pc processor specs new vs old

[Soundguy]

Is it current software (ie: are these current specs, or specs from 2006)? A 2.4GHZ 3rd generation i5 is significantly faster than a 2.4GHZ P4...

Aaron Z

Current software... it's one of the sonar versions. / cakewalk. like X3 I think.

Cakewalk - SONAR X3 - Compare versions

 

[IXLR8]

Current software... it's one of the sonar versions. / cakewalk. like X3 I think.

Cakewalk - SONAR X3 - Compare versions

If you look at the specs, they recommend 2.67GHz for a dual core processor or 2.4GHz for a quad core processor. So if you get a quad core processor, you don't need as many GHz. This also suggests that the software is setup to use multiple cores. It also recommended at least 2GB of RAM, I would want at least 4 GB of RAM, preferably 6 GB, especially if you are going to be running Win8.

 

[aczlan]

If you look at the specs, they recommend 2.67GHz for a dual core processor or 2.4GHz for a quad core processor. So if you get a quad core processor, you don't need as many GHz. This also suggests that the software is setup to use multiple cores. It also recommended at least 2GB of RAM, I would want at least 4 GB of RAM, preferably 6 GB, especially if you are going to be running Win8.

Only 6GB? I am ordering 8GB for our new machines at work... $40 more than 4GB if you get Crucial RAM through Amazon.

Aaron Z

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

i remember in the not so long ago days.. when you looked at a pc processor spec.. it would be like pentium 4, 3 ghz etc. or AMD athlon 1.3 ghz.. etc.

Nowadays.. you go look and you see I3 , I5, or I7, and no speed specs.

Wife is looking for a laptop to run some music software and hardware.. and the software is giving us speed specs it wants. IE.. 2.67ghz processor.. 7200rpm hdd.. etc...

IWhy is no one publishingthe speed specs on the id tags on the machine boxes? ( this was at a best buy ) . I just walked thru at lunch yesterday to look.. etc.

This is one reason I switched over to tractors - so much simpler. No need for patches, no getting viruses, no reason to upgrade the "operating system" or browser, no internet connection required (except for TBN of course ), much more "stable build", still works fine after 30+ years old, etc, etc.

 

[RobertN]

No. Speed AND core count both affect performance. More cores at slower speed will outperform less cores at higher speed. High core and speed is good, but are high end $$$

I guess I should add, so does the memory speed, and the bus speed of the CPU and motherboard...

are all I# the same speed ( and I5 and I7 ).

IE.. if I see an I3.. is it assumed to be the same speed in all platforms. .. etc.. a toshiba and an hp for instance.. if both have an i5 proc.. are they they same speeds?

 

[RobertN]

RAM is so cheap now 16GB... or more if board/system will support it.

It also recommended at least 2GB of RAM, I would want at least 4 GB of RAM, preferably 6 GB, especially if you are going to be running Win8.

 

[MossRoad]

well.. that did answer some questions. since this will be a mobile platform.. I'l either need the very fastest o f the I5 since they top out at 2.8 Or i will need an I7... ( starting at 2.7 and go up.. etc.. ) the software i am going to use will require 2.67ghz

i5 doesn't hyperthread... do you need to hyperthread? H*** I don't know!!! :laughing: But here's an explanation of that, too.How Hyper-Threading Works (and When You Want It In Your PC) For reference, I have both i5 and i7 laptops of the same speed. I can't see any difference in my daily work, which involves MANY windows open at the same time. But nothing with high demand graphics. I've yet to lock either up.

 

[aczlan]

i5 doesn't hyperthread... do you need to hyperthread?

I'll have to disagree. My laptop has a Intel i5 M430 CPU (specs) which is an i5 and it hyperthreads (dual core chip, but Windows shows 4 cores in task manager).

Aaron Z

 

[RobertN]

It is processor specific, not I3/I5/I7 specific. You really have to look at the specs.

More core, more threads, usually more computing power. But... it also usually means higher price points.

i5 doesn't hyperthread... do you need to hyperthread? H*** I don't know!!!

 

[MossRoad]

I'll have to disagree. My laptop has a Intel i5 M430 CPU (specs) which is an i5 and it hyperthreads (dual core chip, but Windows shows 4 cores in task manager).

Aaron Z

From the following article:
Core i5 uses Hyper-Threading to make a dual-core CPU act like a four-core one, but if you have a Core i5 processor with four true cores, it won't have Hyper-Threading. For the time being, Core i5 tops out at handling 4 streams, using four real cores or two cores with Hyper-Threading.

Give Me the Cache - Comparing Intel Core i5 vs i7 | PCMag.com