bluezero posted... I know your mind is made up and you seem to be one of "those guys", but this article was written 6 days ago.
https://www.electronicshub.org/is-an-intel-xeon-processor-good-for-gaming/
Is Intel XEON Good Enough for Gaming?
For a lot of gamers, Intel Xeon processors may not be the optimal choice for gaming due to their primary focus on server and workstation environments. While Xeon CPUs offer excellent multi-threaded performance and reliability, they are typically designed for tasks like data processing, virtualization, and high-performance computing, rather than gaming.
Xeon CPUs often have a lower base and boost clock speeds than consumer-oriented CPUs. This can result in slightly lower single-threaded performance, which is important for gaming tasks that rely on fast instruction execution. Xeon CPUs also tend to be more expensive than consumer-grade CPUs. They often come with additional server-class features and optimizations, increasing the price. For gaming purposes, the additional features of Xeon processors may not be effective at all and can add unnecessary costs to a gaming build.
ECC RAAM is also far slower, and RAM is very important for gaming performance at this point, especially for AMD CPUs. Still, you can find benchmarks where they took modern Intel CPUs and used them with slower RAM to see how much performance was lost.