New powerful MULAB computer. Help wanted!
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- KVRist
- 389 posts since 22 May, 2012
Gaming aside (and I really don't understand why would anyone shell out $600 on a processor just for playing games), all professional applications are optimized for Intel processors.
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- KVRAF
- 2140 posts since 16 Jan, 2013 from USA
Either system will be very fast. I just upgraded from an i7 965 to an i7 3770. Faster, but not overwhelmingly slow in feel. I did it mostly to get rid of my antique 1366 board, move to mITX, and boot faster. My main music PC is an AMD Phenom II 965. It does just fine and I often have over 20 tracks running. AMD's actually multi-task better with the 8 cores. If I hadn't wanted to go mini, I would've gone AMD.
Really, you can stress over the numbers but they're all so fast these days it's a waste of energy. The Intels will draw less power over time though if that's a concern. Take an awful long time to make up for the difference though.
-Jon
Really, you can stress over the numbers but they're all so fast these days it's a waste of energy. The Intels will draw less power over time though if that's a concern. Take an awful long time to make up for the difference though.
-Jon
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 105 posts since 23 Apr, 2008
So the conclusion is that that the extra cores of the amd would be an advantage compaired to the hyper-threading of intel in the terms of getting the most out of Mulab ?
And intel with its hyperthreading would get me more performance out of my system in every other aspect?
If it is so i will go for AMD.
Please correct me if im wrong.
And intel with its hyperthreading would get me more performance out of my system in every other aspect?
If it is so i will go for AMD.
Please correct me if im wrong.
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- KVRAF
- 2140 posts since 16 Jan, 2013 from USA
A physical core is faster than a virtual one and AMD's interconnects and dispatching is just as good as Intel's. Whoever is talking about the 3930K is talking about a CPU that is thee times as expensive. There's no touching the FX8350 in terms of bang for the buck, but it's not the fastest CPU by any means.
We always have the art department people sit down in front of systems and ask them to tell us which is faster. They can never make up their minds whether it's Core i5/i7/FX, whatever. What they can tell the difference between is a HD and an SSD because Windows is always grabbing stuff off of the hard drive. Don't cheap out on the motherboard and get something with only SATA 3gbps if you get an SSD or plan to get one. A good SSD can saturate the SATA 6gbps bus, let alone the SATA 3Gbps.
Intel however is the clear winner when it comes to smaller form factors above mid-range CPUs. There are no mITX boards for AM3 that I've seen. Also, the Intel boot times are usually quite a bit faster, if that means anything to you. I've been playing around with the Core i3 NUC and it works with MuLab just fine, though it runs pretty darn warm (fanless design)
The Intel will draw less power over time, though a CPU is a small part of the equation these days given the large displays and it will never catch up to the savings with the AMD.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
http://ark.intel.com/
http://www.amd.com/us/products/embedded ... t-am3.aspx
My advice is to get whatever you can comfortably afford and be happy with it.
We always have the art department people sit down in front of systems and ask them to tell us which is faster. They can never make up their minds whether it's Core i5/i7/FX, whatever. What they can tell the difference between is a HD and an SSD because Windows is always grabbing stuff off of the hard drive. Don't cheap out on the motherboard and get something with only SATA 3gbps if you get an SSD or plan to get one. A good SSD can saturate the SATA 6gbps bus, let alone the SATA 3Gbps.
Intel however is the clear winner when it comes to smaller form factors above mid-range CPUs. There are no mITX boards for AM3 that I've seen. Also, the Intel boot times are usually quite a bit faster, if that means anything to you. I've been playing around with the Core i3 NUC and it works with MuLab just fine, though it runs pretty darn warm (fanless design)
The Intel will draw less power over time, though a CPU is a small part of the equation these days given the large displays and it will never catch up to the savings with the AMD.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
http://ark.intel.com/
http://www.amd.com/us/products/embedded ... t-am3.aspx
My advice is to get whatever you can comfortably afford and be happy with it.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 105 posts since 23 Apr, 2008
Thank you all for your input.
I hink i have decided to go for the AMD and get myself hiigh quality SSD instead and effective cpu cooling.
I may order it next week or in august i have not decided yet.
Thanks!
S
I hink i have decided to go for the AMD and get myself hiigh quality SSD instead and effective cpu cooling.
I may order it next week or in august i have not decided yet.
Thanks!
S