You know, the problem with the thing is that my boss basically asks for as many cores as possible, while optimizing costs as much as possible. I basically see the thought-train going from "no-budget, propose something", all over through "reach for the stars", to "imagine 150k usd!" and "go for 10k usd" and finally comming to a conclusion that "threadripper and a ceiling fan will be fine"
And as I have no experience and knowledge to provide reasons >why< should we go for server grade, I have a feeling we'll end up with gaming pc :P