i7 or Xeon? 1080ti or QUADRO

alex-s wrote on 5/25/2017, 1:29 AM

What configuration do you recommend for 4K video editing, rendering and effects. I use Vegas and DaVinci Resolve

I have these two offers and the price is not much different (Configuration 2 is 10% more expensive)

Configuration 1

i7-6950x 10x3000Mhz

Nvidia 1080ti

64Mb DDR4 3000Mhz Corsair Vengeance LPX Black

ASUS® ROG STRIX X99 GAMING, Sockel 2011-3, Intel® X99 Chipset, 8× SATA III (6 GBit/s),

Configuration 2

Xeon E5-2687W v4 Prozessor (3GHz, 12C, 30MB Cache, 160W, 3,5GHz Turbo), 2.400MHz

NVIDIA Quadro P5000, (4 DP, DL-DVI-D), Tx810

64GB (2x32GB) 2.400MHz DDR4 RDIMM ECC

Chipset: Intel® Wellsburg C610

Comments

NickHope wrote on 5/25/2017, 11:37 AM

For Vegas, i7 over Xeon, and AMD over Nvidia. More on GPUs here.

OldSmoke wrote on 5/25/2017, 12:19 PM

For Vegas, i7 over Xeon, and AMD over Nvidia. More on GPUs here.

Short and precise!

Cliff Etzel wrote on 5/25/2017, 2:38 PM

For Vegas, i7 over Xeon, and AMD over Nvidia. More on GPUs here.

Care to elaborate why the i7 over the Xeon?

NickHope wrote on 5/25/2017, 9:41 PM

For Vegas, i7 over Xeon, and AMD over Nvidia. More on GPUs here.

Care to elaborate why the i7 over the Xeon?

I am far from an expert on this subject, but in my limited understanding, some key points for Vegas are:

Clock speed is more important than number of cores
i7 is cheaper than Xeon for the same clock speed
i7 is more overclockable. My i7-5960X, certified at 3.0 GHz, purrs along at 4.3 GHz.
Real-world reports and consensus

Clock speed vs core count

How many cores are beneficial?

Rich Parry wrote on 5/25/2017, 11:36 PM

I have dual Xeon desktop, 12 cores, 24 hyperthreading, paid $1500 for each CPU, very disappointed in previews and rendering speeds.

alex-s wrote on 5/26/2017, 2:30 PM

It means I am to build the system on i7-6950x and will wait another month until Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is available. Thank you for your help!

SphinxRa40 wrote on 5/27/2017, 4:04 PM

or..wait a bit longer for x299 platform/socket, it's finally time and worth it to replace intel x-79/x-99 HEDT systems, and yes also going for the Radeon Vega 😇😁