new build

I recently built a new system with an i7 3770 CPU.  I disabled core parking.  Its a desktop, has liquid cooling for the CPU and I'm not concerned about the potential extra power of having all cores on all the time.

Run the DPC Latency checker and see if it shows any problems.  If not, since it's "not broke, don't fix it".

 http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

The DPC Latency Checker is for internal PC operations.  The Latency for your recording interface device is a separate issue.  The DPC "Latency" Checker maybe should have be renamed something else so as not to consfuse its results with latency in a recording device.

An good example is a problem I ran into.  I use a Roland Octa-Capture that has low latency (if the buffer is set correctly).  I noticed I was getting some random clicks in a recording, so I ran the Latency Checker and it showed a large spike about every 4th sample that the DPC Latency Check program displayed.  However, I also discovered that when I installed my Octa-Capture on my new PC I forgot to set the buffer size for low latency.  When I did that the clicks in recording went away, but the Latency Checker program still showed the large spikes.  The large spike problem turned out to be a system monitoring program that I inadvertantly installed from the motherboard vendor.  When that program was uninstalled the DPC Latency Spikes went away. 

hi muskee thanks for responding i have to admit thought i would get heat from some however intel is shinning very bright these days its all good  eric