gak wrote:
DRASTIC diff between the "high" end and everything else.
funny, when I built this the 4770 3.5 (which I have) was the defacto chip (price/performance) it's amazing how much faster they are now (and that was only about 20 months ago)
Gak, careful with that conclusion...
First of all, there are about 2 or 3 editions of the I7 4770 ( normal, c, k). The normal and v are the same, except that one is only the chip, the other is a case with the chip and cooler. then you have the k version with the CPU Clock, Bus Speed, and Voltage unlocked. These are the ones we use for overclocking.
So at the time you bought your 4770, there might even be another version a tad faster.
Check that also the 12000+ performance machines in that graph are 6+ cores CPU's and your CPU is a 4 core. This being said, and I'm not always on top of what gets out, you might still have one of the best 4 Cores around because i bought my 4790k about a year ago and that was the only CPU faster than the 4770k.
BTW, as Kategra said, there shouldn't be a direct relation with DSP performance and the use of an SSD. Still, if better load times, and the capability of recording more and more channels is important for you, they do make a difference! And that will make a whole difference if/when (hopefully) we get HDD streaming.