Get a 2500k

[Aidan]

In all honestly.. the extra $150 and then some isn't worth it just for hyperthreading..

Realistically, a 2500k OC @ 4.7 with an H50 thrown on top is better.

Agreed?

[clyzm]

no

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

vs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

"$150"

they also clock far more efficiently than regular i5s

[Aidan]

Remember, I don't live in the US. It's more expensive here, and with no free shipping at that. Not to mention our HST is ridiculous.

I wouldn't say "far".

I'm only looking to clock to about 4.5Ghz - 4.7Ghz.

Why would I pay an extra $100 to $150 for hyperthreading I'm not even going to use?

[clyzm]

it's still not $100-150 lol

higher L3 cache

higher stock speed

hold the phone

you're telling me you were asking me for my opinion on the necessity of hyperthreading? you know, the sort of thing people use for heavy duty rendering and/or processing?



http://www.dxalpha.com/forum/viewtopic. ... rthreading

[Aidan]

I'm not doing any sort of heavy rendering.

[clyzm]

I'm not doing any sort of heavy rendering.

My VSTi plugins such as omnisphere, RMS, tubeOHM, etc. easily much up half of that by the time I'm a bit more than halfway into making a song. and when I run out of Omnisphere channels, guess what. Here comes another omnisphere! NOMNOMNOM -3 more Gb.

I make a lot of trance with 30+ layers running probably about 23+ plugins depending on how complex I want the song to be. Not to mention if I'm running 9 annalog clips simultaneously (THAT I MADE MYSELF PROTO Ner Ner), it will amount to 2.6Gb. High qual digital samples, and analog samples nuke my ram (and cpu)

hyperthreading is relevant to your music production

quick question

did you buy your rig yet or are you still window shopping for parts

[Aidan]

It's almost done.. I'm really just deciding on the CPU lol.

It doesn't take much processing power to render music quite honestly.

However, it DOES use quite a bit of ram.




A dual core with 8-12Gb would actually be good.


You know what? fuck it.. I'm getting a 2600k and overclocking it to 5Ghz with an H70.

[clyzm]

so

that list in your sig

is basically your wishlist

thats kinda sad man

[Aidan]

Not really.. I only need the CPU, and it was an upgrade from a P55.

Working is better than wishing.

Wishing won't get you anything.

[Tantalus]

You know what? fuck it.. I'm getting a 2600k and overclocking it to 5Ghz with an H70.

I promised to myself I wouldn't bother with this but I have to say, 5GHz will not get you some sort of mystical position, or huge epenis.

When you begin to overclock past 3.6GHz, the processor speed begins to fluctuate more; getting slower.

Unless you're rendering the 3D CGI for Avatar 2, there is no point in getting a 5GHz clocked processor.

[Aidan]

You know what? fuck it.. I'm getting a 2600k and overclocking it to 5Ghz with an H70.

I promised to myself I wouldn't bother with this but I have to say, 5GHz will not get you some sort of mystical position, or huge epenis.

When you begin to overclock past 3.6GHz, the processor speed begins to fluctuate more; getting slower.

Unless you're rendering the 3D CGI for Avatar 2, there is no point in getting a 5GHz clocked processor.

I fold.

[James]

When you begin to overclock past 3.6GHz, the processor speed begins to fluctuate more; getting slower.

hey is this true but only for quad+ cores?

[Aidan]

Yeah, it's more so for quad+. I'm going with the 2600k now anyway.

[clyzm]

When you begin to overclock past 3.6GHz, the processor speed begins to fluctuate more; getting slower.

hey is this true but only for quad+ cores?

yep

the less cores but higher frequency = the faster processor

that is why some dual cores at 4.0ghz perform better (at single thread tasks) than some quadcores at the same speed

[Aidan]

So I should get an i3 2100 then

hahaha joking.


I'm going with 2600k


*Editing "wishlist"*