My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a W-1200 series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory.
X299 is a dead platform, and if you're not considering anything AMD, I think that's (W1200 series) the best solution. e.g., Asus Pro WS W480-ACE (A SuperMicro board like the X12SAE would be a fine choice - perhaps even better as SuperMicro focuses on DIY servers and higher-end workstations almost exclusively) Xeon W1290P (10C, 3.7-5.3GHz) 2666/2933 ECC UDIMM memory (e.g., from Asus compatibility list: https://www.newegg.com/hynix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/0RN-000W-003A4 though I personally would go with a couple 32GB/2933 sticks like https://store.supermicro.com/32gb-ddr4-2933-mem-dr432l-hl01-eu29.html) -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of _ Winterlight Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] time for upgrade I have had my ASUS E6896_P9X79_WS board with Intel i7-4930K , 64GB of Crucial Ballistic DDR 3 and a Nvidia 1070 going on 8 years. It has served me well but in the last year I have had to replace the 850w Seasonic PS, the Thermaltake CPU water cooling and now a memory dimm has gone bad which caused all sorts of corrupt files. I am not a gamer. What I need is rock solid dependable performance and if I want to play a game or edit video it is no problem. So now I am thinking maybe I should consider doing a major upgrade of a Asus Workstation motherboard, modern Intel CPU, and DDR4 ram. I know AMD is all the hot CPU now but I prefer the stability and compatibility inherent with Intel products. I gave myself a $1500 - $2000 budget and went looking to see what I could do. The problem I am having is the multitude of choices. It looks like there are six Asus WS boards to choose from a huge assortment of I7 and I9 CPUs and I will probably stick with Crucial for the RAM. Any guidance from the collective is appreciated. <w>
