Go with Xeon v3 or 4770k for virtualisation?

[RandomOC]

I'm looking to build a new machine for work/home use and am trying to decide between an i7-4770k and a Xeon E3 1230v3.

It will be used 9-5 for general office work, but will also be running between 5-10 Virtual Machines hosting a development/test environment for Windows running AD/Exchange/Oracle. In the evenings and weekends I will use it as my primary home machine i.e. playing FPS, coding movies etc.

My initial thought was to get the 4770k but then I saw than the Xeon V3's have a bunch of additional VM friendly features that are supposed to make Virtual Machines perform faster. I don't really care about the (optional ?) ECC memory support in the Xeons, but anything I can do to make the VMs more responsive would be a good thing.

I'm happy overclocking the 4770k a bit, but only if it's stable so I wouldn't go too mad with the overclocking. I'm unsure if the increased MHZ overclock for the 4770k would negate the speed advantage of the VM technologies in the slower Xeon or if the Xeon would still perform faster under load ?

Anyone have any experience of using either of these processors for running Virtual Machines and have any recommendations ?

 

[kefan77]

for how much can you get the V3?

I got my 2 V2 for around 120 each, so can't complain for the price.

 

[Boomstick777]

If you're not to bothered about overclocking and would prefer stability. I would go with the Xeon v3. You save a big chunk of money by doing so as well.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would get the Xeon E3 TBH,although you would need a dedicated graphics card.

 

[JonSmith]

I'd go with the E3 since he says he wants to play FPS games with it, so he'll need a dedicated card regardless.