PC for music production

[skylander]

Hi,
I want a quiet computer for music production which has the capability to handle full orchestrations (which can be up to 500+ tracks - hence the maxed out memory). I'm also interested in AI training of sound samples - which is why I added a graphics card.

I'm not a gamer, so this might seem like major over-kill, but I'd like to know if this spec makes sense or I'm doing something foolish like pairing a noisy fan with a quiet case....

I would also like to get the price down a little bit, but I don't want to compromise.

The spec comes up in German for me as delivery would be to Switzerland, but I think the auto-translate almost works. My maximum budget is about 2400 pounds/2690CHF.

Advice very much appreciated! Especially on what is quiet and what makes no sense.

Housing
BE QUIET! SHADOW BASE 800 FX TOWER-GAMING-GEHÄUSE
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Processor (CPU)
Intel® CoreTM Ultra 7 20 Core Processor 265K (up to 5.5GHz) 30 MB Cache
Mainboard
ASUS® UP GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI (LGA1851, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Working memory
192 GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz (4 x 48GB)
Graphics card
8 GB GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 4060 D6 - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1. M.2 SSD drive
1 TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000 MB/sR, 6500 MB/sW)
1. M.2 SSD drive
2 TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000 MB/sR, 6500 MB/sW)
1. Storage drive
3.5" HDD SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III, 8 TB, 6 GB/s, 5,400 RPM, 256 MB CACHE
Power supply
CORSAIR 650 W RM SERIESTM MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRALEISE
Power supply cable
1 x Swiss power cord, 1.5 meters (SchuKo plug)
CPU cooler
Corsair ICUE high-performance CPU cooler Link H115i RGB
Thermal grease
THERMIAN STANDARDWÄMINS PATICE FOR EXPRESS GUESTING
Sound card
ONBOARD 6 KANAL (5.1) HIGH DEF-AUDIO (STANDARDMÄSSIG)
Network card
2.5Gbe LAN ANNANCE
WiFi card
INTEGRATED Wi-Fi 7
USB/Thunderbolt options
2 ANNOUTURE (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD-USB-CHANCED
Operating system
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit – incl. Single license
Language of the operating system
United Kingdom – English
Windows Recovery Medium
Windows 10/11 Multilingual Recovery - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office software
FREE 30 day trial of Microsoft 365® (operating system required)
Antivirus
Norton 360 - Free 90-day license
Browser
FirefoxTM
Guarantee
3 years gold guarantee (2 years repair, 2 years parts, 3 years work)
Delivery
3 DAYS DELIVERY TO SWITZERLAND
Production time
Standard installation – Around 5 to 7 working days
Price: CHF 0.00 including VAT and shipping
One-time URL for re-configuration: https://www.pcspecialist.ch/gespeicherte-konfigurationen/intel-z890-pc/ucJbArCntE/

 

[sck451]

If your application is that memory intensive, it might well be best to wait a little while for the 9950X3D if you're able to. It's likely to have significant advantages in scenarios that are very dependant on memory use (though admittedly if you really need 192GB of RAM, the cache on the CPU might not make such a difference; that's beyond my knowledge). An AMD chip, certainly the 9000 series and probably the 9950X3D will be the CPU that would suit you best.

Whether that can be done in the same budget I'm not quite sure, especially with the 4060 in there.

 

[skylander]

Thanks. Yeah I am not in a hurry, so maybe waiting for next generation stuff might be beneficial, and if not then it will bring the price down of the current ones . @SpyderTracks did already message me, suggesting another site, so seems like I have some more thinking to do. Good to know that the GPU doesn't make a big difference for just number crunching. Cheers!

 

[skylander]

Weird..that URL is coming up with an error (even when using the whole URL..and not just the green part).

Anyway, I believe that, as with most things these days, running an AMD platform is the better option for music related things...the newer platforms add better latency and things. @SpyderTracks is the resident music person so hopefully they can pop by and provide some useful advice.

Graphics card I think is going to to simply come down to what fits the budget...from my quick research, it seems that any GPU can handle the workload, just the better the GPU, the quicker it works (you can even manage without a GPU if speed isn't paramount). I think a 4060 is probably a good mid-point

The link also needed to be in German :-(. I fixed it.