I7 975 vs dual xeon L5530

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i have seen a lot of i7 975 vs dual xeon L5530, but not these two processors compared. I am researching for a build i want to do, i mainly work with HD video editing, CGI, and 3d animation

i know that the extreme 9975 can be oced a lot and it wouldn't be fair if it wasn't

what i have come up with is:

i7 will have 1 quadro 4800 cx
dual L5530 1 quadro 4800 cx

since new ram dimms are still being released i will wait and do more research on them.

Xeon build:

2xIntel Xeon L5530 Nehalem-EP 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819117216

SUPERMICRO Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813182217

I7 975 build:

Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] k=i7%20975

EVGA LGA 1366 Intel X58 4-WAY SLI Classified XL ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Reply to qazzz789

There is a poster in anandtech's "for sale" forum that is trying to sell his 975. Offer him around $600 for it, and I'll bet he will accept it. You have to register, but this only takes a few minutes.

Reply to o1die

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve, why pick the i7 extreme with an expensive mobo? You can easily get 80%+ of the power for less than half the cost.

Have you considered putting together a render farm? A power in numbers type of thing. An i7 extreme @ $970 can beat a $100 AMD quad, but I doubt it could beat 5 $100 AMD quads in a render farm. (software licensing may be costly, don't know what you're using)

Reply to calinkula

ive thought of a render farm, but i need a machine to edit fast, i dont mind the render times. Im using After effects, sony vegas, maya, 3ds max

Message edited by qazzz789 on 03-07-2010 at 07:14:32 PM

Reply to qazzz789

Ah, well if its a fast workstation you're worried about I personally would go with an i7 920 and OC that a little instead of the 975. Many people in the OC section of the forum have gotten those to 3.5 ~ 4.0 with a stable OC.

I wouldn't buy the best of everything, 2nd or 3rd best is about as good most of the time. Then I'd bank the money I saved on not going all out for upgrades in a couple of years. By then I'd assume that 6 core CPUs would be available for a reasonable price. 8 core CPUs could be released as well.

By all means though, if money is no object, just buy the best.

Reply to calinkula

Well if your willing to pay 1k for a cpu, i'd wait a month or two for the I7 980x which is 6 cores and 12 threads. Or you could try to win that AMD contest and get a 48 core Magny cours system

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Reply to yannifb

ok what about the dual xeon?

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