Skylake i5 vs. Skylake Xeon for gaming?

[JBDelta]

Hey Guys!

Just wondering, Intel's new Skylake CPUs are out, which would be better for gaming, a Skylake i5 (6500-6600) or a Skylake Xeon (1220v5 or above). Definitely a CPU below $250 with the exception of the Haswell Xeon 1231v3, I will be playing games specifically Skyrim (heavily modded), BFBC2, BF3, BF4, and Steam games like WarFace and Dirty Bomb. I will also a lot of recording and editing.

Thanks in advance!

 

[spentshells]

It's hard to believe this thread is still going, If you want the hyperthreading go with the xeon over the i5, if it's not critical... for the most part 4 threads will cover it any task adding the additional threads will not be perceivable, get the unlocked i5 and go for broke with overclocking.... 9/10 apps clock is still king remember that.

 

[k1114]

Closing. Please don't necro. But to not leave anyone confused, e3 v5 don't work on consumer chipsets, the others do and you can always check the cpu support list. You'd have to look at cpu and mobo prices for the best value.