thx for the info! in that case i will def go the dual-xeon solution, since gaming will not be happening on the studio machine anyways

hey thx for this.

seen it but it doesnt tell me if the xeons are performing better or worse than the i7s do since both got ++ in the rating wich is not very detailed

hi all im currently planning a new DAW. my first idea was to put 2 i7 - 975 on that new asus Z8NA-D6 dual 1366 mobo. well epic fail as it seems, this wouldnt work. so now im thinking of using that Z8NA-D6 mobo with 2 X Xeon x5570. is this a good idea? i ahve no experience with daws on server cpu's. ...