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From the above referenced thread, my experiences of Xeon vs I7 were expressly in Partmaker.
They were also expressly during intense, 5 axis surfacing of bone plates on a mill turn.
The timeframe was last January.
While Xeons are included in most CAD/CAM packages from the major builders, there generally is no need for them.
Xeons run best with ECC memory, which is optimized for server type utilization, is not much help shy of a FEM machine. But this optimization comes at a cost... Both financially, and speed wise.
Xeons can be a better choice for major mutlithreading, but most cam systems don't do much multithreading, with the possible exception of some surfacing routines.
As I said, the folks at Partmaker had no idea why the I7 was significantly faster than the Xeon, but they found the same results I did after investigations.
In my experience, less cores, faster clock, and SSD's offer the best bang for the buck. Some people find that gaming cards are every bit as good for their environment as a high end Quadro.
But really, it all comes down to how you are using the rig. There is no "one size fits all" solution.