SSD. 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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