A novice question

[lookandsee]

Hello, I have an Asus P8 Z77-V LE motherboard that is intended for an Intel CPU. Is there an Asus Quad core CPU that will work or am I stuck with using an Intel? I'm building a dedicated music production server and was told that the Asus CPU is more stable? Thanks

 

[amuffin]

ASUS doesn't make CPU's.

Intel does.

They probably mean ASUS computers that run Intel CPU's.

 

[lookandsee]

I realized my mistake after I sent the question. I meant to say AMD. The motherboard manual doesn't list other CPU's. I'll stick to the original plan of using the Intel i7 . I suppose it's mostly about funds and trying to get up and running. I've been using a 3year old laptop to create Electronic music and it chokes after I max it easily. I can work around the problem by bouncing tracks but the time factor is eating me. 🙂 Thanks for your reply and sorry for the brain glitch

 

[amuffin]

Quad core I7 for music is beautiful.

 

[lookandsee]

🙂 Yes. Thank you. I do plan to use the Quad core I7 and from what I understand I won't even need to overclock. It will just work. My ultimate plan is to also go SSD and for starters use 2 HD's with one 128gb SSD. I was told that is enough? I will have a ton of room as I'm putting this together piece by piece in a rack mount server case that I plan to mount in a roll around 10 space rack with a Furman power conditioner, an external midi interface (mic and instrument input) and other gear to also use live.
One of my pevs is the internet. I plan to use this laptop to go on the net and get files etc. My build will not go on the net. What is your opinion on that idea? I just figure that once it's up and running it will serve my purpose as a dedicated music production computer. I have lost data on this pc and am paranoid of it happening again. Cheers and thank you for your help so far...

 

[lookandsee]

Not quite sure but its not enough to keep from bouncing tracks etc. A three year old HP w an AMD Athlon Neo 64. Up to now it has been very reliable and a little work horse. It will get used for the net and downloading files etc. General computing...