Best socket 155 cpu to look for

[Matt_Hirst]

Been out of the market for a long time and have a Z77 gigabyte wifi motherboard sat in a sff pc with ram etc not being used.

Intend using as a media PC, connected to a tv but occasionally I need it to run visual studio so what is the best bang per buck cpu I should be looking for??

Originally it ran an I5 2500K but that processor is now sat in my daughters PC, so I could look for one of those but wondered if there was any newer chips to look out for?

regards,

Matt

 

[jambutty]

For Visual Studio you say?

Then personally I'd probably be looking at something like a i7 3770k or a Xeon e3-1230 v2 which can be had for reasonable prices, on a certain second hand website.

 

[Jumper118]

i7 3770k or 2600k or 2700k will be the best chips you can put init

 

[Finners]

Depending how often you use Visual studio depends if the extra £20-40 going for an i7 over the i5 is worth it.

Given the tiny performance difference but cheaper price I would still be looking at a Sandybridge based CPU so i5 2500k or i7 2600-2700k.

 

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanks guys, what sort of money am I looking at?

Going to Google the xeon as never heard of that variant.

Most of its life it will sit as a htpc, yes over kill but as said every so often I need to use visual studio so it needs the power for that.

Regards

Matt

 

[McstylisT]

3770K or the Xeon equivalent would be the best bet. Skip the i5 as you will need the threads.

 

[Doogles]

Why not go for Ivy Bridge instead of Sandy?

 

[wazza300]

the best clock for clock is a 3770k

 

[David Bisset]

How heavily do you use visual studio? It runs on pretty low-end kit. Yes, monstrously overgrown projects get pretty demanding, but I'm suspecting 'occasional' running is likely to be personal, smallish projects in which case any current desktop processor will run it with loads of room to spare.

 

[jambutty]

Thanks guys, what sort of money am I looking at?

Going to Google the xeon as never heard of that variant.

Most of its life it will sit as a htpc, yes over kill but as said every so often I need to use visual studio so it needs the power for that.

Regards

Matt

The xeon chip is pretty good. It's basically a 3770(non k) without the IGPU.
It uses less power than the i7 and can be run at 3.5ghz all cores. The 3.8ghz turbo is single core only.

They can be had for pretty cheap second hand around 100 notes.

 

[Matt_Hirst]

Thanks for the advice, I have placed a wanted ad for either a 2600K, 2700K or 3770K.

Still googling the Xeon.

Matt