Hello,
I'm looking towards building a new editing system. I'm in no rush, and just weighing up my options right now and I thought I'd ask people here what they think.
The two main chips I've been looking at are 6-core LGA2011 and s1366 xeon 6-core ( dual cpu setup ). Obviously money is an issue, I don't want to spend any more than I have to, but £2000 is my absoloute limit.
Generally I use Adobe Premiere cs 5.5 with mainly DLSR and XDCAM footage. I understand that the dual xeon setup would understandably faster but what I'm wondering is how much faster and whether it'd justfy the extra £500 over the LGA2011 I could build.
Xeon System
Intel Xeon W3680, S1366, Westmere Six Core, 3.33GHz
X8DAi - Supermicro X8DAI Intel 5520, PCI-E 2.0 x16, DDR3 REG ECC 1333/1066/800, SATA 3Gb/s / RAID, E-ATX
48GB DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333MHz) (Triple Channel)
6TB 7200rpm HDD ( in total)
GTX285 ( from my old system ) works with Premiere Mercury Engine
LGA 2011
Intel Core i7 3930K Enthusiast Unlocked, S 2011, Sandybridge-E, Six Core, 3.2GHz
Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME/BF3 Intel X79 Socket 2011 Motherboard SATA 6Gb/s
32GB (4x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator, PC3-14900 (1866), (Quad Channel)
6TB 7200rpm HDD ( in total)
GTX285 ( from my old system ) works with Premiere Mercury Engine
Both are these are pretty beasty. I'd assume the LGA2011 would be slighly slower, but it's about £500-£600 less than the Xeon. However, with it being quad channel, what would the real world benefits of that be within my editing timeline? Would I be getting more bang for my buck with the LGA2011 being that it's a little more future proofed with SATA III and USB 3.0? I have too many questions right now. It'd be interesting to hear from someone with experience in using both in a video editing situation. But all opinions are welcome.
Thanks
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