I use a Lenovo ThinkCentre M92P as a gaming PC. It had an i5-3470 which is still decent. I found this Xeon for $80. Wasn't sure if it was going to work due to the OEM bios but it works! I actually have 16GB of RAM but this is another M92P I had I was testing the CPU with.
The Intel Xeon E3 series are generally just Intel Core processors with enabled ECC support and no igpu.
Also, Intel Xeon E5s are also pretty damn awesome if you toss a cheap one (some can even be overclocked) from ebay into a cheap unbranded Chinese motherboard.
I use a Lenovo ThinkCentre M92P as a gaming PC. It had an i5-3470 which is still decent. I found this Xeon for $80. Wasn't sure if it was going to work due to the OEM bios but it works! I actually have 16GB of RAM but this is another M92P I had I was testing the CPU with.
Server CPU optimized for background processes, bad choice.
Source to back this up? Because I already have improvements moving from the i5 to this Xeon. The E3-1240 v2 is just an i7-3770 without the iGPU.
The Intel Xeon E3 series are generally just Intel Core processors with enabled ECC support and no igpu.
Also, Intel Xeon E5s are also pretty damn awesome if you toss a cheap one (some can even be overclocked) from ebay into a cheap unbranded Chinese motherboard.
Oh.... nice. Hrmmm had no idea.