i7-980x

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by filosofem

But to be confused with the LGA1156 Sandy Bridge socket generation. Socket LGA2011, Eight Core, 20MB L3 Cache and Quad Channel DDR3. Boy oh, boy oh boy, when will this ever end.

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But the hexacore looked to be affordable also and will probably be the sweet spot.

[filosofem]

980X and 990X soon.

[critza]

Originally Posted by sunburst79

If a all PCIe X58 board with no legacy ports or slots can become obsolete. I picked it because it was unencumbered by legacy parts/ports and could run HD3-4 PCIe if the parts ever drop in price

No SATA 6GB or USB 3.0 ports but they are not native to the X58 chipset anyway. I have no SATA6 Drives or USB peripherals so its a non issue for me. Most of the SATA6/USB add on implementations are a bit of a kludge IMO anyway.

I can run a pair of 15K SAS drives in RAID 0 though. It would make a hell of a video editing rig.

I would LOVE a 980X. I was going to buy one. The same day I saw a Intel price list for Sandy Bridge and socket 2011.

Warning! Warning! The sas drives makes your computer sound like a jetplane.

[critza]

Originally Posted by danander11

Anyone using this CPU yet? if so, how are you finding it with PT9?

Also, what mainboard are you using?

Peace!

I found that the 980X has too much power for a 32 bit system. I run out of RAM before CPU. 60 track session with around 15 synths and plugins made my computer weep about memory. That was on xp 32 bit with 3/gb switch.
Now i am on win7 64 and will have maybe 6-700mb more RAM but i will be surprised if the CPU-meter hits 50% before RAM runs short.

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by critza

Warning! Warning! The sas drives makes your computer sound like a jetplane.

Danger Will Robinson!

Yeah I like quiet drives myself. I gave up on even Raptors years ago. I was just noting that the old WS workstation board had some hardcore features. Like dual teamable GB NIC's for accessing monster files on a server.

They are doing SAS SSD drives now. I dont want to even know the cost.

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by critza

I found that the 980X has too much power for a 32 bit system. I run out of RAM before CPU. 60 track session with around 15 synths and plugins made my computer weep about memory. That was on xp 32 bit with 3/gb switch.
Now i am on win7 64 and will have maybe 6-700mb more RAM but i will be surprised if the CPU-meter hits 50% before RAM runs short.

Thats actually good to know.

[danander11]

Originally Posted by filosofem

Well, you can take that Hobo out of your signature! Next you'll be asking if you can eat your cake too.

Well, I bit the bullet.. I pick it up tomorrow, (the Mac).

Since I'm keeping my PC as well, I only have to give half the Hobo back right?

I guess that makes me a Ho now...

[spkguitar]

Originally Posted by danander11

Well, I bit the bullet.. I pick it up tomorrow, (the Mac).

Since I'm keeping my PC as well, I only have to give half the Hobo back right?

I guess that makes me a Ho now...

As one who has also fully drank deeply of the "MAC Kool-Aid", welcome.

Don't forget, it can also run Windows very well too, so...

[filosofem]

Originally Posted by danander11

Since I'm keeping my PC as well, I only have to give half the Hobo back right?

I guess that makes me a Ho now...

Your stripes stripped with a slap in the face. Congrats.

[filosofem]

Originally Posted by spkguitar

Don't forget, it can also run Windows very well too, so...

That's like making love to your sister, it's just so wrong!