CPU For Video Editing / CAD Work: E5-2609 or E5-1680

[Coldkilla]

I work with After Effects, 3DSMax, and Adobe Premiere.

I'm new to Xeon processors. My boss asked me to recommend 3D Animation / Video-Editing system back in February, but it has taken the IT department 5-6+ months to finally get back to me. They've come at me with a lot of different recommendations, but I frankly don't know the differences. My original requests were given 100% approval, but the IT department is recommending alternatives - but they don't deal in video production so I need to make sure their recommendations are grounded in reality.

The main issue at hand is the CPU:
My request - Intel Xeon E5-1680v3 3.2GHz 20MB 2133 8C CPU
IT Suggested - Intel Xeon E5-2609v4 1.7 1866 8C

Are the differences so great that I should make a deal out of this? All I see is a huge difference in GHz speeds.

 

[Ken g6]

That's what I call cheaping out!

E5-1680v3: 8c16T, 3.2GHz/3.8GHz turbo, $1723 MSRP.
E5-2609v4: 8c8T, 1.7GHz, no turbo, $306.00 - $310.00 MSRP.

That'll be less than half the speed. Unless they're recommending two of them on one board. :sneaky: You'll still have trouble with single-thread bottlenecks in that case, though.

If the IT department wants a single $300 processor, I'd suggest an i7-5820K.

 

[Coldkilla]

Thank you so much for the quick responce Ken. I will relay this information over ASAP.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

The main issue at hand is the CPU:
My request - Intel Xeon E5-1680v3 3.2GHz 20MB 2133 8C CPU
IT Suggested - Intel Xeon E5-2609v4 1.7 1866 8C

How is this even being considered? For such tasks, you'll want the fastest possible system, because the most expensive component is actually you. Hardware is cheap by comparison.

Unless a Xeon is required, those $1723 would also buy you a 6950X, which has two additional cores. You could also look at the E5-2683v4. Its MSRP is a little more then the E5-1680v3, but it is a 16C/32T model... :sneaky: