the xeon E5-2680v2 compare to i7 7700k and which one is better for work / gaming?

 

[Barty1884]

It doesn't really compare, you're looking at two different animals there.

For gaming, the 7700K is the hands-down winner.

For "work", entirely depends what kind of "work" that is.

The E5-2680v2 is a 10c/20t server class chip at 2.8GHz from 2013.
In a lot of "work"loads, it's probably still plenty viable.

 

[echo86]

Are there any cheap alternatives to have great work and gaming performance without the need to buy ddr4 memory? What Intel Core processor has similar performance to the E5-2680v2?

 

[Blitz Blitz]

Why you wanna server/workstation cpu? What you gonna do? You are pro, or just beginner? Work a lot, or just wanna learn something?
A lot of people still happy with i7-3770/4770/4790/k cpus, these still good for money, gaming and workstation. You don't see big difference up to 8 gen intel cpus, and these still strong to handle gpus like gtx 1070/1070 ti.

 

[Barty1884]

Are there any cheap alternatives to have great work and gaming performance without the need to buy ddr4 memory? What Intel Core processor has similar performance to the E5-2680v2?

Lots of alternatives..... but depends what "work" means to you.

There's no i7 that'll directly rival the E5-2680v2 in all applications.
In gaming, the E5 will fall short of probably even an i7-2700K
In workloads that will properly use 10c/20t, even a modern(ish) i7, like a 7700K would fall some way short.

An i7-8700K would probably outperform the E5 most of the time -- except situations where >12t are truly used.


For cheap/used, 3770, 3770K, 4770, 4770K, 4790, 4790K are all still plenty powerful for a lot of users, and will use DDR3. I wouldn't spend more than a couple of hundred dollars (or equivalent) on them though, as by that point, you're into "new" platform territory:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $289.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-06 09:35 EST-0500