[LAU] another cpu question

[Ede Wolf]

Hello all,

I may be putting together a box dedicated just to act as a multitrack 
effects unit - without planning any recording. The effects stack will 
for most channels most likely look like this: reverb, delay, EQ and 
maybe one of flanger, chorus or rather seldomly compression. Anyway, 
just the classics, planning so far to only to install the calf and 
invada lv2 packages. Though I am open for recommendations here, too. And 
of course I am looking for a suitable effects host/rack.

However, I do suppose, the reverb will be the most cpu consuming item 
and I am wondering, what feature an a cpu should I be primarily looking 
for? I guess, for effects, especially reverb, the floating point 
performance will be paramount?

As HT generally has a bad reputation for audio, currently, the AMD 
FX-8350 is on top of my list, as the floating point preformance is said 
to be rather good and lots of cores should be ideal for running lots of 
effects in parallel - though unfortunately not every core does have its 
on FPU. As it is not going to run 24/7, the insane energy consumption is 
somewhat acceptable.

But, beeing no coder, I may be completely off track with my conceptions 
here, so I am asking for some more insight or alternative 
recommendations, maybe even with a short reasoning

Thanks

Ede