Dual Intel i7-3820 or Single Intel i7-3930K

[paulsixone]

I am looking into the benefits of either option and which would be the better choice overall for the price.

This PC is intended for work rather than gaming, it will mainly be running
After-Effects / Premiere / 3ds Max, but I am not familiar with Dual CPU rigs and how they work with these programs.

I am looking at choosing one of two options:

Dual Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Processors
+
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011 Intel C602

Or

Single Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Processor
+
ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79

[paulsixone]

Here is a link to the ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 since I can only post 3 links per post.

[Neon_WA]

Intel Core i7-3820 is a single system processor
you will need equivalent Xeon for the dual board

need to check board info.. but should be these
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon%20E5-2600.html

and you have choice of higher frequency Quad core
or slower frequency Hex core

but here is support list for board
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/Z9PED8_WS/#CPUS

[Guest]

Ah, I see. Thank you for that.

My next question would be (and i've read a lot of topics on this but...) would the gain of 2 cores and 4MB of L3 out-weigh the price difference between the 2 CPU's.. ?

[debs3759]