Recent content by jamesv

If you want even better Tube based audio, find some vintage kit, replace the capacitors, OpAmps and Google the model being modified and see what applications might need different Tubes, etc. I have 3 x Bellari RP562’s modified by the guy that Builds amps for famous players, wasn’t too...

AMD 5650G for me. But not until 2022 when they’re not the latest greatest.

Intel and AMD fighting it out is nice, but Intel is too damn hot, and AMD too many Watts and no APU 5000 yet. Good news is the W480/W 1250P combo is cheap now and has everything I need so maybe I’ll get a 5000 APU sometime in 2022. Wish these guys would just give us a fast bad ass quad @ 65-95...

Non K CPUs still overclock. No such thing as “locked” unless you believe those telling you that. My old i7 S went from 3.6 to 4GHz with no sweat. Never needed more than 4GHz but it’s been running 24/7/365 for 6 years. I wanted a 10th gen CPU too but the temps are just too high for a 1U...

They’re all choking for plain old desktop chips. I got 3700X and 3 x i7 4790k’s that work fine. But always got enough time to build the best 1U. Even ASRock Rack is behind schedule. I waited 3 months last summer for the 570 board, and it’s a PITA still, BIOS updates are numerous though. cheers

Tiger Lake Desktop please. Otherwise Zen3 5000 desktop w/ APU gets my money you dummies.

I’m happy with my ASRock X570D4U and 3700X. Small mobile chassis w/ dual 2TB Sabrent M.2’s. 3600 Samsung B Die RAM. Waiting for the 5600X, maybe go with 8 core after seeing the Cezanne 5000’s.

Staples and Office Depot were being destroyed by WalMart & Amazon. Eric Holder/Obama said no Merger you greedy capitalistic businesses. Google wanted YouTube, Facebook wanted Instagram.....no problem you wealthy authoritarians, just censor our adversaries domestically and fund our campaigns.

Google helps control the people of China for it’s wealthy communist leaders. Like it or not their tradecraft is being perfected there in the giant AI Facility. They’re not going anywhere. They buy politicians then protect their investments. Its the American way...

I so want a fast Quad CPU with lots of cache. That type of design offers the lowest latency as well as fastest recovery from IPC leakage. (Misses) AMD seems to be addressing the 3000’s which crapped out @ 80% especially 12/16 core designs by redesigning CCX and a unified cache. That’s exciting...

I have 2 x 4790k’s, i7 5775C, i7 8086k and a 3700X. All built for audio. Cache is king on the new Tiger Lake 8 Cores, and Cezanne. I’ll take one of each as long as 4GHz is the base. Sure glad Matisse put Intel on their heels. 8086k was only a small step better than my 4700’s. Matisse too much...

I don’t need big overclocks but I always buy the S or non-K COUs and gladly accept the free 400MHz with a pinch of voltage. I’m still running a couple 4790ks and a 4790. Thought by now the non k would be showing signs of aging by higher heat disappation or faster throttling. Nothing. I don’t...

I use a general purpose CPU to run 18 x 400MHz DSP Chips From Analog Devices. Only in the last 10 years have I started using the CPU for similar audio chores. I need 50% of 4 Cores @ 4GHz to do what 15% of one ADSP-21369 Chip does. Nice having both to share workloads. If I didn’t have to use...

As a 1U Rackmount addict I like faster, cheaper and cooler. 4GHz on all 8 Cores @ 53C..

Like my apps. I need the low latency of a Dual Core but a Quad is what I use. 6 Cores is where latency starts to take its toll in real time usage. This is why I just bought 2 more ASRock Z97m WS/i7 4790k combos and Modded them for Supermicro CSE 500f-441B 1U Chassis. Once I see “new” cores...