eso259 :
Dell T7500
got x2 X5670
the custom build is
Asus H97M
I5-4690K
need advice
thanks
eso259,
I'm a big fan of the Precision Tx500 series and the Xeon LGA1366 is one of the great CPU series. I think a Precision Tx500 can be excellent for gaming- they were expensive visualization system with big power supplies and server-like reliability, but the T7500 is surplus to need. As far as I know, there is no game that needs a dual CPU system and in fact games are strongly single-threaded and sometimes even run better without hyperthreading- hence the popularity if the Intel i5.
Of course, if you're getting some amazing bargain on a T7500, it can be upgraded in the same general way. The X5670 is a terrific CPU:
http://ark.intel.com/products/47920/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5670-12M-Cache-2_93-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI?q=X5670
> And, oddly that particular model seems to have CPU benchmarks that can be as high as for higher clock speed designs. However, the 2X 6-cores are not necessary and the 2.93/ 3.33GHz speeds can be bettered. There is a slight penalty with CPU's designed for dual use.
It's difficult to compare the T7500 to the custom build directly but I'd say that for gaming, an i5-4690- that can be overclocked on an ASUS H97M should fly past the T7500 in gaming. On Passmark, there are 9X i5-4690 / Asus H97M systems, the top one being:
Rating =
5328/ CPU=9117 (@ 4.5GHz) / 2D = 1102 (Radeon R9 280X)/ 3D =
5568 / Mem = 2508 / Disk = 7688 (Intel RAID 0)
The second place GPU is a GTX 760 with a 3D of 5314.
But an i5-4690K / MSI Z97-GC65 / GTX 980ti / Samsung 850 EVO 250GB / 16GB system:
Rating =
6079/ CPU=9924 (@ 4.7GHz) / 2D = 1310 / 3D =
15536 (2X in SLI?) / Mem = 3118 / Disk = 4987
> this shows the potential with very high end GPU(s) and fast disk is very, very good.
The top rated Precision T7500 / 2X Xeon X5670 of 22 tested:
Rating =
3520 / CPU=14009 (@ 2.9GHz) / 2D = 541 (Firepro W5000) / 3D =
3897 / Mem = 1700 (48GB) / Disk = 2678 (Crucial MX100 512GB)
However, with a GTX, the T7500 can have a very high 3D score:
2X Xeon X5687 / GTX 970: 3D =
8634
Xeon X5675 / GTX 780ti =
8254
2X Xeon W5580 =
7849
2X Xeon X5650 / GTX Titan X=
7569
Xeon W5590 / GTX 780 ti =
7502
So you can see that even with the X5650 which is a 2.6GHz, that the 3D can be excellent.
So, a direct comparison is a bit difficult, and the T7500 uses DDR3- 1333 RAM and has an SATA II 3/GB/s disk system. However, 1333 RAM has a Latency of 9 -and you can add a 6GB/s disk controller to the T7500/ I have a dell Perc H310 in a T5500 - $60 used off ebahhh- and that changed the disk from 1940 to 2649.
Overall, for gaming use I'd say, the i5-4960K (perhaps adding a GTX 970 or above and a fast SSD) is the clear winner.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 six-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz > 32GB DDR3 ECC 1866 RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> Logitech z2300 > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440) > Windows 7 Professional 64 >
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15
2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > 2X Xeon X5680 six -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz, 48GB DDR3 ECC 1333 > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3500 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)