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[glorybound]

I have the Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz with 36GB of RAM. A little over a year ago I paid $1,200 from EBay.

[glorybound]

If you had $3,000, what would you buy?

for years I have bought used Dell workstations off of ebay....This machine is getting a little old but a 12 core machine with 72gb ram for about $800! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precisi...0AAOSwMmBVwTAi

this store on ebay has a TON of machines in different configurations. http://stores.ebay.com/TheServerStore_W0QQ_fsubZ1999232

much better deals than buying a boxx

[pixelplume]

hmmm.....I'm on the team of having a small farm but, in regards to you wanting one machine... I would get as many cores as you can - dual 10 core, 64 gigs of ram...ssd drive and whatever Quadro card you can afford (I don;t do any of that gpu render stuff). You might be able to get them to throw together a custom machine for you.

[glorybound]

So, that would mean an XEON?

hmmm.....I'm on the team of having a small farm but, in regards to you wanting one machine... I would get as many cores as you can - dual 10 core, 64 gigs of ram...ssd drive and whatever Quadro card you can afford (I don;t do any of that gpu render stuff). You might be able to get them to throw together a custom machine for you.

[glorybound]

This one fits the bill and is $3,100

DELL PRECISION T7910


TOWER WORKSTATION






XEON E5-2663 v3 2.80GHZ TEN CORE CPU WITH 25MB CACHE



128GB (8 X 16GB) ECC DDR4 MEMORY


1x 512GB SSD


WINDOWS 7 PRO x64 INSTALLED


NVIDIA QUADRO 4000 VIDEO CARD


DVD-RW INSTALLED


SINGLE POWER SUPPLY






MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRODUCT MAY BE FOUND HERE:
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell_Precision_Tower_7910_Spec_Sheet.pdf

[pixelplume]

ooh double check that it is 2x the 10 core

[glorybound]

Probably single. Here is a 2X - http://www.ebay.it/itm/DELL-PRECISIO...-/381437992676

DELL PRECISION T7910
TOWER WORKSTATION
2x XEON E5-2663 v3 2.80GHZ TEN CORE CPU'S WITH 25MB CACHE
256GB (16 X 16GB) ECC DDR4 MEMORY
NO HARD DRIVES INSTALLED
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 2GB VIDEO CARD
DVD-RW INSTALLED
SINGLE POWER SUPPLY


MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRODUCT MAY BE FOUND HERE:
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/s...Spec_Sheet.pdf

[pixelplume]

ok that's a little confusing since i went through that "server store" link I shared and found a $2500 dual 10 core... http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PRECISI...item58cf7a2079

[glorybound]

Can't beat that, except it doesn't have an SSD.

[Morbid Angel]

it also has a gtx 660, barely a card these days.

But the cpu it self bobby is going to be quite a bit faster then your current one -

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php...677&cpuCount=2

I think if you were to get this system, spend another $1500 on ssd, video card, ram you will get a nice rig.

[Morbid Angel]

Actually I take it back, in the passmark test they have a dual cpu so, its a bit faster but not by much.

I have a dual E2680v3 and its about three times faster then x5650.

[glorybound]

it also has a gtx 660, barely a card these days. But the cpu it self bobby is going to be quite a bit faster then your current one - https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php...677&cpuCount=2 I think if you were to get this system, spend another $1500 on ssd, video card, ram you will get a nice rig.

well, I have by current SSD, that I have all my assets on and I have my GTX 970. I'll see if I can find a machine with the processor you have.

[glorybound]

Actually I take it back, in the passmark test they have a dual cpu so, its a bit faster but not by much. I have a dual E2680v3 and its about three times faster then x5650.

Here is one with your processor. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precisi...oAAOSwUuFWwlJi Is it worth $6000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precisi...oAAOSwUuFWwlJi

[glorybound]

Actually I take it back, in the passmark test they have a dual cpu so, its a bit faster but not by much. I have a dual E2680v3 and its about three times faster then x5650.

is yours a 6 core?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precisi...MAAOSwKtVWvD4i

[Morbid Angel]

My xeons are all x5650 (farm) with dual 6 core cpus so 12 in total, and my workstation is a dual 12 core so 24 cores in total. The one you posted is a e5-2699 basically the best you can get in the e5 category. I have e5-2680 v3 (the v is important) v2 had less cores. The one you posted is really really good. 128 gb of ram too. I'd get that one if you could.