Xeon Workstation - Will it bottleneck/Work?

[Simons]

Dear Linus folks,

 

I have been looking abit around the good old interweb, and sometimes you find something that sounds so extreme and stupid, that it might actually be cool to do. So heres the things that I would be using this machine for; Gaming, Rendering, Streaming and what not else that is epic & awesome.

 

- 2x Six-Core Intel Xeon X5690 3,46Ghz

- HP Z800 Dual Socket Motherboard

- 16GB Memory (To start with)

- GTX 970

 

The price on these things actually make up for why to choose the CPU & Motherboard. Please dont state ''Overkill'', as everyone wants to do it.

[the jolly roger]

well, it wont bottleneck like, at all

 

i dont think it would bottleneck like 4-way SLI 980s

[Simons]

Benchmark wise, this would be ideal for anyone who wants near 5960x performance, but doesnt wanna pay the last 400$ for the last 1500 benchmark points, and overall 12 actual cores is insane.

[Manny Calavera]

It will bottleneck in single threaded heavy games like KSP, ARMA and old games.

 

Whats price on that mobo and cpus?

It would be better just to go straight to unlocked broadwell i7 when it releases with big tower cooler.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

It would be better just to go straight to unlocked broadwell i7 when it releases with big tower cooler.

 

That's not half the fun though.

 

This PC will do killer in multicore CPU intensive tasks (SURPRISE) and I would not doubt that it will do just fine in games as well.

[dadasmithywinkle]

Dear Linus folks,

 

I have been looking abit around the good old interweb, and sometimes you find something that sounds so extreme and stupid, that it might actually be cool to do. So heres the things that I would be using this machine for; Gaming, Rendering, Streaming and what not else that is epic & awesome.

 

- 2x Six-Core Intel Xeon X5690 3,46Ghz

- HP Z800 Dual Socket Motherboard

- 16GB Memory (To start with)

- GTX 970

 

The price on these things actually make up for why to choose the CPU & Motherboard. Please dont state ''Overkill'', as everyone wants to do it.

The computer will do great in multi-core programs but suck ass in single core programs. Getting a single 5820K would be better for gaming.

[Simons]

The CPUs costs 300€ each or so on eBay, and the motherboard is about 100$+.

[Manny Calavera]

The CPUs costs 300€ each or so on eBay, and the motherboard is about 100$+.

for the money you can get avermedia capture card or something and i7 5770k that is enough for gaming with performance to spare. u utuber?

and a 980. with 4gb vram so in future you go 980 sli.

 

maybe even wait for 300 series like 390x.

[Simons]

I already have the GTX 970. We are not talking what is the best solution for gaming, as I know that the Xeon will not beat the 5820k or any X99 CPU in gaming, however it should theoritical beat them in multi threaded applications.

[Starelementpoke]

I already have the GTX 970. We are not talking what is the best solution for gaming, as I know that the Xeon will not beat the 5820k or any X99 CPU in gaming, however it should theoritical beat them in multi threaded applications.

Depends on the xeon. Also, with DX12 coming out and even now, performance should be pretty close to each other.

[Simons]

Its undoubtly a thing, that I'd like to try out in the near future to do, just bought a second car, so right now its not possible.