Burrito of Peace wrote on Apr 4, 2016, 11:40:
sauron wrote on Apr 4, 2016, 10:57:
That Xeon PC article is really interesting, thanks for posting it. Funny that the dual Xeon performs so much better in everything except games, but then I think we already knew that would be the case since CPU is not the bottleneck in those applications.
I've been running Xeons for years and I wouldn't ever go back to a desktop processor. They hold their own well enough in games and in everything else, as the article shows, they dominate especially when paired with the amount of memory a workstation deserves.
That's interesting - I might have to look into it in the future. I've thought of Xeons in the past but they've always seemed so expensive. Until now, I guess.
For now, I'm running a couple of machines, one of which is an experimental 4k rig. That one is an i7-6700K with GTX970 and 8GB RAM in a mini-ITX format, running to a 55" Samsung UHD TV. It actually performs pretty well, I'm just a bit scared to cut it loose on thermal grounds. Might have to put it into a Thermaltake V1 case with liquid cooling.
The other machine is a typical i5-4590 with 16GB, GTX 970 and a 500GB SSD, which came in as really good value.
The one thing that kind of strikes me is that I could probably forego the 4k rig by just throwing the gaming rig output to the TV via a Steam Link, which seems very playable even when I'm using a wireless connection. Replacing a custom-built rig with a $50 box seems overly simple but it does work.
Kittens!