I'm thinking about upgrading my dual-core for a lower clocked quad....but I'm reluctant to do so.

 

I'm using an Intel i5 Quad core with no problems at all

 

Cool...but the i5 is about 3.+ ghz right?

I wanted to run an i5-2500T which is 2.3 my current Core2Duo is 3.16ghz.

That's a pretty big dropoiff in raw speed. I wasn't sure how FL would exactly benefit.

 

I have a Core 2 Quad with 2,33 GHz, but I'm running Cubase 5.1 and it's fine. ;)

 

the 2500k is 3,30 ghz and can be go in turbomode to 3,70 ghz

 

Yea but I'm looking to build an i5-1500T

 

i run fl studio in an amd turion x2 1.8Ghz (windows xp sp3) with multiple instances of massive@ultra quality, and have no problems or overflows... its weird cause in my other computer, intel core duo e8400 @3.0GHz (win7 ultimate), cant run the same project file (flp) with the same config without problems... i guess theres a diference with the os?

 

That's another thing.....I was thinking of switching to Win 7 also. I have 16gb of RAM and it's just going to waste in XP. But, I have a core2duo E8500 and I can run multiple instances of Kontakt, Omnisphere and a shitload of effects plugins and have no issues. I also use Realtek HD w/ Asio4All

 

maby im wrong but i tryt to use my 16 gb with fl, its crashed for me everytime when kontakt had big libs like galaxy

 

Are you using the FL extended memory?

 

yap

wait i will test it again

 

Try overclocking that i5?

I would very much like to know the result. Let me know whether FL does better job per core or per clock.

Do you run FL.exe or FL (extended memory).exe? On my pc, FL (extended memory).exe solves most of the crushing problems.

 

nah, I can't overclock....

This is why I opted for the i5-2500T as it's 45w TDP design. The case I'm dropping it into is TIGHTTTTT and heat is going to be an issue. I'm trying to spare as much power as I can. I might even opt for the 17-2600S which is 65w...But we will see.

 

i think we need a x64 version of fl studio

okay im realy hard on the limit but prevs. was it enougth to load 2 guitars drums and bass to get the system overload

 

I never seen that happen.....

are you running Kontakt bridged?

 

in how far, i load it over insert

 

No, under the plugin settings.. make sure "bridged" is checked

 

your current cpu sounds powerful enough, if anything it may be your soundcard or fl itself causing some high cpu use..u seem to just want an i5 for no good reason at all core duo are very good cpu trust me. only use realtek HD..put money towards a good pci-e soundcard. Also windows 7 requires specific motherboards. you don't need to overclock if u r smart and know what u are doing.

 

okay now is it, i will test it tomorow

 

I run Win 7 i5, 3.2 GHz works fine.