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1...hp z440 workstation. 6- core 3.6GHz intel xeon Broadwell E5-1650 v4 (6-cores / 12-treads)
64GB (4× 16GB) of 2400MHz DDR4 ECC registered memory. 1TB SATA3 2.5 solid state drive. 2TB 7200RPM 64MP cache hard drive. In between the other two.


2...hp z4 G4 workstation. Intel core i7-7800× (3.5 gHz base frequency, 6 cores)
32GB (4×8GB) of 2666MHz DDR4 memory. 1TB SATA3 2.5 solid state drive. 2TB 7200RPM 64MB cache hard drive. Newest


3....hp z440 workstation. 14 core 2.6GHz intel xeon Broadwell E5-2697 v3 (14-cores/28-threads)
64GB (4× 16GB) of 2133MHz DDR4. ECC registered memory. 1TB SATA 2.5 solid state drive. 2TB 7200RPM 64MB cache hard drive. Highest performance


Ps ...they all come with a dvd writer. Nvidia quadro p400 2GB. Windows 10 pro 64 bit. Hp keyboard and mouse

Let's make this 4. Please consider this one too

Processor:9700k up to 4.9 GHz (No Hyperthreading)
Memory:32gb DDR4
System Drive:250GB SSD Drive
Audio Drive:1TB SATA III Drive
Audio-Sample Drive 2:1TB Sata III Drive
Audio-Sample Drive 3:1TB Sata III Drive
Audio-SampleDrive 4:1TB Sata III Drive
Optical Drive:DVD R/RW Dual Layer CD/DVD Writer
Video Card:Built in Intel 630 Graphics. DVI+HDMI+Display Port
Windows Version:Windows 10 Home Premium 64 bit
Case:Large Tower Case
Thunderbolt:Included
Firewire:None
Wireless:Included
Warranty:1 Year Standard

Very hard to say - There's not really much bench testing for DAW use that I can see for those Xeon processors so I've no idea how good they are. Games are not a great indicator of DAW performance.

Most things I have read tended to say if you get into the dual Xeon price range ( are these machine dual or single processor ? As they are often sold as dual processor systems on those server motherboards ) you may as well look at one of the higher end Ryzen 3000 series ( 3900x - 3950x - 3970x ) so you'll be on a more modern platform, lower TDP , cheaper ram because it's not ECC etc.

Also some of it comes down to whether your DAW is good for multi threaded applications as they all handle them differently.

I did a load of research a couple of month's back and the best bang for my sub £1,000 budget was a Ryzen 3900x ( 12 core 24 thread ) which works great with the most up to date Cakewalk which has a setting for how aggressively it multi threads but it seems to balance the workload really well across all it's core and it runs cool enough even with the stock cooler. Plus there's lots of folks using them as DAW's so there's plenty of info out there on how they perform.

If they are only single CPU systems then I think you will find that the more modern desktop CPU's will out perform the older server CPU's as far as those two Xeon models you mention.

Hard to find many comparisons but there is one benchmark here:-

https://askgeek.io/en/cpus/vs/AMD_Ryzen ... E5-2697-v3

So it all comes down to how much they are I guess. Price Vs Performance.

They're all around $3000 which is far higher than that link. I quess those are not the whole package? My friend says he likes 2 because hes familiar w the i7. But he also says the other two have more ram which is important

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Tue May 05, 2020 9:46 am

They're all around $3000. My friend says he likes 2 because hes familiar w the i7. But he also says the other two have more ram which is important

Sorry was updating my post !

Wow. $3k. Well that's a LOT of $$ to spend on outdated CPU's and dead end chipsets !

So the 14 core E5-2697 V3 isn't even anywhere near as fast as the 12 core Ryzen 3900x ...or are you looking at dual CPU's for that price ?

A $3k budget puts you firmly in the HEDT sector, I wouldn't bother with outdated server platforms unless you could pick up a bargain.

Depending on your use case you can put a WAY more powerful system together for your budget and be on the most up to date platform. What are you using it for ?

Mark

Pro tools 12. And avid recommends these. That's my only reason

I always go with avid !