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6th June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Sep 2006
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Thread Starter | Which Processor is best for Cubase.? Core 2 Duo or a Xenon Processor (socket 775) Which Processor is best for Cubase.? Core 2 Duo or a Xenon Processor (socket 775)... I am Trying to put together a monster DAW PC...8 Gigs Ram, ASUS Commando Motherboard (has 4 pci slots) , and 4 UAD-1 cards... I am between a Core 2 duo processor Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail or the equivilent Xenon server processor...Intel Xeon 3060 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX805573060 is there a Difference 4 running Cubase? Which one you Reccomend? I'm Stumped!!!!  HELP GEARSLUTZ!!!!! |
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6th June 2007
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2004
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| DOH a Core 2 Duo and 3xxx Xeons are the exact same thing! dont be fooled by the marketing Scott ADK |
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7th June 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2006
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Thread Starter | processors... I Know that... BUT , The new Mac g5's use Xenon server processors, so I thought there might be some slight difference or something... I heard a rumor that the Xenon ones were the "best of the batch"... Hey, it's only 12.00 more!! What could it hurt? Thoughts??? |
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7th June 2007
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| 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Apr 2007
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7th June 2007
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dallas, TX
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 | "I take a crap at work and make 12$" haha, that is great! Now back on topic... If you can hold out until July the intel Quad is going to drop to $266. The quad was going for $900 this past February and apparently the quad is really nice in a DAW. |
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7th June 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2006
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Thread Starter | Quad... Really???? The quad core will Drop ? Will the qual work with cubase SX3? |
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dallas, TX
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7th June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto
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as for the processor it's not even a question. get the xeon and pay the extra cash. | |
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8th June 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2006
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Thread Starter | Xenon Quad Well, Now that the Quad core is comming out in July, I'm gonna wait. I will start getting all the other parts now, and finish up in July.. Thanks for the help!!! I appreciate it!!! What do u slutz think? 8 gigs of RAM and a Quad core Should run the ol Cubase Nicely eh? i'm such a gear junkie.. |
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8th June 2007
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dallas, TX
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8th June 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2006
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Thread Starter | OS U know what? I totally forgot there is a RAM limit... I was gonna run XP pRO 32 bit , but the max is 4 GB.... Then I was thinkin of goin 64 bit XP pro, fine for Cubase and the UAD plugs, BUT , all the rest of my plugs and virtural insts are 32 bit... SO...... I guess 32 bit XP pro and 4 Gigs of RAM and the Quad will have to do!!!! I think thats the most painless option....(plus i'm still runnin an old MBOX)  Thoughts? |
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25th January 2008
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| Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2007
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| macs ship with the xeon because you can use motherboards with more than one socket (smp)... so you could have two processors, 8 cores, if you wanted. Xeons often seem to be ahead on bus speed, too... but on server/workstation boards. |
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3rd January 2010
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Interstate-5, North of Grant's Pass
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| The same old computer rules apply... Buy just what you need now. If you buy top-of-the-line CPU, you get 15% extra MIPS/Benchmark for 300% more money and bragging rights for 60 days. Buy with a little thrift and buy again in 18 months at the same price bracket (3 steps down from TOL), if you need to. You will get more average power over the 3 year period for same money, as well as an off-ramp if everything is going great. This was true with 486, Pentium, P-II, P-III, etc. CPU is rarely the bottleneck. It used to be disk i/o, then it was bus multiplier, then peripheral i/o, now it's 4GB RAM limit and how fast cores talk to each other and shared L2. A balanced high-quality system that NEVER EVER crashes is the best computer. At least you are thinking right and optimizing for your single most-demanding application. I like a little extra silence and at least a nod to power efficiency. Pick your price-point. Best wishes. Look a 2-year dead thread!
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