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Does hyperthreading benefit music production?

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Hi guys so I decided that I should just build a pc. I picked the i5 4690k and I also thought of the 4790k. Does programs like ableton benefit from hyperthreading? I can afford each but I want to use my money wisely. Thanks!

p.s. If us have time could u check out my build and tell me what u guys think?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GXxT3C

EDIT: I know I don't have a mobo. I have a budget of $300 for a mobo. Asus monos only please.

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Generally yes, because encoding music does take advantage of more CPU power, but if you already have the 4690K just stick with it. It's not anywhere near as big of a deal as video editing or 3D rendering

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Yes. GPU acceleration is not good, but multi cores/threads is excellent. Unless you're getting paid for it? Don't bother upgrading though.

The projects never end in my line of work.

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Depends on the software to be honest...., some media creation programs only utilize up to 4 cores/threads, some do more...

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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Ableton is live (Heh, ableton live), as in realtime, so it probably won't be taking advantage of multithreading.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

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