For about $1200 I can get a 3900x/motherboard/64GB ECC. Is there anything else I should be considering that's comparable in performance, price, and power efficiency? Usage is an all-purpose home file/media/plex/homelab/game server.
Xeons don't seem to have the cores or single-threaded performance without costing way too much. Secondary market isn't cost effective unless you're back in the E5 v2/v3 generation, unless I'm missing something. But I'll be honest, Intel's product naming gives me headaches. Xeon E D W T F...
Xeons don't seem to have the cores or single-threaded performance without costing way too much. Secondary market isn't cost effective unless you're back in the E5 v2/v3 generation, unless I'm missing something. But I'll be honest, Intel's product naming gives me headaches. Xeon E D W T F...