Ok, let's say I had the money needed for an awesome workstation PC that I would likely use for heavy rendering, editing, possibly animating, Litecoin/Dogecoin mining, and gaming.
Other components of the build aside, would there be any tangible benefits in going Dual Xeon as opposed to the Core i7-4930K or 4930X? (Let's assume all parts save for CPU composition is the same, using the equivalent ASUS LGA 2011 WS motherboards?) What I do know now is that the Xeons might have better longevity/durability due to their nature as server CPUs, but would there be other factors that could go in their favor or against them?
What Xeon are you talking about (how many cores, only the E5 can go dual socket)
Depends what you would be rendering, 3d or video? It also depends on the softwar eand how many threads it would use. If it uses less threads, then a cpu with less cores and a higher clock would be better. If it has no limit then as many cores as possible would be best.
Possibly animating? 2d or 3d?
You won't see a bit of difference with mining, that's all gpu- you could go single core sempron and be fine with that-
Gaming will suffer a tiny bit as the Xeons are generally lower clocked...but at most 5-10fps...which wouldn't be an issue if your gpu carries the price point of a Xeon...
Longevity WON'T be an issue...the i Series and Xeons are pretty much the same chip with features disabled in the i series.
The Xeons quoted here or their Ivy-E counterparts. Rendering video at higher than 1080p, with a desire to render at 4K. Looking at Sony Vegas Pro/Sony Movie Studio, Lightworks, or Adobe Premiere for editing, alongside the use of something like Lightroom or Aftereffects.
Animation would mostly be 2D, though it would be nice to be able to create some 3D.
Since all of that goes together, I would definitely say yes.
Are you going to buy the cpus new or used?
either way, gaming will suffer a bit...but I'm assuming that that isn't of your primary concern?
by "suffer a bit" I mean 5-7 fps at most...
Thanks for the note.
That shouldn't be too much of an issue anywho.