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[Bhavya jain]

Should I buy two CPU motherboard and two moderate CPU or one CPU motherboard with high end CPU. If both cost same.

[Dreaper]

4 minutes ago, Bhavya jain said:

Should I buy two CPU motherboard and two moderate CPU or one CPU motherboard with high end CPU. If both cost same.

What are you going to be doing?

[Thermosman]

Whats your use case and what are the cpus?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, Bhavya jain said:

Should I buy two CPU motherboard and two moderate CPU or one CPU motherboard with high end CPU. If both cost same.

Let me put it this way. You'll end up with two systems as opposed to one. It really depends on what you really want to do. You can't combine the two 'moderate' systems together. It doesn't work that way. 

[iRileyx]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Let me put it this way. You'll end up with two systems as opposed to one. It really depends on what you really want to do. You can't combine the two 'moderate' systems together. It doesn't work that way. 

I think he means a dual socket board with 2 mid level CPU's in it, or a single socket board with a good CPU... but i could be mistaken.

[THMAlex]

I will prefer a higher end CPU since it is easier to get one and at lower cost.

[Bhavya jain]

9 hours ago, RKRiley said:

I think he means a dual socket board with 2 mid level CPU's in it, or a single socket board with a good CPU... but i could be mistaken.

Yes correct

 

[Apepa]

1 hour ago, Bhavya jain said:

Yes correct

 

You haven't mentioned what you will be using it for. Different applications need different things; some will be better suited to high thread counts, others need fewer threads but better performance per thread.

[Wes2880]

If dual CPUs was a thing other than WORKloads, everybody would be doing it.

[Wes2880]

if you have to ask this question you need to buy one high end cpu.

[Bhavya jain]

2 hours ago, Apepa said:

You haven't mentioned what you will be using it for. Different applications need different things; some will be better suited to high thread counts, others need fewer threads but better performance per thread.

I was thinking of combination of amd and intel so I'll have both CPU in same motherboard so I can do gaming and editing easily.

 

13 hours ago, RKRiley said:

I think he means a dual socket board with 2 mid level CPU's in it, or a single socket board with a good CPU... but i could be mistaken.

Yes correct

 

[Bhavya jain]

4 minutes ago, Bhavya jain said:

I was thinking of combination of amd and intel so I'll have both CPU in same motherboard so I can do gaming and editing easily.

 

Yes correct

 

I realize that it's a bad idea and is not possible sorry for troubling.

[iRileyx]

4 hours ago, Bhavya jain said:

I was thinking of combination of amd and intel so I'll have both CPU in same motherboard so I can do gaming and editing easily.

That's simply not possible, you either go for Intel.. or Intel if you want dual socket at the moment.

Even then the cpu's have to be the same model.

[Apepa]

6 hours ago, Bhavya jain said:

I realize that it's a bad idea and is not possible sorry for troubling.

8700k.

[Bhavya jain]

How good will be if I make a setup with 4 xeon e5606 in one motherboard ( quad socket board).

 

[WallacEngineering]

46 minutes ago, Bhavya jain said:

How good will be if I make a setup with 4 xeon e5606 in one motherboard ( quad socket board).

 

That would be an insane level workstation, but unless you are planning on running a server, that is completely a waste of your money.

 

Multi-CPU boards are designed for high end workstations and servers, they are very bad at gaming and other "regular" tasks. Well not bad at it, just a waste of money for that kind of thing. Even content creation such as video editing and rendering is better left to a single high-end CPU

 

Intel and AMD operate on COMPLETELY DIFFERENT chipsets and technologies, and therefore it is unlikely that we will EVER see a motherboard that can take both an Intel and AMD CPU

 

If you need multi-threaded performance for things like multi-tasking and heafty workloads, even a single CPU will do. AMDs Threadripper 1950X will give you 32 Threads of jaw-dropping compute performance so long as you equip it with an appropriate 32 or 64GB or RAM. And it will deliver this performance for around half the cost of the Intel alternatives. Choosing this CPU would also mean more flexibility, as it does gaming very well too. A Threadripper build could also potentially save you thousands versus multiple Xeon CPUs while delivering the same performance unless you are planning on using it for server-specific tasks.

 

If you want a decently high-end rig for gaming while also still being able to multitask and handle content creation reasonably while saving a ton of money versus even Threadripper, then the Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel I7-8700K would both have you covered, the 8700K being the more premium and expensive option. Both of these CPUs will work well with 16GB or RAM and you can build either system entirely for under the same $1000 you would otherwise spend on just the Threadripper CPU.

[Bhavya jain]

Thanks for the tip. I was thinking of making a gaming CPU but due to cryptocurrencies GPUs are 2 to 3 times the MSRP. What do you think, when will the prices come in control?

[Bhavya jain]

23 hours ago, WallacEngineering said:

That would be an insane level workstation, but unless you are planning on running a server, that is completely a waste of your money.

 

Multi-CPU boards are designed for high end workstations and servers, they are very bad at gaming and other "regular" tasks. Well not bad at it, just a waste of money for that kind of thing. Even content creation such as video editing and rendering is better left to a single high-end CPU

 

Intel and AMD operate on COMPLETELY DIFFERENT chipsets and technologies, and therefore it is unlikely that we will EVER see a motherboard that can take both an Intel and AMD CPU

 

If you need multi-threaded performance for things like multi-tasking and heafty workloads, even a single CPU will do. AMDs Threadripper 1950X will give you 32 Threads of jaw-dropping compute performance so long as you equip it with an appropriate 32 or 64GB or RAM. And it will deliver this performance for around half the cost of the Intel alternatives. Choosing this CPU would also mean more flexibility, as it does gaming very well too. A Threadripper build could also potentially save you thousands versus multiple Xeon CPUs while delivering the same performance unless you are planning on using it for server-specific tasks.

 

If you want a decently high-end rig for gaming while also still being able to multitask and handle content creation reasonably while saving a ton of money versus even Threadripper, then the Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel I7-8700K would both have you covered, the 8700K being the more premium and expensive option. Both of these CPUs will work well with 16GB or RAM and you can build either system entirely for under the same $1000 you would otherwise spend on just the Threadripper CPU.

Should I also wait

[WallacEngineering]

2 hours ago, Bhavya jain said:

Thanks for the tip. I was thinking of making a gaming CPU but due to cryptocurrencies GPUs are 2 to 3 times the MSRP. What do you think, when will the prices come in control?

Yea, its a good idea to hold off until Zen+ launches at the end of April. Then you will be able to get an 8-Core, 16 thread Ryzen 7 2800X that outperforms the Intel I7-8700K for around the same price with an extra 4 threads of processing.

 

Or at least the 2800X should beat the 8700K. The 1800X beat the 7700K and then Intel answered back with the 8700K, then Ryzen should be ahead again and then Intel will be ahead again with the 9700K later on. The beauty of AMD getting back im the game last year is that right now, all CPUs are good choices at reasonable prices thanks to genuine competition in the PC market. Intel is superior with single-core performance while AMD is the multi-tasking and value king. The choice is yours and you wont regret either option.

 

GPU prices have already started to get under control, a bit at least. RX580's can be had for $400 on NewEgg and while that is nowhere near MSRP, it is half the price of the $800 they were just a couple weeks ago. GTX 1060's can also be had for $300, and 6GB versions for $350. The higher end 1070s and 1080s are a problem still but should be coming back down by mid summer 2018.

 

Your best possible option for a GPU right now is bidding on eBay. I nearly won a GTX 980 Gigabyte Windforce X3 for $250 and that is a far better GPU than the 1060. The 980 is actually capable of 4K gaming with some overclocking.