Intel Xeon E5-1650 V3(2) vs 5930k

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Not sure if you missed it, or just ignored it. In the original post "Alright guys, so I'm at the point where I can't decide whether to blow the extra money on aDUAL XEON setup."
 


Sorry. Dual Xeon CPUs are mainly for running servers. You will save a lot of money and get great performance with just the i7 5930K.

 
i would go with the duel xeon they will be about the same for gaming but the 12 cores will kill the i7 in just about everything else. only go with the i7 if you plan on overclocking and only using it for games. i run a duel xeon setup on my computer right now. and those are not mainly for servers most are used in workstations.
 


Xeon's have ECC memory support though, if that doesn't make it worth it then should I get a 5960x?.
 


That is honestly what I've seen, and what I'm thinking.
 

Please, read the OP. ""Mostly using it for gaming, multitasking editing and rendering.
 

Somewhat want to have a cap of 1300 for CPU's
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80644e52630v3?
 
All depends on the application. I'm running i7-5930K at home and have an identical setup at work only with E5-1650v3 for the CPU. I do heavy processing, GI rendering, fluid simulation. i7 will sometimes crap out and hang when doing non-stop calculations for 4-6 hours. That is with no overclocking and a decent liquid cooling heatsink. CPU never goes over 50 degrees Celsius. We tried going for i7's at work to save a few bucks but discovered it was a hit and miss scenario. They are a bit faster and cheaper, but less stable with performance varying from box to box. Out of 8 i7's that we tried, 4 would freeze occasionally (once every few days) and 4 ran as well as Xeons. With time i7's we used in the past also suffered a higher failure rate, but we're talking serious cluster processing with CPU's chugging at 100% non-stop for months. Meanwhile, haven't lost a single Xeon ever.
 


yep xeons last FOREVER i have had 2 servers running them going for 15 years and they are both still going
 



Totally agree with your xeons last forever remark, and great sig! In a review I did on the e5 1650 v3 some time ago, I wrote it may indeed potentially outlive it's owners, lol. The 1600 v3 series are kind of special in that, from what I understand, they can be OC'd. On reddit and elsewhere, there are claims these single socket xeons were the last to be unlocked, and there are some benchmarks for the 1650 to back these claims up. Though, I'm unsure if "unlocked" would be the correct term to use. I've toyed around with the idea of oc'ing mine, but haven't had a need to thus far.

All in all, it's not unreasonable for someone leaning toward a 5930k intending to OC, to consider the similarily priced xeon 1650 v3. It's soldered, unlike those thermally deficient out of the box "high end" or mainstream chips Intel uses that cheap TIM on, which has driven so many to de-lid. Or to consider the overall higher standards xeons are made with in general, the host of features they offer, also unlike their mainstream cousins. Ultimately, oc'ing a xeon no doubt seems foolhardy to most, rightfully so. However, speaking practically, the small difference in price between the 5930k and 1650 v3 makes the latter an easy choice regardless of whether one intends to oc or not, imho.