Xeons do not have the on-board video chip, which you do not need seeing as you will use a dedicated GPU. So generally you can go with a similar spec Xeon for less money. Xeons are also meant to be rock solid/stable, so its a good choice for a workstation. In this case though, the closest performing Xeon is basically the…
if you're not custom building just because a lack of knowledge, you still should totally do it. any system you buy wholly made is going to be overpriced by EQ's numbers pretty much there are dozens of really great tutorials out there that are step by step (Newegg's come to mind). I hardly had any knowledge of what…
You can build similar yourself for somewhere in the range of 50-75% of that price. Unless you plan to do crazy overclocking (or are super anal retentive about system noise) there is no need for watercooling etc, (and watercooling in itself is a risk, what if it leaks all over your hardware?) The general specs there are…