W3690 vs i7-970

[Freakster]

Upgrading Processor on my 2nd PC, Motherboard GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev 1.0) (Memory Corsair Vengeance Black 24GB DDR3 1600MHz Triple Channel)
I have got a choice between a Xeon W3690 £110 and an i7-970 £160

the PC will be doing a little Gaming, Game server hosting, downloading\web activity, little video editing, some encoding

Im not worried about overclocking.
not sure how good the Xeon would be over the i7-970 any input for be much appreciated

 

[Freakster]

Any reason you'd go for the W3690 over one of the X5690 Xeons? Cost should be a similar price, well cheaper than the 970 anyway. They will go plus 24GB's of memory also should that be a factor.

because the motherboard doesn't take an X5690 that's why i didn't put it as a choice
I just added the memory trying to cover all the questions before being asked and 24GB is the max that board will take anyway.
The W3690 is the fastest xeon it will take.

 

[Freakster]

Yep, 6 core xeon is the way forward for an x58 board.

Thx, Out of curiosity how come, whats the reason behind it?

 

[Freakster]

My GA-X58A-UD3R board is only a Rev 1.0 the Rev 2.0 takes more of the Xeons than mine. I dont wanna get it and it dont work thats all

 

[Freakster]

The W3690 performs better than the X5650?!?

 

[Freakster]

If that was aimed at me then I meant X5690 - in which case W3690 has a slightly higher VID range and lower TCase than the X5690

http://ark.intel.com/products/52576
http://ark.intel.com/products/52586


Can't see that W3690 or X5690 are particularly cost effective options - overclocking a X5650 or X5660 is probably the better option.

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No it wasnt aimed at anyone lol Its just from reading online I genuinely think the W3690 comes out on top easily from the X5650\60. The X5690 is a little better but is going for a lot more.
The W3690 for just a little more than the X5650\60 seems to out perform them without overclocker. Id preffer a stable W3690 with better perfromance than problems with an overclocked X5650\60

Also has anyone got a X56x0 going on a GA-X58A-UD3R "REV 1.0"