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NukeULater

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Hi, I'm looking to purchasing the parts for a new workstation. I was going to upgrade my Q9450 in the near future, but when the voltage regulators blew up it's time was cut short. The system will mainly be used for heavy photo editing, graphic design and print work. Although I have been working with more high def video as of late. I will sometimes be gaming on this machine as well. I already have the graphic cards and hard drives for the system.

I'd like to place the parts order tonight.

I'm having a hard time picking out at cpu. I might have to budget to jump up to a E5-2630, but I'm not sure yet. What are your thoughts. Slower hex cores or fewer but faster cores?



Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 2.1GHz 15MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 80W hex core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116934


OR


Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 2.5GHz 10MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 80W quad core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116935


ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z9PED8_WS/


G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231616


CORSAIR AX series AX860 860W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139042
 
NukeULater said:
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 2.1GHz 15MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 80W hex core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116934


OR


Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 2.5GHz 10MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 80W quad core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116935
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Personally I think you may be wasting your money going dual socket. Your second proposal has lower cores*clockspeed than a 4930K, your first proposal has slightly higher cores*clockspeed than a single 4930K but is going to be significantly slower than a single 4930K in applications that can't load down all the cores.

Do you have some compelling reason to go dual socket other than CPU performance such as software that demands ludicrous memory bandwidth? a future requirement for more than 64GB of ram or a requirement for more than 40 PCIe lanes?

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231616
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Be aware that if you use just one of those kits in a dual socket board then only half your ram channels will have a module on them.
 
plugwash said:
Personally I think you may be wasting your money going dual socket. Your second proposal has lower cores*clockspeed than a 4930K, your first proposal has slightly higher cores*clockspeed than a single 4930K but is going to be significantly slower than a single 4930K in applications that can't load down all the cores.

Do you have some compelling reason to go dual socket other than CPU performance such as software that demands ludicrous memory bandwidth? a future requirement for more than 64GB of ram or a requirement for more than 40 PCIe lanes?


Be aware that if you use just one of those kits in a dual socket board then only half your ram channels will have a module on them.
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That is the conundrum, hence why I posted. I was actually looking at the 4930K on a X79 motherboard as the single socket variant for this system. What is your suggestion for a xeon cpu?

I'm looking at dual socket because of cpu performance, immense amount of ram that these boards are able to handle and the ability to be compatible with real hardware raid cards. I also feel that the longevity of a dual cpu system is greater than their single cpu brethren. I'd love to upgrade this thing in two years or so with the 12 core E5 2600 series xeons.

A bit about me, I'm a professional freelance photographer and printer. I shoot a considerable amount of products shots. It's not uncommon for me to have over 100GB of raw files that need to be processed at the end of the day. When I print, I'm working with files that are usually between 4GB and 8GB each resulting in prints 44 inches x 30 feet. All of the programs I use on a daily basis are multithreaded and use every bit of ram I can throw at them.

*I just noticed the typo in the title. Is there a way of editing that?
 
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