[Fille]

Hi all! We're about to 'update' 10 workstations here and I'd like to hear your opinions about these alternatives. Intel or AMD? Expensive or 'cheap'? They are going to be used mostly for modeling (Rhino, AutoCAD) but also for rendering of course (we have 8 Maxwell licenses). Will the price difference (about 600 €) be worth it? Perhaps a dumb (?) question, but I'd still like to hear your comments as I'm no expert myself...
Thanks!

Philip


INTEL

ASUS S775 IX38 DDR3 SATA2 GBLAN 8-CH HD
INTEL Q9650 CORE2QUAD S775
2*OCZ DDR3 4GB PC3-10666 Gold Edition
SPIRE Fourier 754/AM2 Cooler ASUS GF GTX280 PCIE 1GB GDDR3 602MHZ
ASUS GF GTX280 PCIE 1GB GDDR3 602MHZ
NEXUS CATERPILLAR SILENT CASE
OCZ 1000W
SMG DVDRW 22X BLACK BARE SATA
VISTA ULTIMATE SP1 64B, UK, OEM (1)
OCZ SSD 64GB SATAII 2,5" CORE SERIE


AMD

ASUS AM2+ AMD790FX DDR2 SATA2 GBLAN 8CH
AMD PHENOM 9950 QUAD-CORE 125 AM2+ 4MB
2*OCZ DDR2 4GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC
ASUS GF GTX280 PCIE 1GB GDDR3 602MHZ
NEXUS CATERPILLAR SILENT CASE
OCZ 1000W
SMG DVDRW 22X BLACK BARE SATA
VISTA ULTIMATE SP1 64B, UK, OEM (1)
OCZ SSD 64GB SATAII 2,5" CORE SERIE

[Bubbaloo]

Is the $600 price difference for each computer or for the whole 10 ?
If it is a $600 x 10 difference I would go for the AMD. I think either way is a win-win situation!

[Fille]

Hi Bubba

That's 600 £ per computer - it's a 30 % difference... but I think I heard somebody mention that the Intel alternative would be 30 % faster, so you'd get what you pay for...

Philip