I want to buy a processor and use it for music production using fruity loops mainly, with lots of vst and sometimes ableton and others few related...
is it better to have a 4 ( quad core ) processor than a 2 core ) in music production ???
I have to chose between :
Intel I3 2120 http://ark.intel.com/products/53426/Int ... _30-GHz%29 (http://ark.intel.com/products/53426/Intel-Core-i3-2120-Processor-%283M-Cache-3_30-GHz%29) ( 3.3 Mhz 2 core / 4 threads, 3Mb cache )
AMD Athlon II X4 651 BE - http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-A ... OX%29.html (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Athlon%20II%20X4%20651%20-%20AD651XWNZ43GX%20%28AD651XWNGXBOX%29.html)
3 Mhz, 4 Mb L2 , 4 core / 4 threads )
or
AMD FX-4100 http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer ... -4100.html (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series%20FX-4100.html)
3.6 Mhz , 4 core 4 threads, 8 Mb L3
any advise would be welcome!
thanks a lot
Andy