Xeon E5 2620 V2 or i7 4790K?

[asim1999]

Which CPU and motherboard combo:
i7 4790K + Asus Z97-WS
Xeon E5 2620 V2 + MSI Big Bang Xpower ii ?

I am building a PC that will se me through at least the next five years for both college and university. I am gonna do a lot of IT/Computing related work on there such as coding assignments and a TON of essays and research and presentation.
Also will do a fair bit of gaming with an R9 290 as my GPU for the next 2-4 years.

Basically a no-compromise student workhorse and gaming machine
which of the two options is best for my needs?
thanks for the responses.

 

[ragnarok94]

Yeah the E3-1230v3 is what I have. I suggested that earlier but I think he is looking forward to overclocking.

I've been debating the same thing
think I'll go with the E3 as well, paired with a GTX 1070 for my video editing/gaming rig
especially since the program I use is designed better for GPU rendering

 

[DHFF]

Good choice. When I first put this build together I didnt have much gaming in mind, I was using a MSI R7 250 with 1GB. it still did pretty good with games like Skyrim. since then I upgraded the GPU to an R9 280 as I have been playing more games. It handled pretty much anything I throw at it. not sure how much more practical performance you would get from a 390.

 

[Coletas]

I use a 4790k at work and a pair of 2670 v1. Are very different machines. Single threaded apps and games burn fast on the 4790, muc more than with the xeons, but when there is really load (edius, 3dsmax, boinc etc) xeons wipe out the 4790k by really far. Its like... 4790 goes high soon but soon it gets tires, and xeon start the race slow but there is no limit on the load (its a 64gb ram machine)