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2010-09-17 , 12:39
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
The benefits of the i7-980X are limited. Anyone who could truly use (and afford) the i7-980X would probably get more out of two Xeon 5500 series chips. Most everyone else is just wasting money on excess cores and power consumption.
What do you mean limited?I thought that Xeon processors are for servers.And even if they aren't,the cost of one Xeon 55xx is over 1100 $.And even if they aren't,the motherboards that you have to use for an Intel Xeon 55xx are for a specific use,that gives a lot of processing power but not for the use of games or video edtiting.If I am not wrong they don't even support SLI or Crossfire.This is what I am thinking,if I am wrong correct me.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Waste of money. A gamer would do better to spend time, money, and effort on their graphics, storage, power, and put some effort into setting up a system that operates quietly.
This is why I said to assume that you have the ability to waste any amount of money to other components.I mean that you can afford buying the best graphics card,maybe ssds with a lot of storage and a good cpu cooler to operate the system quietly and the only thing that remains to buy is a cpu and you are thinking to buy a intel 980x.Would you buy it for the type of use that I write in question 2 or not?If not why?

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Possibly, but you'd get way more out of a dual CPU system with more physical cores.
I said it also previously motherboards for that kind of systems don't allow you to use more that 1 graphics card.Their purpose are for servers.And like I said before if I am wrong correct me!
When you say more physical cores?I think xeon cpus and 980x have the most physical cores(6 native cores by the way).I don't that you could find in market cpu for pc with more than 6 native cores.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
The Extreme Edition processors seem to be more for those with too much money and not enough sense. Cut down a couple editions on your processor, overclock a bit, take care of the real slow spots and you'll get more bang for your buck. I run my i7-920 at 3.0GHz and it took zero effort.
When you say " take care of the real slow spots " what do you mean exactly?For exaple change a hdd with an ssd,and choose ram with better timings and more speed and other things like that?Or I misunderstood?

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
I like to buy just behind the bleeding edge!

You can get close to the same performance for a fraction of the cost. The bleeding edge gives you bragging rights.......for a few months.
Man I am so sorry but I don't have a clue of what you are trying say to me.Could you please restate your opinion with other words?My english are not very good.

Let's forget sytems with dual cpus and try to answer that question:if you can afford to buy an expensive cpu for a single cpu system for the purpose of extreme hardcore gaming,video rendering and the use of programs that demand a lot of processing power what would you possibly buy if you don't have in your mind to overclock.I know that also a good vga card in needed too,but let's focus a little bit only in the cpu part.
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