Guys what is the best cpu for reason?

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27 Nov 2018

Yeah I'd still go with the i9-9900k. That single-thread performance is absolutely through the roof.
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You're comparing a ninth generation i9 to a third generation i7 to a second generation Xeon... There's absolutely nothing fair at all with that comparison :)

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27 Nov 2018

EnochLight wrote:
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Yeah I'd still go with the i9-9900k. That single-thread performance is absolutely through the roof.
To be fair, the i9 9900K is just over a month old. There's no Xeon equivalent as of yet and maybe there wont be one. I wasn't really thinking about the i9 in my comparison as it's the i7s the Xeons have mainly been compared to. If the i9 is in your budget I'd definitely say go for it.

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You're comparing a ninth generation i9 to a third generation i7 to a second generation Xeon... There's absolutely nothing fair at all with that comparison :)
I'm not interested in fair; I'm interested in "what is the best cpu for reason?" The answer is: the absolute fastest your budget can afford. :) Anyway, the comparison was to show the progress single-thread performance has come over those generations of chips. It's been suggested in the past that buying an older affordable used Xeon was a good option. I'd counter that their performance isn't all that great.
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13 Dec 2018

That 9900K runs mighty hot though, a Dark Rock or even Noctua cannot really tame it, unless you either run it below stock or disable Turbo.
Even at stock settings, with Turbo enabled, it easily hits 90°C or even starts throttling in high demand loads.

It's been reviewed a thousand times already, to run the 9900K decently below 90°C you really need water cooling with a big *ss rad setup.

Also it seems to have an issue of the heatsink not always being perfectly flat, AND also the die, which would both need to be lapped,
in which case the temps DO get a bit better, say 10° cooler.

Check out Der8auwer's channel, also Hardware Unboxed and Gamer's Nexus for the actual tests and reviews.
I'd rather just have an 8700K optimized in clocks with a decent mobo and ram setup than this mess. Single clock still rules in DAWS,
and in that regard the 8700K does almost as good as a 9900K.

Then again, I even went AMD in stead, and still don't regret it.

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It's been reviewed a thousand times already, to run the 9900K decently below 90°C you really need water cooling with a big *ss rad setup.
:shock: :? :o

This is not what first-hand user experience has been in the DAW-world. Both Kaine (who runs Scan Pro Audio) as well as Jim over at Purrrfect Audio find the 9900K runs perfectly fine on air-cooling. Jim sells systems overclocked to 5 Ghz - all 8 cores - on air, and they don't throttle at all.

The 9900K runs almost identical to the 8086k (all cores locked at 5GHz on both CPUs). Maybe a degree warmer at idle.

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopi ... 6&t=513167

You certainly don't need water cooling for the 9900K!
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Just sold my MacBook 2012 i5, very very tame in terms of speed etc, was having lots of issues for a good reason.

I’m about to buy an Asus ROG that someone has put more work into

It’s got an i7 7700 hq.
16gb ram
HDD 1 tb
256 solid state
And whatever graphics card people use for games

Will the i7 7700 hq cut it?

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juniper wrote:
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It’s got an i7 7700 hq.
16gb ram
HDD 1 tb
256 solid state
And whatever graphics card people use for games

Will the i7 7700 hq cut it?
It’ll perform close to how my 6+ year old desktop chip performs (just a hair slower):



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RandyEspoda wrote:
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That 9900K runs mighty hot though, a Dark Rock or even Noctua cannot really tame it, unless you either run it below stock or disable Turbo.
Even at stock settings, with Turbo enabled, it easily hits 90°C or even starts throttling in high demand loads.

It's been reviewed a thousand times already, to run the 9900K decently below 90°C you really need water cooling with a big *ss rad setup.
Sure it's hot but i don't sit around running synthetic test suites all day on a mobo with subpar MOSFETs. I could probably max out to 105 C if i kept it going for a few hours, but what's the point?

To this day, i have never seen my 9900k go above 90 on dsp heavy projects. I use the NH-D15 and some random Gigabyte auto OC between 4.7 and 5.0 GHz across all cores.

From a personal perspective it does all i ever wanted to, no hassle. I rejected Ryzen pretty early becsuse reasons.
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To this day, i have never seen my 9900k go above 90 on dsp heavy projects. I use the NH-D15 and some random Gigabyte auto OC between 4.7 and 5.0 GHz across all cores.
The 9900K's T-Junction (maximum temperature allowed at the processor die) is 100°C, so you're perfectly fine. It likely throttles well below that, though.
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AMD are due to announce new chips at the CES show. It’s looks like they’ll be significantly faster than Intel chips at the same price points. They’ll have more cores too. So if you’re planning a 2019 build it might be worth holding out for the Zen2.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-r ... 38233.html

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AMD are due to announce new chips at the CES show. It’s looks like they’ll be significantly faster than Intel chips at the same price points. They’ll have more cores too. So if you’re planning a 2019 build it might be worth holding out for the Zen2.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-r ... 38233.html
Really hoping they address the latency between their dies. I'm still open to building an AMD system if that's addressed.
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Im curious to see how the Ryzen 3000 series performs in reason now that the single thread performance of the zen 2 core is so similar to intel

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mech242 wrote:
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Im curious to see how the Ryzen 3000 series performs in reason now that the single thread performance of the zen 2 core is so similar to intel
I expect it to perform great, but the question remains about running audio interfaces at low sample rates/latency (which Intel seems to excel at). That's still a problem with the Zen architecture die latency, and I wonder if the speed increases will help (I doubt it, but would love to be proved wrong).

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12 Jul 2019

The 3700x seems to be the sweet spot. Need more reviews/tests though.

http://www.scanproaudio.info/2019/07/12 ... ic-number/

I plan to wait a little bit before building an AMD system. It looks very promising, but I'm in no rush to be an early adopter. There's always BIOS kinks right after launch.

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12 Jul 2019

I just hope it works at lower latencies. Seems that was a potential problem early on.

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Dean wrote:
17 Oct 2018
Hey guys,
I am upgrading my pc and i am wondering what kind of cpu i should get?
I’ve heard mixed opinions about it should have more cores or it should have fast single core speed. Which is best i7 8700k i9 7900x i980 xe or something like 2950x, 2970x ryzen?
Also higher RAM helps alot right?
I read mixed opinions about that too
I'm using Core i5-6600K at stock speed with 16GB RAM. I have no issues with Reason by itself or with multiple apps running simultaneously. I must admit tho that I haven't really loaded up the Reason Rack but I've had as many as 10 tracks open with no issues at all.

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reggie1979 wrote:
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I just hope it works at lower latencies. Seems that was a potential problem early on.
To be clear, all of the Ryzen/Zen generation CPU’s work 100% fine at lower latencies. It’s just that Intel chips will offer slightly more plugins at low latencies (64 samples, etc). But the difference isn’t massive IIRC...
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09 Aug 2019

Hi guys and EnochLight in specific,

First of all: thanks for all your great help in this thread. It's helping me at least and I guess others as well.

So I just registered to this forum since you seem to know a lot about this (and I don't). I'm currently getting a DAW assembled for Reason. I'm currently looking into the details before I buy anything.
So the guy at the shop recommended a AMD Ryzen 5 3600X if I want to save some bucks.

Reading through this whole thread you seem to propagate 2 things over and over again:
- Single Thread rating is most important for DAW's
- AMD chips have this latency problem thingy

You seem to mention Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz a lot if I've seen correctly, so I made a comparison to that one.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AM ... 3494vs3334

The AMD chip scores higher on the Single Thread Rating as well as the CPU Mark. Can I then conclude that the AMD chip is in fact better / faster, or does the "low latencies" thing you mention have nothing to do with those numbers?

To be clear: I also read your last comment "To be clear, all of the Ryzen/Zen generation CPU’s work 100% fine at lower latencies" and I think I'm just going with the AMD chip.
I'm just trying to understand what I'm buying and/or why I should or should not go with this AMD chip :)

BTW: If anyone has anything interesting on the full setup, please shoot :)

Case Cooler Master MasterBox K500 RGB, ATX
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Processor AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, 3,8GHz / 4,4GHz, 35M
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RAM G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB(2x8GB) 3200MHz C
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I'm thinking about doubling the RAM to 32GB.

I'm looking forward for your insights guys.

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13 Aug 2019

I would double up at the ram , i am going sort of same route but waiting for 3900x or 3950x.shame none of them are yet available even the 3900x ain't :-( .going to be fitted on a MSI x570 prestige Creation though.
I havent decided yet on the other stuff needed

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13 Aug 2019

Thanks. Why are you waiting for the 3900x? Don't you think 3600x is fast enough?

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13 Aug 2019

EnochLight wrote:
13 Jul 2019
reggie1979 wrote:
12 Jul 2019
I just hope it works at lower latencies. Seems that was a potential problem early on.
To be clear, all of the Ryzen/Zen generation CPU’s work 100% fine at lower latencies. It’s just that Intel chips will offer slightly more plugins at low latencies (64 samples, etc). But the difference isn’t massive IIRC...
Still confused. Are you saying that you'll get less at an equivalent clock speed? If so I guess then that is what you pay for since Intel is generally far more expensive.

I'm glad I'm not going through this right now, though one of those Thread ripper chips must be laughable at how many plugs you can run!

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13 Aug 2019

In my case i think the extra cores come in handy when rendering 3d images/motions.graphical stuff

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13 Aug 2019

Well, if money was not an issue, I'd just want bragging rights :D

But, I don't have the money and simply do not need anything other than what I have.

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13 Aug 2019

EnochLight wrote:
13 Jul 2019
To be clear, all of the Ryzen/Zen generation CPU’s work 100% fine at lower latencies. It’s just that Intel chips will offer slightly more plugins at low latencies (64 samples, etc). But the difference isn’t massive IIRC...
Not anymore! The 3900X is at least on par and in some tests even ahead of the 9900K.
zagrad wrote:
09 Aug 2019
You seem to mention Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz a lot if I've seen correctly, so I made a comparison to that one.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AM ... 3494vs3334
cpubenchmark might not be the best website to compare CPUs for your purpose. Some tech youtubers (Steve from Gamers Nexus in particular) even say it's absolute garbage at comparing anything. CPU performance depends on a lot of variables (but mainly paired RAM and application). The single core performance of the 3000 chips is in some cases even better than the Intel's 9th gen (Cinebench scores, for example). A use case specific benchmark like the dawbench link I've linked above makes for a better comparison, imo.

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