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  • BenB
    VSL Team
    BenB

    Hi!

    This highly depends on your usual workload.
    Personally, at this point I would go with the 5900X and safe the €230 for a future system upgrade.

    Best, Ben

    Ben@VSL | IT & Product Specialist
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    E

    Hello Ben,

    Thanks for your reply.
    I'm not the kind of composer working with 100's of tracks in his template, I'm more of a traditional composer so to speak, so not 30+instances in VE Pro. I already was thinking in the direction of 5900X, also beacuse tests do show some better performance with the 5950X, but it's not that this is crucial to build a modern, futureproof system. Still not sure whether to go for the Intel i9-12900 or the 5900X. Will dive into that in the near future.
  • BillB
    BillB

    I built a new system a couple of months ago with the i7 Rocket Lake. Runs very cool! Just saying...

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
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    Thanks for your reply. Would you mind sharing your pc specs? I'm very interested to know them.
  • BillB
    BillB

    Motherboard: ASRock Z590 EXTREME LGA 1200
    CPU: i7-11700K
    System Drive: Samsung 980 m.2 1TB
    Onboard Intel video
    Various SSDs for samples
    Case and CPU fans by BeQuiet
    RAM: 64GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 DDR4

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
  • BillB
    BillB

    Sorry, no idea why it posted like that!

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
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    That's weird, but I can read it. It looks like a decent build! Somehow I lean to a Fractal Design case, but that's just a matter of taste, as I have one now too and am very happy with it. I will take a look at difference in specs for the hardware between your build and the one I'm aiming at; if the price difference is to big to justify a higher investment price, I might as well copy your build. I think I will feel a huge improvement with that system compared to my own pc now. And based on that you say it runs very well, that's the best argument.
  • BillB
    BillB

    Actually, that system drive is the one I had trouble with; didn't always boot. I ended up swapping in a WD_BLACK 1TB SN750 SE NVMe, which solved the issue.

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
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    Okay, thanks for the update. Almost all my drives are Samsung, never have any issues with then, but when your system doesn't boot, that's really frustrating. I've checked the price for a system based on yours, but still leaning towards the Ryzen 5900X.
  • BillB
    BillB

    Let us know how it turns out!

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190