I'm trying to research CPU options for some planned computer builds in the next four months. (more than one PC)
The oldest computer i'm researching for is a consumer gigabyte Z97 board - currently it has an i5 4440s at 2.8ghz with integrated graphics. (at the moment it's not going to use or benefit from an add-in GPU until later and adding a card will take up a slot) I'd like to upgrade but I wasn't sure how much performance boost i'd get since I don't want to throw much money at it for only some small 15-20% gain.
It supports Xeon E3-12xx models both v3 and v4, the broadwell i7-5775c and 5675c models (integrated graphics, 4c/8t, and 3.3ghz or 3.1ghz respectively), and the haswell i7-4790k (4.0ghz 4c/8t, but i'd have to add a gpu), and core i7-4790 (3.6ghz, 4c/8t, would need a gpu) and i7-4790s (3.2ghz, 4c/8t, should have the built in gpu). I'm wondering which of these might give me at least a 25-30% boost in work type loads (not for gaming - things like Adobe CC and other AV software, maybe pro tools) for the minimum of money. I assumed any overclockable cpu would have the prices driven up by others - since z97 doesn't OC that doesn't benefit me. Are there any value standouts that would do this?
The newest computer i'm going to be researching will be a dell precision 3620 workstation - this looks like it will support E3-12xx v5 xeons, higher core i7-6000's and i7-7000's. If the xeons are a better value than those i7's used obviously i'd go with that.
I dont have them yet but i'm also considering some HP Z-series like the Z440 Z640 Z840 models which should support v3 and v4 xeons - but of several lines like E5-16xx E5-26xx and E5-46xx if I understand, with the best values probably in the 46xx line because consumer board people can't use them or even most other workstations I think. I'm considering the same cpu's if I got a Dell Precision 5810 instead v3/v4 xeon but I don't think they support as wide of a range, or more than 14 cores for what I read somewhere. (but 6-12 seems fine, and i'm looking for a sweet spot and preferring more ghz to absolute max cores for this moment... I might 16 core one later, but for the moment 6-12 is my target) There's some desktop cpus also supported but i'm sure xeons will be a better value in this era.
The oldest computer i'm researching for is a consumer gigabyte Z97 board - currently it has an i5 4440s at 2.8ghz with integrated graphics. (at the moment it's not going to use or benefit from an add-in GPU until later and adding a card will take up a slot) I'd like to upgrade but I wasn't sure how much performance boost i'd get since I don't want to throw much money at it for only some small 15-20% gain.
It supports Xeon E3-12xx models both v3 and v4, the broadwell i7-5775c and 5675c models (integrated graphics, 4c/8t, and 3.3ghz or 3.1ghz respectively), and the haswell i7-4790k (4.0ghz 4c/8t, but i'd have to add a gpu), and core i7-4790 (3.6ghz, 4c/8t, would need a gpu) and i7-4790s (3.2ghz, 4c/8t, should have the built in gpu). I'm wondering which of these might give me at least a 25-30% boost in work type loads (not for gaming - things like Adobe CC and other AV software, maybe pro tools) for the minimum of money. I assumed any overclockable cpu would have the prices driven up by others - since z97 doesn't OC that doesn't benefit me. Are there any value standouts that would do this?
The newest computer i'm going to be researching will be a dell precision 3620 workstation - this looks like it will support E3-12xx v5 xeons, higher core i7-6000's and i7-7000's. If the xeons are a better value than those i7's used obviously i'd go with that.
I dont have them yet but i'm also considering some HP Z-series like the Z440 Z640 Z840 models which should support v3 and v4 xeons - but of several lines like E5-16xx E5-26xx and E5-46xx if I understand, with the best values probably in the 46xx line because consumer board people can't use them or even most other workstations I think. I'm considering the same cpu's if I got a Dell Precision 5810 instead v3/v4 xeon but I don't think they support as wide of a range, or more than 14 cores for what I read somewhere. (but 6-12 seems fine, and i'm looking for a sweet spot and preferring more ghz to absolute max cores for this moment... I might 16 core one later, but for the moment 6-12 is my target) There's some desktop cpus also supported but i'm sure xeons will be a better value in this era.