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brian_rounds
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November 15, 2016
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Ordered New Hardware

  • November 15, 2016
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This is what I have coming in a few days. Let me know any comments. I'm a hardcore Mac guy crossing to the PC world to do my video editing. New waters for me, I hope to never look back. Apple is just not cutting it anymore for high level editing.

  • Dell Precision Tower 7910 XL XCTO (Win 10 Pro 64 English)
  • Intel Xeon Processor E5-2609 v4 (8C, 1.7GHz, 1866MHz, 20MB, 85W)
  • 64GB (8x8GB) 2400MHz DDR4 RDIMM
  • NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24GB (4 DP, DL-DVI-I) (2 DP to SL-DVI adapter)
  • C12-PCIE SSD boot plus 0-3 2.5" Matching SAS Hard
  • 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (boot drive)-Class
  • 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (add)-Class
  • 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (add)-Class
  • 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (add)-Class
  • Dell PCIe SSD Card - holds up to 4 x M.2 Solid State
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    RjL190365
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    November 16, 2016

    I have to agree with both Bill and Peru Bob. That configuration is severely imbalanced in terms of performance. Even with eight physical cores (without hyperthreading at all), the clock speed on that Xeon E5-2609 v4 is so low that it might as well perform slower than a quad-core consumer i5 CPU even in multithreaded situations. Couple that to the overkill GPU and disk system and you'll end up with the GPU and disk I/O waiting for the CPU to catch up.

    In other words, your configuration is like buying a big monster pickup truck that's equipped with only a tiny engine that came from a Toyota Aygo.

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    November 16, 2016

    Thanks Randall

    I just retuned my 8-core i7-5960X to 1.7 GHz and no hyperthreading and ran the CPU intensive benchmark  It came out to 830 seconds.  That is about the score of a antique second generation i7 like an i7-2600 that was new back in 2011.  My current score is 250 seconds.  As Harm would have said that would be like getting a 911 Porsche with a VW bug engine

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    brian_roundsAuthor
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    November 16, 2016

    I get it guys - i've already switched to the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 (10c, 3.1GHz, Turbo, HT, 25m, 160W). Due to work i'm stuck with the Dell box. This processor is the biggest they make for this case. Bill, sorry man... i don't buy that math. The M6000 will be a beast. I'll report back my clock times with I get this set up in a week or so.

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 15, 2016

    I'd go for a processor with a higher clock speed.

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    brian_roundsAuthor
    Known Participant
    November 15, 2016

    I know they make a 2.2 and 3.1 Ghz 10 core. I'll see the price difference. Thanks Peru Bob.

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