At this point, I am overwhelmed with the choices and researched information.
I had almost decided to go with the build based on burritobob's winning build with some great inputs from zrobbb at my previous post: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1644354/high-end-workstation-animation-fast-rendering-3000.html#10623963), before I read many 'i7-3930K vs dual xeons' and 'firepro vs quadro' articles.
I would like some second opinions from you pros:
1) Are 'two' E52645 Xeons (eight cores) powerful and sturdier than a 'single' i7-3930K(six core)? If so, what build would be apt for a $3000+ budget (two xeons+supermicro mobo as in gkay09's winning build?)?
2) Would it be a possible to substitute one Firepro Card with a gaming card for getting the 'cuda core benefit'?
3) Expensive Quadro 4000 or comparatively affordable Firepro? If the Quadro advantage is simply cuda cores (and compatibility with 3ds max which is not on top of my list), will a GTX 680 suffice?
Suggestions to better the rig are welcome.
Thanks and Regards.
I had almost decided to go with the build based on burritobob's winning build with some great inputs from zrobbb at my previous post: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1644354/high-end-workstation-animation-fast-rendering-3000.html#10623963), before I read many 'i7-3930K vs dual xeons' and 'firepro vs quadro' articles.
I would like some second opinions from you pros:
1) Are 'two' E52645 Xeons (eight cores) powerful and sturdier than a 'single' i7-3930K(six core)? If so, what build would be apt for a $3000+ budget (two xeons+supermicro mobo as in gkay09's winning build?)?
2) Would it be a possible to substitute one Firepro Card with a gaming card for getting the 'cuda core benefit'?
3) Expensive Quadro 4000 or comparatively affordable Firepro? If the Quadro advantage is simply cuda cores (and compatibility with 3ds max which is not on top of my list), will a GTX 680 suffice?
Suggestions to better the rig are welcome.
Thanks and Regards.