Two Xeons on dual Socket vs Two I7 2600k

jczet4

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Hi, iam having a problem when it comes to find the best choice to build a workstation whos main purpose its rendering complex scenes generated on my work, and as you may know the market right know offer a lot of choice when it comes to build something but to be fair, with all this choices i want to be smart with my money, so to the point know

I have the option to buy Two Xeons x5650 and instal them on a Evga Sr-2, or, go for two separated pcs with a I7 2600k, as you all may know, the first configuration will alow me to overclock the xeons and raise the perfomance to finish the job faster, as so the i7 2600k with a similar configuration but another board.

So, should i go for a workstation that will at least cost me 3500 dollars, or go for those two I7 2600k cpus and save like 1500 dollars, those two xeons overclocked got on cinebench at least 15 o 19 points while one i7 2600 got bewten 7 and 9. Keep in mind that this pc will be used only for rendering, its his own purpose so if you can even suggest different configuration it will be very apreciated

PS: I apologize for my english, keep in mind that iam from Venezuela so anyway, thanks for your help!
 
Feb 25, 2011
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one box will be cheaper to run that two. (electricity and stuff.) Plus there's software and os licensing costs in addition to the hardware costs. You're probably not saving any money.

Xeons.