So i'm contemplating all future workstation options at the prodding of others and I come across this - 16-Core ThreadRipper 8K Video Editing Workstation for Premiere Pro CC and DaVinci Resolve - which makes me wonder how close one could come (or could you run 12 cores per socket and even exceed?) for potentially alot less scratch (even if performance is not identical, superior value) if someone really does need to plan into eventual 8k video editing.
It's cool that a $900 cpu and $400 mobo can do this - i'm just curious how close one gets otherwise and for how much less money if willing to accept a plateau of performance a few notches down but still very high for the money.
I've been previously considering notably older used workstations but now that i'm seeing things here showing ppl getting the WindMill boards up and online (further along than when I had last looked at things awhile ago) i'm now very interested... with how cheap you can get 16 cores up and substantial amounts of RAM... i'm willing to work around certain other limitations like not having the newest features and no newer than Windows 7 natively and such. Or expecting to run some kind of virtualization which might allow even newer guest OS's to be run and might actually improve compatibility via the virtualization layer.
It's cool that a $900 cpu and $400 mobo can do this - i'm just curious how close one gets otherwise and for how much less money if willing to accept a plateau of performance a few notches down but still very high for the money.
I've been previously considering notably older used workstations but now that i'm seeing things here showing ppl getting the WindMill boards up and online (further along than when I had last looked at things awhile ago) i'm now very interested... with how cheap you can get 16 cores up and substantial amounts of RAM... i'm willing to work around certain other limitations like not having the newest features and no newer than Windows 7 natively and such. Or expecting to run some kind of virtualization which might allow even newer guest OS's to be run and might actually improve compatibility via the virtualization layer.