>12 cores with hyperthreading (24 threads) >encoding 1080p video, browsing youtube, watching a 4k video, opening and closing various programs, and shitposting at the same time >everything still feels as responsive as if I wasn't doing anything at all
compare to
>quad core system with no hyperthreading >trying to use an open browser and a couple of programs at once >noticeable sluggishness
Fuck that shit. Anybody who tells you 4 cores are enough in 2016 is a cuck fool. I could probably play a game at the same time as all this other shit and it wouldn't be effected either. Moar cores may not affect performance in individual programs by themselves, but if you want to have a computer that never seems to slow down or strain you need at least 8 cores.
Jaxson Gonzalez
Get your phoney ass out of here, retard.
Blake Thompson
I don't even know what you're trying to argue.
Christopher Reed
x2
And you could build an even better system now. I got this last year before the big dump of e5-2670s started.
Brody Reed
bet you don't even know what hyperthreading is
Aaron Morales
>noticable sluggishness Alright so I have a quad core CPU is currently on 40% usage, 55 tabs open in chrome (though most of those are out of use since I have The Great Suspender), Unity open, a few documents open, steam open
No sluggishness
Owen Lewis
>be me >Guy i replaced at work built $3000 workstation with xeon 12 core processor. >slow as hell >New hire gets $500 best buy with 4 core >supa fast >FML >ctrl alt del >entire system on core 0 because shit managent > 8 hours setting processor core affinity
Eli Rivera
I got wikipedia, nigga
Lincoln Evans
What sort of work are you doing? How was the performance after you got done?
Robert Baker
lol ain't that the truth. We were running some simulations that were taking days to complete. I looked at system load and found only 1 core in use. Fixed coworkers code and put all 64 threads to max load and finished the simulation in couple of hours.
Bentley Long
nice man
you are best at computers
Chase Gray
oh please now
Josiah Brown
I usually don't have multiple programs open. Seems completely unnecessary.
Kevin Long
iphone user?
Carter Ward
I have no problem running ~100 tabs in a browser, steam, spotify, excel, and a game at the same time on my non-hyperthreaded Nehalem Xeon (E5507)
Maybe you should learn to focus on one or two important tasks at a time instead of cluttering your mind with a bunch of useless distractions like a gradeschooler with severe unmedicated ADHD?
Lucas Davis
You're right about one thing, quad cores without hyperthreading are trash.
Chase Gutierrez
40% usage doing what?
Andrew Gutierrez
Any non-low end CPU w/o HT is trash.
Ayden Jackson
>AMD >per core performance
No thanks, fx chips are worse than the phenom mk2s and in the current market i'd take i5
Easton Ramirez
yeeeee
Ethan Morales
That thing is straight up booty buttcheeks. My i3-3220 shits all over that, and I got it in a complete used PC for $100.
Jaxson Perez
> using windows on server grade hardware
David Long
For the value of those you could go with the e5-26xx series for even better performance. X5690 is deprecated (unless you can overclock them).
Did you get a good deal on them?
Bentley Turner
>Xeons are only for servers
Please stop perpetuating this myth. Do you see the X in the beginning of the CPU model number? That X indicates workstation usage. E and L are the server variations (of course any can be used in any application).
Jonathan Peterson
Because fuck you, that's why.
Austin Nguyen
I don't own a single Apple product. I'm just not a cluttering retard who has to have everything open all the time because he/she is so unorganized.
Aiden Robinson
>"High end gaming computer" >6700K or maybe even 4690K paired with 1 or more $700 GPUs >Not 5960X or at least 5930K
Nolan Martin
I need as many cores as possible to run genetic programming software I write.
Xavier Rogers
Xeon + P50 mastered race
Connor Campbell
Yeah, and? That was the point, and it still handles pretty much everything I need it to do.
Camden Rodriguez
We do 3D modeling, where they system would really hangup was the stress and flow analysis. After setting the cores up its much much faster, jokes still on the guy who built it because the software only supports 4 cores. $500 best buy wins again with a higher clock
Cameron Jackson
I paid $1k for the whole system a year ago. I wouldn't settle for anything less than dual 2687W's or 2690s if I upgraded to the sandy bridge 8 cores.
Owen Adams
I have an i5 6600k, I have none of these issues.
Easton Long
4 Core is enough for gaming and 99% of mainstream workloads out there.
If you are doing real work with your computer than 4-core chips aren't going to cut
That's why Intel has made their 6-core chips and beyond towards prosumers not mainstream market.
Socket 2011 i7 Chips are really just "Xeon rejects" that are fully unlocked.