Dredging this up from the past, but I am finally getting around to ordering parts. I have been on the fence since I cannot decide if I should go with a 4 core or a 6 core platform. I don't play a lot of games on the PC but might once in a while. The PC will be used mostly for Audio, Video and Photography. Specifically I use Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and Studio One. I do plan on ripping a bunch of CD's to but I think either would be fine for that task.
I have been looking at a Nvidia Quadro or an AMD FirePro (Adobe recently announced support for OpenCL) to help with PS and Premiere. But my understanding is that the rendering during output uses the CPU, so both a fast GPU and CPU are beneficial. Lastly, while the IB runs cooler at stock temps I have also seen reports that it is harder to cool when overclocked. Either way I plan on using a water cooler (probably the H100) but from what I can tell the SB would be able to run faster. Of course, I am not sure what kind of clock speeds on can get from a hex core, most OC stuff I have seen is in regards to the four core. So, what is your opinion? Would I benefit from the hex core? How much of a speed tradeoff would there be in apps that don't use the extra cores? What kind of overclocking speeds are reasonable for each? Lastly, down the road Intel will eventually release the IB hex cores, will they work in a 2011 board or would I have to buy another motherboard too? SB hex core - 3930K - 3.2Ghz $569 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492 IB quad core - 3770K - 3.5Ghz - $309 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501 Thanks! -- Gary http://www.twigsandtracks.com Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog: Superior Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote: > Sandy Bridge E / LGA2011 / X79 is slower (clock for clock), more power > hungry, and more expensive overall than IB on LGA1155. If you need more > than > 4 cores, or need lots of PCIe lanes, 2011 is a great platform--but > otherwise > you're spending more money for less. LGA1155 supports 32GB of > memory--enough > to fit the needs of most users into the foreseeable future. Ivy Bridge E > for > 2011 may never even get released, and most reports place it at around Q3 > 2013 if it is. By that time, Haswell will have been out on LGA1150 for > months. > > For the record, I have a 6-core LGA2011--I wanted more than 4 cores and > needed a lot of PCIe lanes for GPU, multiple RAID cards, and 10GbE NIC. For > the record, I hate that the high-end, enthusiast platform has fallen a > generation+ behind the mainstream performance parts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Chue > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Ivy Bridge and heat? Case and Coolers > > Guys, if you're thinking long term, why not the LGA 2011? Slap in a 4 core > i3820 and you have gobs of memory (8 dimms) that will last you a bit. A > little more expensive on the motherboard but a decent IB platform would > also cost around the same. > > >
