How is the Xeon e3 1230v5?

[Desert City]

I've looked around and seen that the Xeon e3 1230v3 is a good CPU for recording/streaming/editing. And I've found the Xeon e3 1230v5, which is a skylake refresh. I'm building my new system and for the same price of a 6600k (about the same price, atleast) it has 4 Cores and 8 threads, and I don't have to worry about burning out my CPU when I do a overclock cause it doesn't overclock. Tell me how good it is, or even worth it? I'm not sure about how far I can overclock any CPU, so this seemed like a better option.

 

[Rogue Leader]

The advantage of the 1230v5 over the 6600k is that it has hyperthreading which the 6600k does not. That can make for an improvement in some applications, the 1230v5 is closer to an i7 in performance.

That said make sure the motherboard you buy supports it, not all do.

 

[Desert City]

The advantage of the 1230v5 over the 6600k is that it has hyperthreading which the 6600k does not. That can make for an improvement in some applications, the 1230v5 is closer to an i7 in performance.

That said make sure the motherboard you buy supports it, not all do.

Thanks, also what motherboards usually support it?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Any of the socket 1151 will work that is found on the mobo list here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8PQNt6

Also I would look at this one too for a cpu (clocked a tenth ghz faster for a few dollars more depending on your budget)
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-cm8066201921715

 

[Rogue Leader]

The advantage of the 1230v5 over the 6600k is that it has hyperthreading which the 6600k does not. That can make for an improvement in some applications, the 1230v5 is closer to an i7 in performance.

That said make sure the motherboard you buy supports it, not all do.

Thanks, also what motherboards usually support it?

Intel has a series of Skylake Server chipsets that always support it, a couple of the consumer board manufacturers have used these chipsets for this reason (because the consumer boards won't run it) there is no real rule to it, you just need to look through the CPU support list for boards you are interested in. I believe there are very few if any non server boards that support it, and hence the one detraction. You need a C230 series chipset.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Any of the socket 1151 will work. The Xeons are amazing value if you do not care about overclocking. They are a i7 without integrated graphics (It is best not to have an igpu if you have a graphics card anyway) and without overclocking ability for much cheaper. Any z170 or H170 will work great with it.

I would be a big advocate for these:
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah170d3hp
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170e
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xud3
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xgaming3
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xpsli
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z170pro4s

Incorrect, Xeon Skylake processors do not work with 100 series consumer chipsets

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9730/intel-launches-greenlow-c236-chipset-and-skylake-e31200-v5-xeons

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Was not aware that Skylake Xeons would not work again with the 100s. Thanks for the correction. Previous Xeons worked great with the consumer mobos and I have even built a few.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

I checked and these work with it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gax150mproecc
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gax150plusws
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-e3v5performancegamingoc
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-e3progamingv5

Also any mobo on this link is compatible.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8PQNt6

 

[Rogue Leader]

Was not aware that Skylake Xeons would not work again with the 100s. Thanks for the correction. Previous Xeons worked great with the consumer mobos and I have even built a few.

Yeah Intel annoyed a lot of people with this change. In a way it makes sense (for them) because it allows them to control how the processor is used and its features more closely, but for people who just want a crazy processor or a good deal it doesn't work out so well.

ASRock and a couple others do have (or will have) C236 based "gaming" motherboards for this very reason.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Yes. Very bullish change made by them. I have not been around for a few months and since I came back the Skylake Xeons were introduced. I will check new things about these now and get caught up. I seen some performance reviews and they seemed about equal to the old ones compared to the old i7s.

 

[Desert City]

thanks guys for helping me out 😀