I understand that higher clock speed is better for reconstruction while more core suits AT
I am looking at either the i7 8086 (6 cores 5ghz) or the i9 9700x (10 cores, 4.3ghz)Despite a lower clock speed will the increased core count of the i9 still make it faster at reconstruction?
Will be paired with either 64gb ram (i7) or 128gb ram (i9) with 2 x 1080ti
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.
Without doing the numbers .. consider a lower spec machine .. x 2 .. and get a second license - even rental. You pay such a premium for ~ 20% extra speed .. you could probably pay the same amount for two machines that does 150% more than the expensive beast and put the money towards a second license.
You can split jobs easily enough and merge the 3MX's for example .. or just put a bigger job in a queue for longer and process a second job altogether.
Let me know what sort of calcs you come up with!
If you are keen on the beast .. there is plenty of single threaded operation time - I imagine the 5Ghz will win. The second GPU only adds 30% from memory .. not the 200% you might expect.