School me on Dual Xeon Systems. Friend of mine is selling a ASUS Z8NA-D6C along with a pair of E5520's for a cool 650 dollars and i'm thinking about jumping all over it. My main question is what kind of programs take advantage of all 8 cores and 16HT's? I do...

Dual Xeon vs i7 975 or wait for gulftown?. I know that this question has probably been asked before, but each person that asks seems to have such specific applications. Here's my situation: I want to build a setup that will be able to render HD video, encode...

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....

MB intel s5520sc + dual xeon W5580 boot problem. Hi guys. I assembled the parts but the system doesn't boot, I can only see black screen - no way to go the BIOS- (PSU starts ON, Hard drive runs, standby led on MB is on, alert leds (cpu and ram) are OFF on...

Liquid cooling a dual xeon workstation suggestions. the company i work for recently bought a new main render rig for design and draughting department, so i suggested a bit of an overclock for increased performance, so we settled on water cooling i have some...

Dual Xeon Nehalem Workhorse Build. Hi All, I'm building a workhorse computer for scientific computation. I have about $2500 to spend, give or take. The complete list is on newegg here, but I'll write up the main details too, for those too lazy to click:...

another) dual xeon vs single i7 vs quad amd. Gang, I'm a huge multitasker, my present machine is run 24/7 and I reboot about three times a year. I don't close programs, I usually move stuff around between three monitors and tend to have 60-80 tasks running...

How Much: Selling a Dual Xeon Workstation / Gaming Machine. Hello! These past few weeks I have been building a computer that I intend to sell, however I have never sold a desktop before and I’m not entirely certain where, and how much I should ask for...

a decent rendering time for a Normal project. Second Thought After some time i get to know that Intel had launched a Xeon series called 5500 then i send my requirements to my computer guy and he send me the price quote for dual xeon quad core E5520...