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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:25 pm
by -Adrian
What's your budget? If you need a really strong workstation i'd go with two Woodcrest Xeons (5xxx).
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:28 pm
by Mihai
Take a look at this post first:
http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... hp?t=17645
The Core 2 Duo 6600 looks like the best buy, plus you can also overclock it. Best buy for now, but I'm not sure when/where they are available...
EDIT: here
(but not quite available yet)
http://www.monsieurprix.com/listing/gen/J000166029.html
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:59 pm
by noseman
Buy a mac! You'll get the best of both worlds!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:53 pm
by -Adrian
You would probably have to safe too much on other important components to stay under 3 grand with a dual xeon setup. So Mihai's suggestion is indeed the best choice in that case.
The Core 2 Duo E6600 is somewhere between 300 and 360€ and scales very well, essentially the best consumer chip you can drop into a socket at the moment. I would get one myself if i had the money to burn.
If you build yourself, make sure to invest in a quality powersupply, i can't say it often enough
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:12 am
by ivox3
Ubiq, E6600, ..get it or dig deep and just be done with it and get the x8600.
No Xeons in here though .....
http://www.behardware.com/articles/623- ... -test.html
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:23 am
by adamwade
Hey, all this is great and I wonder if there is a quad system with the Core 2 E6600?
, but what about this:
Single Intel Core 2 Extreme (=2 cores)
or
2 Dual Core Intel Xeon 5150 2.66Ghz (=4 cores)
These two configurations are about the same price. These seem to be my two choices. Is the Core 2 Extreme so fast that it could equal 2 Xeon 5150s. Any opinions?
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:27 am
by ivox3
I don't even think there's a dual board out for any of the new ones.
....and I'd put my money on the single over the dual X's.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:50 am
by adamwade
Hmmm,
I checked the Dell website and the single chip Core 2 Extreme would save me about $500 to $700 over the Dual chip (4 core) Xeon 5150.
Intel's site has some comparisons, but they use pixels per second for the Core 2 Extreme
http://www.intel.com/performance/deskto ... dering.htm
and some totally different figure for the Xeons.
http://www.intel.com/performance/workst ... on/dcc.htm
This doesn't help much.