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I have been using my Xeon E5-2690 v3 based Windows 10 PC for a while now (Cubase + VEP). It is not bad, although it is rather old (Q3 2014) and, having a poor single-core performance (2.6 GHz, turbo at 3.1 GHz), it maxes out on some virtual instruments. Well, the 12 cores help with the running of lots of Kontakt libraries within VEP but I would like to be able to run power-hungry synth VSTi’s at a lower latency as well.
I am thinking of upgrading to a newer CPU with better performance single core but also multi-core. The problem is that there is no way I could test this beforehand. Once I build a machine, I cannot return it anymore.
So I am asking here for the computer gurus’ advice: what would be my options for a solid and guaranteed increase of performance?
Options that I am considering:
Any thoughts?
I am thinking of upgrading to a newer CPU with better performance single core but also multi-core. The problem is that there is no way I could test this beforehand. Once I build a machine, I cannot return it anymore.
So I am asking here for the computer gurus’ advice: what would be my options for a solid and guaranteed increase of performance?
Options that I am considering:
- i9 9900K. Cheap, very good single core performance (I assume?) turbo at 5GHz+ However it is only 8-cores. Would the multi-core performance be less of my Xeon E5-2690 v3?
- i9 9940x. This is not cheap at all, it has only 4.5 GHz turbo boost, probably less single-core performance than option1 above, but with 14-cores it will do a good job with the multi-core performance. Probably better than what I have now, but is it going to be a significant increase of performance with this high price tag?
- The new Scalable Skylake Xeons. Very expensive, lots of cores, that’s great, but also relatively lower frequency. Would those be better at both single-core and multi-core perforamce than what I have?
- Stay with what I have and get used to a higher audio buffer (and latency)
Any thoughts?
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