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Might have too downgrade!

Rhyswh

Rhyswh

Rhyswh

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I'm currently building my first PC. I won't one for recording and editing music and some photo editing so I decided to go for the i7. Now I'm thinking of buying the CPU I'm not sure if I can afford it. I really don't want to miss out on the hyperthreading but I'm not sure if I have much choice (will find out next month.)

So my question is, does anyone use the i5 2500k for intensive music recording (multi audio tracks) and how does it hold up?
 
2500k is a beast, will happily run at at least 4.2GHz with the stock cooler without running to warm and of course higher speeds still with a bigger aftermarket cooler. 2500k is definitly the best price/performance imo in the sandy bridge lineup. Make sure you get a mainboard that supports overclocking though ;)
 
The hyperthreading is very usefull with audio recording/video editing which is why I want it. It's not the clock speed that bothers me, I probably won't OC either of them (maybe the i5 upto 4gHz if I get it).

All I want to know is if the i5 can handle multi tracks of audio in Pro tools?
 
Recording 20 at once? I'd be more concerned with bandwidth of your interface! I'd think you'd be fine CPU wise with an i5, I would think bandwidth and memory would be more of an issue unless you're effecting each track while you record.
 
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