Music Production New PC Build

[SpyderTracks]

Excellent soundcard choice. I'm using a Babyface Pro FS and an SPL Crimson.

Desktops generally don't have so many DPC problems as laptops in my experience so you should be fine.

It's configured with latency in mind, the new 5000 series have majorly reduced latency generally, they're far better than Intel ever were.

RAM wise I think for now, 3200MHz is safest due to stability issues getting 3600MHz stable. I'm sure they'll iron that out in a future BIOS update, but for now, for whatever reason, it is still an issue.

But on any windows machine, you can optimise for reduced latency, but that's something the user needs to do. There are some great articles to help out with that:

Optimizing Windows for Audio

Live Versions: All Operating System: Windows Keep up-to-date Soundcard Settings System Settings Debugging further Advanced System Settings Windows generally needs a few additional adjustments t...

help.ableton.com

How can I tune a Windows PC for best audio performance? | Dante

Your average Windows PC has a wide variety of hardware devices and software drivers from many sources – some of which may behave in undesirable ways if your goal is low-latency audio streaming.This guide describes some tools and techniques you can use to improve the performance of your PC for...

www.audinate.com

Optimising your PC for Audio on Windows 10

Windows caters to many different types of users and applications. Here are some ways to improve your Windows experience for music production. You might view this article if you experience these pro...

support.focusrite.com

 

[musicprodpc]

Ok excellent, I'll order this build. I'm familiar with audio optimization so as long as there isn't any underlying issues with components like the 3600MHz RAM then should be good. Thanks for your help.

 

[Heartfeltdawn]

It's configured with latency in mind, the new 5000 series have majorly reduced latency generally, they're far better than Intel ever were.

Interesting. I ordered a 15.6" AMD Initia earlier today and I'm curious as to whether the 4000 mobile series do likewise.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Interesting. I ordered a 15.6" AMD Initia earlier today and I'm curious as to whether the 4000 mobile series do likewise.

4000 mobile cpu's are previous generation architecture, they are essentially 2 separate chiplets so there was inherent latency communicating between chiplets, whereas the new architecture on Zen 3 is combined. The latency on Zen 2 was more than on Zen 3, but still very good. It's just Zen 3 beats anything that ever came before:

 

[Heartfeltdawn]

Zen3 laptop for 2022 then!