Newbie looking for help

[suprviolin]

Hello everyone, I've become a fan of the videos and am here to ask some general build questions as on the videos these forums are advertised. I'm a composer, I'm currently using a dell xps 8300 I purchased 5 years ago with an Intel i7 2600, 16 gigs of ram (it came with 8, I upgraded) and use an external audio interface (a Roland quadcapture)for my audio production software, Sonar x2 and the full east west quantum leap symphony orchestra sample library. It works okay, but I'd like to see if I can't eliminate some work issues like slowdowns, dropouts and, general lag from time to time. I also can't seem to load the samples (thankfully, the midi instruments are extensive). I was wondering, should I head over to pcpartpicker and start a build that I would put together from scratch, what would be a strong upgrade cpu to start with? I've done some homework and found that Sonar x2 benefits from multiple cores, but am unclear on whether or not hyper threading would really make a difference. Obviously, considering the 800 dollar price difference between the latest i7 octocore processor and an amd fx chip this is something I could use a little guidance with. Thank you.

[arronleeds]

the i7 2600 is not slow which is odd, if youre from america they currently have the i7 5820k for sale at an absolute bargain at micro centre, you will have to spend a little more on ddr4 ram and a motherboard but at the price the cpu is atm its worth it. 

[suprviolin]

Thanks for the info, I headed over to pc part picker to spec a new system based on this, I'm wondering, does anyone know if the g.skill ripjaw series ddr4 2400 modules clear the be quiet! Dark rock pro 3 93.3 cfm cooler on a a stock x99 extreme4 atx lga2011-3 board?

[arronleeds]

look at this pic bud 

 

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ram-clearance.jpg

[arronleeds]

the be quiet! Dark rock pro 3 has a ram clearance of 44mm and the ripjaw is 40mm high, so you should be ok.

[suprviolin]

You guys are amazing! Micro center is offering a crazy bundle deal for the i75820k with the asrock x99 extreme4! Thanks again arron for the heads up!

[suprviolin]

That along with newegg's deal on the ripjaws 32GB kit, I'm putting together a fantastic machine at a steal!

[arronleeds]

youre very welcome mate, too bad im from the uk and prices suck for the price you pay for a 5820k, i could get a 4690k.

[suprviolin]

I'm so sorry, that's cruddy. :-( do you get the same prices we do on new egg? Because if so, http://m.newegg.com/Combo/ComboDetail?comboid=2300069&combotype=2

[arronleeds]

I'm so sorry, that's cruddy. :-( do you get the same prices we do on new egg? Because if so, http://m.newegg.com/Combo/ComboDetail?comboid=2300069&combotype=2

dont even have that deal for the uk .

[suprviolin]

We're six months out from x-mas and we have deals right now, is there a different sale season in the UK? It would make sense to stagger it out like we do.