which is better

[Bamaman1981]

Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor or i5 4690k

 

[neon neophyte]

depends if you want to overclock or not

 

[Bamaman1981]

I do not want to overclock

 

[neon neophyte]

then the xeon is better, it is basically an i7. ie, it has hyperthreading