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[snakenobi]

zarx said:

snakenobi said:

u didn't answer the ram vs channel question?

if ram is put in for exmaple,if the processor supports 3 channel and i put in 4 ram sticks,will it effect performance

 

3930x costs me $1200 and 3960x costs me $1400 in india,is it worth it or will intel bring 6core processors for $300 in 1.5-2 year time

 

how much ram compensates in encoding time for cpu power

 

does cache has to do anything with performace time as i can buy an ssd if needed,a small one

For optimum performance you always want to use matched RAM in all the channels so yes putting 4 sticks into a 3 channel board will have a detremental effect. But if your mobo supports it 2 sets of 3 is fine in a 3 channel system.

Personally I don't think that the 3960 is worth it over the 3930, Ivy bridge that is the next gen of CPUs from intel so far hasn't had a 6 core chip announced for consumer level CPUs. There may be a E series Ivy bridge but that will be on the LGA 2011 socket which is what the 3XXX series uses so if you go for a 1155 2x00 CPU to upgrade later you would have to upgrade the motherboard etc as well and they will likely be very expensive. So no there doesn't seem to be a $300 6 core CPU on the horizon at the moment but these things tend to change. 

You more bottlenecks the CPU that you have so it's more that as you get a faster CPU the more RAM you will need to get the most out of the performance so you can't really compensate. 

not in ivy bridge

the one after that

 

intel usually does small upgrades and i won't be upgrading that soon either as ivy bridge is just 3 months away

 

so in 12-13 months time when they take out the one after that,will that be good?