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Hello
I currently have an i5-7600k on a z270 motherboard. I have the chance from work to get a xeon e5-1680v4 with 64GB RAM. I would pair this with the Asus ROG x99 motherboard. I already have an RTX 2080ti
I am wondering if I should do this or would I be better sticking with my i5. I have heard some people do have a xeon as their gaming/daily driver machine but I wouldn't want to do it if it was going to throttle my GPU due to the lower core clocks (3.4Ghz and boost to 4.0). The fact it is 8 core is very interesting for my photo and video editing but I game more than I edit.
Any advice would be appreciated. I do not have the space to run two rigs so it would be one or the other.
Thanks in advance
Gareth
I currently have an i5-7600k on a z270 motherboard. I have the chance from work to get a xeon e5-1680v4 with 64GB RAM. I would pair this with the Asus ROG x99 motherboard. I already have an RTX 2080ti
I am wondering if I should do this or would I be better sticking with my i5. I have heard some people do have a xeon as their gaming/daily driver machine but I wouldn't want to do it if it was going to throttle my GPU due to the lower core clocks (3.4Ghz and boost to 4.0). The fact it is 8 core is very interesting for my photo and video editing but I game more than I edit.
Any advice would be appreciated. I do not have the space to run two rigs so it would be one or the other.
Thanks in advance
Gareth