topic Re: Selecting the right processor for a workstation in Mobile and Desktop Processors

Selecting the right processor for a workstation

idata — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:00:30 GMT

Hi guys,

I'm planning to purchase a workstation that will run Autodesk Autocad, Inventor, 3Ds Max, DS Solidworks, Adobe Programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator etc, but i'm quite confuse on which is the best choice of processors to select from.

From intel's website i see different types of processors ranging from the newest Sandy Bridge - E3 Xeon / i7/i7 Extreme/ Westmere range/ QPI/DMI etc....

Somehow i see that Sandy bridge processors are much cheaper compared to Westmere while for E3 Xeon and i7 range of Sandy Bridge is there a vast difference in terms of performance, it looks pretty close from what i see in the datasheet.

Looking at processors with atleast 4 Cores / better suggestions.

I'm looking for a performance based workstation that could really make a difference for my workflow.

The graphic card that i'm currently looking at is either Nvidia 2000/ Nvidia 4000 with GPU based.

Please do advice,

Thank you for helping

Re: Selecting the right processor for a workstation

Adolfo_S_Intel2 — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:16:11 GMT

Since you are looking for a workstation, I would suggest an Intel® Xeon® processor, if budget is not an issue for you, then I would suggest the Intel® Xeon® processor E3 or E7 since it has 10 cores and a big cache RAM, making the processor has better performance, and since I see that you will be running many heavy applications that is my best recommendation.

If you need more buying recommendations you can contact any of the Authorized Intel® Distributors located at:

http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/227304.htm http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/227304.htm

If you are not in North America, then please check this link:

http://premierlocator.intel.com/Default.aspx http://premierlocator.intel.com/Default.aspx

Re: Selecting the right processor for a workstation

idata — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:29:37 GMT

Hi Adolfo,

Thanks for the recomendations, is it true that QPI processors is better than DMI ?

Have a nice day.

Re: Selecting the right processor for a workstation

idata — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:45:58 GMT

I check a few of these processors but it seems that an i7 Extreme and some of the Xeon processors specification comes really close, which is better comparatively?

Please do advice me.

Thank you : D

http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/comparison-chart.htm http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/comparison-chart.htm

http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=48768,47923,47925,47921,47922 http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=48768,47923,47925,47921,47922,