Quote Originally Posted by H2O View Post
Here is my opinion:
i7 920/930 - gaming, light crunching, light rendering
i7 980X - gaming, moderate to heavy crunching, moderate rendering
2x Xeon E/X CPUs - heavy crunching, heavy rendering
That makes a lot of sense. I'm not really into the heavy crunching or rendering at the moment, so I'll probably stick with either the 920 or the 980X then.

I'm pretty tempted by the 980X -- more cores, more speed, unlocked multiplier, and possibly better overclocks than the 920 -- but on the flip side, it's over five times as much money, and that's hard to justify. Plus, with a $200 chip, if I fry it, it's not anywhere near as big of a deal as if I fry a $1100 chip.