Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3, or i7 5930K for 3d Rendering

Johnathan_GTR · January 11, 2016

Ok, so for my build, i was thinking, so, do i want a xeon, or an i7. I came to 2 different options, a Xeon E5 1650 v3, and an i7 5930K. I know that Xeons are meant for server use, and are good aat stuff like this. I would really appreciate your feedback. PCPartPicker List.

daniellearmouth · January 11, 2016

It wouldn't really make a massive difference either way, to be honest.

Though honestly, I would just recommend the 5820K and overclock it a little bit. Since you're getting an ASUS board, you can just use the automatic tuning utilities to OC it without having to worry about it later.

I wouldn't really recommend the 5930K unless you intend to use multiple graphics cards, which given how 3d rendering is mainly CPU-bound, I wouldn't really bother.

pbelf · January 11, 2016

Those two are so similar that it wouldn't suprise me if they are the same chip with just a few different things enabled or disabled. The list price of them both is also very similar.

If stability, ECC memory and the potential for a lot of RAM is important go with the Xeon. If you want to overclock and eek out every last bit of speed get the i7.