Pr can’t do this…

[Charlie Austin]

[David Cherniack] “Sorry, no. It’s rather a big subject and I really don’t have the time being busy as I am installing all the variety of Windows software I use on a daily basis on a brand new X99 chipset screamer.”

lol. OK then… 🙂

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[David Cherniack]

[Robert d'Alexis] “[David Cherniack] “…on a brand new X99 chipset screamer”

Can you define that? :-)”

The simplest definition is by negation: I’m not on an Apple hardware cycle of waiting 3-4 years for a new generation of machines only to find that they may require a whole new investment in peripherals, be inadequate to my needs, and/or destructive to my wallet.

But here’s an Anandtech description of the platform https://www.anandtech.com/show/8557/x99-motherboard-roundup-asus-x99-deluxe-gigabyte-x99-ud7-ud5-asrock-x99-ws-msi-x99s-sli-plus-intel-haswell-e. Probably make a fine Hackintosh, if one had the need.

David
https://AllinOneFilms.com

[Robert D’alexis]

Actually, my ‘can you define that” question ( a nod to a previous post) was my way of asking you to list the machine’s specs.
I am interested to know how the new chipset performs.

[David Cherniack]

[Robert d'Alexis] “Actually, my ‘can you define that” question ( a nod to a previous post) was my way of asking you to list the machine’s specs.
I am interested to know how the new chipset performs.”

Hard to say. it depends on your use. This is an office machine for running all my administrative software. Neverthless with an i7 5820 6/12 core 3.6GHz CPU and 16GB of 4 way DDR4 2133 ram (not overclocked though the ASRock MB is built for it) and running all my background software it’s it’s still 25% faster than my 2010 dual xeon 8/16 heavy iron system rendering out a Lightwave 3D scene ( non-GPU ) and 90% faster than the late 2013 MBP under Bootcamp – both with no other processes running.

So for me it’s very fast and I’m now contemplating a new dual Xeon system based on the equivalent C612 dual Xeon chipset. https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6866/asus-z10pe-d8-ws-dual-cpu-intel-c612-workstation-motherboard-review/index2.html

David
https://AllinOneFilms.com

[Robert D’alexis]

Thanks David for a very informative reply.
I currently have 2 8-core 2687 W Xeon processors with 64 GB of DDR3 and a Quadro 5000 graphics card.
The system runs very well, has been since I built it 2.5 years ago.
Although I am now lusting after the new 18-core processors, 128 GB of DDR 4 and the Quadro K 5200, the X99 platform has got my attention especially since I can max it out (8-core CPU, 128 GB of DDR4 and 2 Titan graphics cards) at a fraction of the cost of the dual Xeon system.

[David Cherniack]

In terms of costs the dual xeon DDR4 ECC ram is prohibitively expensive at the moment and a non-ECC X99 system is much better value. BTW you can drop a Xeon into the X99’s socket and I don’t think it will require ECC ram.

David
https://AllinOneFilms.com

[Robert D’alexis]

[David Cherniack] ” BTW you can drop a Xeon into the X99’s socket and I don’t think it will require ECC ram.”

That’s an avenue of thought I’ll definitely explore.
Thanks for the heads-up.