Sole Signal Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I'm thinking of purchasing a Athlon 64 4200 2 gig of RAM (with monitor) for 780 bucks. Is there a big difference between a 4200 and, say, a 4600 or 5000 when working with a lot of samples? I'm kinda not in a great position to spend a lot of money right now, but I do need a new computer that will hopefully last me quite some time in my music work. Is this similar to anything you guys use? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 anything 3+ GHz should last you a while for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Is there a big difference between a 4200 and, say, a 4600 or 5000 when working with a lot of samples? I would think RAM would have a greater impact than CPU speed. Not much difference, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Yeah, I guess CPU would matter more with running effects that are loaded anyways. I just wanted to get something that will last me for a good couple years. I bought it yesterday, and now it's time to play with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effef Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 anything 3+ GHz should last you a while for now. fyi processor clock speed is not really the best way of measuring power nowadays With the P4 it was because they basically got exponentially faster with every increase in clock speed. This still applies, but more modern procs (Core 2, Core 2 duo, most AMD processors) rely on memory speed and the amount of cache that they have onboard more than raw clock speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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