Is it feasible to construct a PC that has two different CPUs, one optimized for gaming and the other for productivity tasks like Blender? The idea would be to switch between these CPUs depending on whether you want to play games or work on creative projects. Is this a practical approach, or would it be better to have two separate PCs?
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Nope, that's not really how it works. If you want to optimize for both gaming and productivity, your best bet is to just build two separate PCs instead.
You can’t really switch between CPUs in a single system like that. The better solution might be to look into a powerful CPU like the 9950X3D. You can disable the non-X3D cores in the BIOS while gaming, which might help. Alternatively, CPUs like the 14900K or 285K let you disable E cores for better gaming performance.
Yeah, it looks like the BIOS has some useful options for tweaking performance!
It's theoretically possible to create a system with two CPUs and switch tasks between them, but not with standard PC hardware and off-the-shelf OS. Usually, you would just have a CPU and a GPU working together.
In the past, some prosumer Xeon cases were designed for dual CPUs, but they had to be identical models and couldn't be switched on the fly.
I think Linus did a build featuring two PCs in one case, which is probably the closest alternative to having two CPUs in a single system!
That sounds interesting! So you can really optimize it like that without having to swap out hardware?