i7 to Xeon

Hello all, hope you're doing good.

Currently I have an i7 2600 in my machine, I am looking at "upgrading?" to Xeon E3-1290.

Does anyone have experience with the results of this type of upgrade, please?

I'm wondering if it is worth the bother.

Cheers all

Sean

There is actually very little difference in their performance and single thread ratings.

Why are you wanting to make the switch?

Can you provide a description of the other hardware specs (graphics device, amount and speed of RAM, storage drive, etc.) in your computer?

Hi, thanks flavallee.

The Xeon seems to be able to do a little more, for the same 95W. I agree, not a massive benefit, which is why I am wondering if it is worth it.

Specs here: (looking to upgrade RAM, it's a bit mixed and some won't work following my i5 to i7 upgrade, never found out why)


Cheers

Berton said:

The graphics section may be worth noting:
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E3-1290 (8M Cache, 3.60 GHz)

Hey Berton. No worries on the graphics for me. My heavily modified iMac won't allow that, need separate GPU. Thanks for the thought!

What Versus says about it.

Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2: What is the difference?

MaloK said:

What Versus says about it.

Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 v2: What is the difference?

Thanks, that's a good site. Seems the Xeon is better from that information. The only thing it says on the i7 being better than the Xeon is the i7 has integrated graphics. I don't need that.



Cheers

Hi, if your memory is 1600 you will gain 20-23% more speed on that aspect. And If the CPU is dropping from the sky, I would try it.

FWIW I have always run XEON based systems vs iCore based systems because the XEONs support ECC memory.
I run my systems 24/7 and prefer not to deal with the unknown of a random memory error going undetected.
YMMV and it will depend a lot on your location (like mile high Denver vs sea level LA) and system usage pattern.

Thanks MaloK, I think I might give it ago, with some better RAM.

AK6DN, thanks. I've always felt Xeons have a bit more muscle than the i-range. Although, I have never had an issue with any of the i processors. My machine has essentially been powered on for 10 years, not had any hardware issues relating to the processor.

I live at sea level, UK. Not too hot and nice a low.

Looks like I have some processor and RAM sourcing to do.

Thanks again all!