1366 vs 1156 for music

[Greard]

Hello,
I want to build a computer for music production. Am I better off with 1366 and quickpath interconnect or 1156 with DMI ?

 

[compulsivebuilder]

1156 has been replaced by 1155 (Sandy Bridge).

An 1155 system could be a good option for you - inexpensive and powerful.

A 1366 system can still be built, but it's older technology. Greater memory bandwidth (and possibly larger memory capacity), but possibly more expensive for little or no advantage.

 

[Greard]

1156 has been replaced by 1155 (Sandy Bridge).

An 1155 system could be a good option for you - inexpensive and powerful.

A 1366 system can still be built, but it's older technology. Greater memory bandwidth (and possibly larger memory capacity), but possibly more expensive for little or no advantage.

Thanks Compulsive,
greater memory bandwith might be a good idea for a music production computer because the audio files get loaded into memory so faster memory access and a larger amount would potentially reduce latency. But 1366 is now obsolete ? replaced by what ?

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The only real problem with the 1st generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors (socket 1366) is that they aren’t the 2nd generation Intel Core processors. Except in the highest of multi-threaded applications the 2nd generation Intel Core processors (like the Intel Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K) are outperforming the 1st generations by 10% to 15% and doing so for a less money. Since the Intel Core i7-990X and I7-980X Extreme Editions are costing about $1000 and they only beat the Intel Core i7-2600K in a few benchmarks dealing with very high end multi-threaded applications like Adobe CS5 a lot of people can’t justify the extra cost.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[Supernova1138]

Thanks Compulsive,
greater memory bandwith might be a good idea for a music production computer because the audio files get loaded into memory so faster memory access and a larger amount would potentially reduce latency. But 1366 is now obsolete ? replaced by what ?

LGA 1366 is supposed to be replaced by LGA 2011 aka Sandy Bridge Enthusiast, it isn't out right now, and probably won't be until towards the end of this year or possibly early 2012. If you need to build a system now, you're best off with LGA 1155. The faster CPUs would outweigh the slower memory bandwidth from dual channel RAM vs. triple channel on LGA 1366. The only other advantage 1366 has is the extra PCI-Express lanes, but that is irrelevant unless you plan on using 3 or more video cards.

 

[bearclaw99]

Well I wouldn't exactly say that 1366 is obsolete lol, but your best deal for price & power is 1155

 

[Greard]

Thanks for the replies.
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