Upgrade i7 4790K to i7 6900k for Cubase 9

[Kaivey]

Hi Everyone,

My Cubase project was getting bigger and bigger with lots of tracks and effects going and my CPU started struggling. I had all the tracks frozen and the buffer latency set to 2048 but there were still problems although my project played back okay, but recording would sometimes put the notes in the wrong place. Even when I wasn't playing the project it took up 50% of my CPU. Some tracks would not freeze and when opening the project Cubase might put MIDI notes in the wrong places. So I decided to upgrade my CPU, RAM, and motherboard to something more powerful.

I ordered from Amazon an i7 6900K, some DDR4 memory, and an Asus X99 Deluxe 2 motherboard, but I started wondering whether the new processor will be much better than the old one, it might be just that I have too big a project going or too many effects being used. So I did a internet search for i7 4790K vs the i7 6900K and CPU Boss rated the i7 490K as better than the i7 6900K. As I bought the parts from Amazon there will be no problem returning them.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-6900K

What do you guys reckon?

I do build my own PC's but only ever once in a while so it is always a bit daunting and a lot of hassle.

 

[Martell1977]

CPUBoss is a horrible website that fails at it's purpose. The reason the 4790k wins is because it has higher clock rates. On workloads that can use multiple cores, it falls behind.

Besides that, there is quite a bit of difference in the motherboards and chipsets that these CPUs use that impact performance.

Honestly, you should check out Ryzen performance in your programs as you can get more cores/threads for cheaper and the Ryzen 1800X beat the 6900k in many productivity benchmarks. Especially with Threadripper coming out soon, not a great time to drop so much money on an Intel CPU. More cores, better prices, no sacrifice in quality, it's just that AMD doesn't have as big a margin on their CPU's as Intel charges.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-threadripper-preorder-processor-ryzen,35111.html
$799 for a 12core/24thread CPU.

For a 8c/16t, like the 6900k, AMD charges $549 and AMDs has a higher clock rate to boot.

 

[frazfraz]

Hi Everyone,

My Cubase project was getting bigger and bigger with lots of tracks and effects going and my CPU started struggling. I had all the tracks frozen and the buffer latency set to 2048 but there were still problems although my project played back okay, but recording would sometimes put the notes in the wrong place. Even when I wasn't playing the project it took up 50% of my CPU. Some tracks would not freeze and when opening the project Cubase might put MIDI notes in the wrong places. So I decided to upgrade my CPU, RAM, and motherboard to something more powerful.

I ordered from Amazon an i7 6900K, some DDR4 memory, and an Asus X99 Deluxe 2 motherboard, but I started wondering whether the new processor will be much better than the old one, it might be just that I have too big a project going or too many effects being used. So I did a internet search for i7 4790K vs the i7 6900K and CPU Boss rated the i7 490K as better than the i7 6900K. As I bought the parts from Amazon there will be no problem returning them.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-vs-Intel-6900K

What do you guys reckon?

I do build my own PC's but only ever once in a while so it is always a bit daunting and a lot of hassle.

Hi,

4790 K is a good, powerful CPU, 6900 K very powerful for music creation. If you want to keep just one CPU then this upgrade may work for you really well.

You may be aware there is Vienna Ensemble Pro software where you can add another computer and connect the two machines over LAN and combine the power of the two machines. One is a host the other is a slave - You can have as many slaves as you wish.

So for example you could have kept your 4790K and added an AMD FX 8350 with 16-32 GB RAM to run sample based Kontakt or what ever. Or you could have added Ryzen 1800 X as a slave or what ever. Then use both machines together to share the workload

One day you may have a project that reaches the limits of the 6900 K and be in the same position.

Space / room is an issue for people so could you find room for another machine?