The price on pulled x5650's have dropped considerably over the past few months. Pair used to be $900+ now can be had for <$500. While not at the performance of the 5690 it is a pretty awesome bang for the buck in line with the W5590's but 95W vs 130W and 12 core vs 8 core.
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The price on pulled x5650's have dropped considerably over the past few months. Pair used to be $900+ now can be had for <$500. While not at the performance of the 5690 it is a pretty awesome bang for the buck in line with the W5590's but 95W vs 130W and 12 core vs 8 core.
Thanks. That BareFeats article sort of was what I needed to see. These machines will primarily be used for Cinema 4D rendering so the CineBench scores were what I needed to see. I think I might go for 6-cores after all. The 5670s look like the sweet-spot for 6-cores.
You have to ask yourself something, am I feeling lucky? Well, are you?
Joking aside, I have bought 3 pairs of processors on Ebay through separate auctions. 2 had non matching numbers but run stable and solid. Just my experience. Obviously an ES mixed with a regular stepping might be buggy or work fine. Only one way to know for sure.
When I bought my W5580s, I bought it as a pair from the same person to avoid what MacVidCards described. I also avoided engineering samples.
Okay, good to know.
Was just wondering because these prices are all over the place!
I just have to ask myself, "what do you do? WHAT do you do?".
Was just wondering because these prices are all over the place!
I just have to ask myself, "what do you do? WHAT do you do?".
Better to do my own due diligence prior to purchasing to reduce the need to ever use the Ebay buyer protection.
Gotcha, makes sense.
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So, I'm now ready to order processors and I'm stuck. I do primarily After Effects work with a bit of Cinema 4D. AE's interactivity really benefits from clock-speed and C4D's render times from core-count.
I'm stuck between:
dual W5590 3.33GHz 4-cores
and
dual X5670 2.93GHz 6-cores.
Thoughts from the experts?
I think the X5670 2.93ghz 6 cores is the better choice because AE and 4D Cinema benefit more with more cores. Plus the TDP of X5670 is only 95watts compared to the W5590's 130watts. The X5670 may run a little cooler. Just my opinion.