Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 or Intel Core i5-4690

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Quote:He said he's getting a Z97 in the original post

So you could understand his English ....Unfortunately , I couldn't

Quote:but Xeon is more specialized in the types of workloads it is optimized for. General use i would say i5 is better, and some native games will also see better performance on the i5

This Xeon is not the same type of Xeon you're talking about . Xeon 1230V3 is i7 4770 without Hyperthreading and minus 100MHz . Basically , it's the same chip
I don't know what native game you're talking about but the Xeon will blow away i5 in any game
See Benchmark here : Xeon 1230V3 vs i7 4770k
http://au.cybergamer.com/forums/thread/510164/Gaming-System:-Intel-i7-4770K-vs-Intel-Xeon-E3-1230v3-Performance-Test/