Is multiple cores in a CPU more important than speed for recording? Advice Appreciated (in: Computer Setup and S…)

By: lobanov
9 Jan 22:54

You don’t need plenty of cores for recording and moderate mixing (without Acustica stuff for example but this is an exception, most of plugins aren’t greedy to such extent). The top speed isn’t needed too. I’m sure for your tasks any high mid processor will be sufficient. More or less new Intel Core i7 is absolutely enough. Even Intel Core i5. But more is always more.

SSL 2 is 2-ins/2-outs, this level of load for a processor is negligible (I mean recording).

For your tasks 64 Gb of RAM is an o…

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