is xeon x3430 better than i3 540 for gaming

[santy74]

i am getting an Intel® Xeon® Processor X3430
(8M Cache, 2.40 GHz) for 1500s or 25$
my current rig is i3 540
1tb hdd
4gb ram
intel dh55tc lga1156 motherboard
gtx 650ti boost
corsiar 550watt powersupply
my question is :
is xeon x3430 better than my current processor ,also i am going to upgrade my ram to 8gb ..
will my config with xeon processor and more ram ...support new games and heavy apps like after effects

 

[Kryptkeeper]

the i3 has stronger cores but the xeon is slightly better at multithreading

 

[dudeman509]

Xeon has more cores, but abysmal single-threaded performance due in part to its low clock speed. It would a bit of a downgrade for most things that don't use threads or cores well, but might be slightly faster at editing and conversion workloads and things of that nature.