- Sep 19, 2012
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I'm currently comparing the Xeon E5-1650 v3 3.5 GHZ and the i7-5960X 3.0 GHz.
My system will be:
Asus X99-E WS/USB 3.1
2x Titan X's
4 lane pcie bm decklink (will be modified to 8 lane pcie later)
RAM undetermined at this point
I'm wondering if the i7 is worth the extra money. I'm using this is a build for heavy video effects work, and the best answer from the company I had was: "processor efficiency is that it would be better to have a 6 core if that 6 core is more efficient than the 8 core. If each core is equal to one another then the the 8 core in this case would be the better CPU to have."
Also would like to keep the heat down in my case, but as far as I could tell, these both have the same TDP at 140W.
(also, I'm eyeing the Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6 GHz Processor, if I wanted to use a DP mobo in the future)
My system will be:
Asus X99-E WS/USB 3.1
2x Titan X's
4 lane pcie bm decklink (will be modified to 8 lane pcie later)
RAM undetermined at this point
I'm wondering if the i7 is worth the extra money. I'm using this is a build for heavy video effects work, and the best answer from the company I had was: "processor efficiency is that it would be better to have a 6 core if that 6 core is more efficient than the 8 core. If each core is equal to one another then the the 8 core in this case would be the better CPU to have."
Also would like to keep the heat down in my case, but as far as I could tell, these both have the same TDP at 140W.
(also, I'm eyeing the Xeon E5-2640 v3 2.6 GHz Processor, if I wanted to use a DP mobo in the future)
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