Thank you so very much for replies.
@CA_Steve
- live playing, recording, mostly just one VI (Pianoteq plus some minor FX). It may seem an easy task, but I need it to be extremely reliable, low latency, no glitches, no anything ever.
- 2 external audio channels for recording.
- sometimes some more VI tracks, about 10. So I don't need ton's of RAM as many orchestral folks do. I plan to go for the full amount of 32 GB that mITX board can take.
- recent RME Babyface Pro owner
- I plan to do more video recording, streaming of myself playing VI (OBS). Some basic video editing from time to time. I'm using a good Logitech webcam for video, don't plan to upgrade in foreseeable future. So, again, not a very demanding task, video quality is not a topmost priority, audio is.
You may want to check me here, if it is not against the forum rules:
https://www.youtube.com/user/PIANOPICTURESI'm on an old i3 3220 right now which is still capable of doing all this stuff but it is on the edge.
I understand that modern i3 8100 is realistically the perfect choice for me, but since I don't plan for a new PC for years and years, maybe it is a good idea to make it a bit more future proof and to go for more powerful CPU. Also there is a chance one may need serious power for some future tasks not expected at the moment. But some saving is a good thing too. Decisions, decisions, lol.
I sure may go for i3, especially as you say it is a less hot CPU overall, compared to others. There is also some stuff, I'm not that familiar yet (turbo?), for audio you need to disable all possible automatic power management, so it needs to be at full load all the time, to avoid any clicks with audio at super low latencies. It is a common practice for ages, as far as I understand it.
@Abula
Deliding, hm. Good advice, thank you. It complicates things. Not exactly sure it is worth it. I'm quite afraid to do it myself, I see some devices being sold around for deliding, should I get one?... Really feel uncomfortable thinking about it. But I understand that it can be a big improvement.
BTW, I will write an e-mail to Intel, there is obviously something wrong with their stuff if people need to improve it themselves.
Thank you very much for your help.