Re: i7 Builds - Specs and Results
I think you may be getting confused a little. I bet the Samsung SSD is also 6gbps. Which is sata 3. Someone really wasn't thinking when they named these things. Basically sata 1 is 1.5 gbps, sata 2 is 3 gbps, and sata 3 is 6 gbps. And IMO a SSD for a system drive is totally worth it. I bought my first several years ago and will now always have an SSD for the boot drive.
And yes pt will see all the cores. Even the virtual cores that most CPUs have these days. So that 12 core would show up as 24. And when I upgraded my Mac Pro from a 2.66 quad to 3.2 6-core I saw a big difference in performance. I could push the quad a bit. Not a whole lot bu could make it begin to sweat. The 6-core handled everything I threw at it with ease.
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Dell T5810. Harrison Mixbus 32C. Haven't used PT since 2015 and never been happier. 
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