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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:54:39AM -0700, Winterlight wrote:
> I am running a six core Ivy bridge on a ASUS P9X79-WS with 48 GB of
> RAM but I came from a Dual core Quad X9650 not a i7 quad and there is
> a big difference. A very big difference.
>
> The answer to your questions are ... it depends.
>
> First, for
> <multiple applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Browser, and do
> some videoe-coding. >
> no matter what you do your PC is going to spend it's time idling and
> barely using it's capability...just like now.
> Buying top end for this use is like getting a racing Cobra and using
> it to run up to 7/11 for cigs every other week.
>
> That said for gaming get the Haswell, but if you do a lot of
> rendering or encoding then nothing is as fast as six cores.
> If you run a six core you are stuck with a Ivy Bridge Chipset ... for
> the time being. And that means an older chipset. My board has four
> USB3 ports but USB3 is not native to the chip like it is with
> Haswell. For what you do any CPU frequency is going to go like a bat
> out of hell .. just like your i7 is now.
>
> I use my extra ram for a 24KGB RAM Disk to do large file HD Video
> editing, but outside of that use,or running lots of Virtual Machines
> you will notice no performance difference above 16GB of RAM. And
> don't waste your money buying really fast RAM because you will never
> notice it.
>
> Intel CPUs and chipset are as reliable as they come. Motherboards at
> the high end.. I paid near $400 for my Asus...are always going to be
> well built workstation boards just stay with the usual high end
> manufactures and it is difficult to make a mistake.
>
> It sounds like you want to build yourself a bad ass muscle PC just
> because... and that's OK because this is what the Hardware Group was
> created... for the enthusiast. But when you start talking about a
> performance improvement over your I7 for browsing the internet, and
> using word, and outlook , or value for dollar, ... this just doesn't
> make a lot of sense.
>
>
>
> At 07:57 AM 5/16/2014, you wrote:
> >Hi guys,
> >
> >I am in the market to build a new computer system and am looking for some
> >suggestions as to the direction to look. My last build was in 2009, a 1st
> >generation core i7 quad core. I have upgraded with water cooling and several
> >SSDs. I am now looking for a bump in performance and a system that will
> >last another 5-6 years with minor tweaks. I do not game. I run multiple
> >applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Browser, and do some video
> >re-coding. Looking for suggestions as to cpu and motherboard chipset. Will I
> >get better performance with more cores (4 vs. 6) or newer core (Haswell vs.
> >Ivy Bridge/-E vs. Sandy Bridge/-E) or faster cpu operating frequency?
> >
> >And which motherboard chipset gives the best price/performance ratio and
> >dependability/stability and most/best accessories (# of SATA ports - 3 GB
> >vs. 6 GB, # of USB ports - 2.0 vs. 3.0, eSATA, onboard video, etc.)? Will I
> >get a performance bump with 32 GB or 64 GB RAM?
> >
> >Appreciate your input
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >Jim Maki
> >jwm_maill...@comcast.net
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