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Lieutenant Tea™ Jun 18, 2016 @ 9:25am
How good is the Intel Xeon E3-1240?
So a few days ago my pc shipped in I got it refurbished for $300. It comes with Intel Xeon E3-1240 with 4 cores and 3.30GHz, 8GB of Ram, Nvidia NVS 300 (Going to upgrade GPU soon). And i'm just wondering how good the CPU is for gaming.

The games I want to play are games like: Skyrim, Gmod, etc.
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MancSoulja Jun 18, 2016 @ 9:49am 
CPU should be fine, Sandybridge CPU's are still relevant.
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Lieutenant Tea™ Jun 18, 2016 @ 9:52am 
k. Good all I have to do is upgrade my GPU.
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Meurock460 Jun 18, 2016 @ 10:25am 
Originally posted by kkramer14:
k. Good all I have to do is upgrade my GPU.
You might also have to upgrade the power supply, depending on what you currently have and what GPU you plan on upgrading to.
Last edited by Meurock460; Jun 18, 2016 @ 10:26am
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[LTT] LinusFTW Jun 18, 2016 @ 10:27am 
Xeons are server grade, so they are not as good for gaming as let's say an i5 or i7.
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Washell Jun 18, 2016 @ 10:52am 
Originally posted by Pro Racer Michaelprojectcars:
Xeons are server grade, so they are not as good for gaming as let's say an i5 or i7.

True for some, but in the case of Sandy Bridge Xeons they can do everything and more that Sandy Bridge i5's and i7's can since it's the exact same chip. The only difference here is that on the 1240 the onboard GPU is disabled, and a couple of features disabled on the consumer grade chips, are enabled here, like the ability to handle ECC RAM. It's just as good for gaming as an i5 or i7 running at the same clockspeed.
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Lieutenant Tea™ Jun 18, 2016 @ 10:56am 
ok.
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_I_ Jun 18, 2016 @ 11:52am 
sandy e3 1240v2 is the same as a locked i7 without the igp

its good for current games yet
just get rid of the workstation gpu and get a gtx or r9/rx card

and be sure to upgrade the power supply to a quality 600+w
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Lieutenant Tea™ Jun 18, 2016 @ 11:54am 
cool. Will do.
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Bad 💀 Motha Jun 18, 2016 @ 4:14pm 
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1240-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1240-vs-Intel-Core-i7-2600
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Jun 18, 2016 @ 4:15pm
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Lieutenant Tea™ Jun 18, 2016 @ 4:33pm 
k. Checked all those links and it says it is better than a i5 but worse then a i7.
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Bad 💀 Motha Jun 18, 2016 @ 4:47pm 
Why would u want a Xeon on a consumer class motherboard?
Just get an i7 if you need that power. Get an unlocked i7 to allow for OC'ing if you need more power later.
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