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norbury brook
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I'd say either camps top CPU will give you the basis of a great Reaper DAW.
Reasosns to go with one over the other would be things like TB for one. If you're tied to TB then I'd go Intel as it's supported, AMD isn't officially supported but it can work as USB 4 is really TB 4 but without the power requirements.
AMD is releasing the new Zen6 CPU next year and apparently still going to use the AM5 socket so that's something to think about as an upgrade will be a BIOS flash and CPu swap next year.
Reaper threads really well on Windows and on my 9950x machine runs very nicely indeed. I use Cubase as my main DAW though.
just my 2 cents.
M
Thanks for those 2 cents. Very valuable :-)
I'm leaning towards intel at the moment. I'd like to keep the TB options open (although appreciate your comments on USB4 / AMD).
I like the idea of onboard graphics and having a separate dedicated GPU to run nam profiles in the future (although I don't know how long before that becomes a full on "thing")
Also the intel mobo that Scan are using (asus) has 4 SATA ports (as opposed to the 2 on AMD board) which would mean I could keep my existing 4 SATAs without having to faff about with adding adding extra nvmes (got 2 of those as well currently).
What threw me was the latest DAW Bench VI test at 128 buffer ,which is what I use currently. The 9950X3d certainly seems a bit better in that respect.
Then there's the Zen6 release next year you mentioned...
Decisions, decisions. ������