Is the Xeon E3-1220V5 any good for gaming?

[bigfootstoe]

I have one, and i was wondering if I'm wasting my time with it, or if it would be able to run some heavy duty games!

Thank you for helping!

 

[Oaklandmurphy]

it will perform on par with skylake i5's but it needs a special chipset. If it were me, I'd just buy an i5.

 

[Barty1884]

It's..........ok.

It's not a gaming chip. It's a quad core @ 3.0GHz turbo'ing to 3.5GHz.

It's a little slower than a newer i5 in gaming, and a more expensive socket (generally).

While it would work, I don't recommend it.
If you already had it for workstation purposes & wanted to run some games, it would be fine. But if you don't, I see no reason for it in a gaming environment.

I can't find a listing for much less than $200. And i5-6500 is similar in cost, and a better option (for gaming) all round.