Threepwood Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Well. what's your opinion? I'm getting a new CPU and appreciate any input on this. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firechild Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 The choice in the Cubase case is a quad, due to the excellent multicore support. Logic is still best optimized for dual cores but when Snow Leopard comes the apps will have more help from the OS itself for optimized distribution over the cores. The Q6600 is very easy tp overclock to 3.0 Ghz with stock cooling. So, I guess I should advice you buying a quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotcorez Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hello. I have read that a computer with 2 processor sockets is harder to optmise than for one. As far as i know single dual or quad are both well supported under mac and pc. hope that helps. ps there are currently issues iwith cubase pc with the dual socket octo configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threepwood Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 If you had to choose between Q9300 and Q6600, which one would it be? Would the extra 2MB cache make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft_Punk Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't think it would make a huge different, but a slightly noticeable one for sure. But I'll tell you what, you should go for the Q9300 if you have the cash. Q6600=2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 2x4MB L2 Cache, 65nm Q9300=2.50GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 1x6MB L2 Cache, 45nm Just remember if you're going for the Q9300 (I would anyway), you need to find a motherboard capable of taking a 45nm chip. ASUS P5K-E WiFi/AP anyone? It's the motherboard I'm getting. I can tell you this, my friend has a P5K-E WiFI/AP, and its a Hackintosh. The speeds and compatibility is just amazing. The only problem is PATA/IDE, so plan on using all SATA. But the eSATA ports work fine, and sound too. USB is fine, everything but that god damn JMicron PATA/IDE support. Go for it mate, get the Q9300. Btw, heres a link to the P5K-E with WiFi/AP. AP=Access Point http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131196 (Only $150 US Dollars!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threepwood Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Thanks..! I've already ordered the Gigabyte DS3L, it's cheap and highly compatible. Will decide on a CPU when Intel has dropped the prices (in 1-2 weeks or so, I've been told). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzi Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 quad will be faster for audio production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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