hello guys,
i'm planning to buy a 3d rendering machine which i'm going to use only for render high-res images using mentalray,vray in 3dsmax and also do lots of photoshop & after effects composting. my idea is to buy a dual xeon x5550 setup with 8gb ram or buy 2 i7 860 2.8ghz which can be overclocked . i dont know if dual xeon x5550 can compete with 2 i7 860 cpus powered machines. i'm not a computer hardware wizard but i know that even using network rendering to connect 2 i7 machines, there will be some speed reduction in rendering performance since rendering via network. i really want to go for xeon x5550 but if 2 i7 machines perfrom better than dual xeons then i would go for 2 i7 machines. i would like to get some advice on this....here are the specs for both the computer i got so far from my hardware guy ..
2 pcs i7 rig
i7 860 2.8ghz oc @4ghz
ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
2 x Super Talent DDR3-1333 2GB/128x8 CL8
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB
GIGABYTE GV-N94TOC-1GI GeForce 9400 GT 1GB ( i'm not concerned about the graphics card since its a rendering machine maybe in the future will upgrade with quadro)
approx prize 950$
xeon rig
Intel Xeon X5550 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB
ASUS Z8NA-D6C Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX Dual Intel Xeon ( not sure about this mother board..any better performance board for x550????)
SUPER TALENT 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
SUPER TALENT MasterDrive SX SAM64GM25S 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
Rosewill RG530-2 530W 80Plus Certified, ATX12V v2.3/EPS12V
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm
GIGABYTE GV-N94TOC-1GI GeForce 9400 GT 1GB
approx prize 2500$ i could spend 3000$ max on this rig as i'm on heavy budjet
need some advice, i hope xeons cannot be overclock..is there a way to over clock xeon x5550?
also need some advice on motherboard
thanks
i'm planning to buy a 3d rendering machine which i'm going to use only for render high-res images using mentalray,vray in 3dsmax and also do lots of photoshop & after effects composting. my idea is to buy a dual xeon x5550 setup with 8gb ram or buy 2 i7 860 2.8ghz which can be overclocked . i dont know if dual xeon x5550 can compete with 2 i7 860 cpus powered machines. i'm not a computer hardware wizard but i know that even using network rendering to connect 2 i7 machines, there will be some speed reduction in rendering performance since rendering via network. i really want to go for xeon x5550 but if 2 i7 machines perfrom better than dual xeons then i would go for 2 i7 machines. i would like to get some advice on this....here are the specs for both the computer i got so far from my hardware guy ..
2 pcs i7 rig
i7 860 2.8ghz oc @4ghz
ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
2 x Super Talent DDR3-1333 2GB/128x8 CL8
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB
GIGABYTE GV-N94TOC-1GI GeForce 9400 GT 1GB ( i'm not concerned about the graphics card since its a rendering machine maybe in the future will upgrade with quadro)
approx prize 950$
xeon rig
Intel Xeon X5550 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB
ASUS Z8NA-D6C Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX Dual Intel Xeon ( not sure about this mother board..any better performance board for x550????)
SUPER TALENT 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
SUPER TALENT MasterDrive SX SAM64GM25S 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
Rosewill RG530-2 530W 80Plus Certified, ATX12V v2.3/EPS12V
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm
GIGABYTE GV-N94TOC-1GI GeForce 9400 GT 1GB
approx prize 2500$ i could spend 3000$ max on this rig as i'm on heavy budjet
need some advice, i hope xeons cannot be overclock..is there a way to over clock xeon x5550?
also need some advice on motherboard
thanks