Is xeon processor good for gaming/3D animation & rendering

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i am builind a new pc and iam wondering of getting two e5 2630 and evga sr-x

mostly i game and some times here and there i do little 3d animation and rendering

 

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xeon is ok for gamming but you cant oc it so meh, for 3d animation, rendering, AUTO-CAD, CAD, etc, etc, a xeon is the cpu for the job espicialy the 8 cores versions, paired up with some ECC RAM (error corection code) and you have an extremely reliable platform too. 

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i am not an overclocker

 

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Xeon really are not worth the cash unless you do enough work to bring back the cost of purchasing all the parts...

The Piledriver FX 8350 will do well in these tasks, as will the 3960x for a much better price.

 

Include that with a dedicated Nvidia Quadro GPU, and maybe a 670 for your gaming, it will be a better all round machine.

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Here...

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-pny-nvidia-quadro-4000-pcie-20-(x16)-256bit-gddr5-2x-displayport-dual-link-dvi-i-stereo-graphics

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-pny-gtx-670-xlr8-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-915mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-d

 

You can use them in tandem and have no issues with either task.

 

You will connect your monitor to the 670, and direct applications to the Quadro, in NVCP you will uncheck the 670 for CUDA access, and tick the Quadro for this.

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i gonna go with recon on this admitidly, as you really do have to be serious about it all to justify the expense of a xeon, if your mainly a gamer, the xeon isnt for you, in most cases it's an enterprize solution. also if your a gamer, you should get into oc'ing your hardware the benefits are well worth it.