I agree. You buy high end parts either to enjoy it or because you truly need it.
You don't buy high end parts to be fiscally efficient, efficiency has always been the realm of mid to low end parts. This applies to nearly everything.
You don't buy high end parts to be fiscally efficient, efficiency has always been the realm of mid to low end parts. This applies to nearly everything.
Another advantage there was that I would not have to build another computer to use two cheaper processors. But that only works as I don't think I am limited by any other factors like memory or disk bandwidth.
I did however limit the processor to a 65W TDP to reduce heat output and power usage, which only slowed down my very parallel programs about 10%, and didn't affect less parallel programs at all. (The duplicated other components of two machines would also draw more power, though perhaps not that much in comparison to processors here.)
[1] For a fuzzer you could easily give separate machines multiple random seeds, so really that is no issue. But for model checking/exhaustive search there needs to be a proper form of work distribution. I haven't a clue what the network bandwidth requirement of e.g. TLC, so that might also require faster NICs than one gets on motherboards to not stall processors on the network.