I Build a PC for MUSIC PRODUCTION in 2024

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In this video I build a PC for music production and show you each component I used to build it. This is a music production PC that will be perfect for any DAW including Ableton Live, FL Studio, Reaper, Cubase, and others. This is an AMD build featuring components by ASUS, NVIDIA, Noctua, Thermaltake, G.Skill, Samsung, and others. I also test this PC to show you how it performs with Ableton Live, Kontakt, GPU Audio plugins and more. GPU Audio plugins use your computers graphics processor instead of your CPU to run plugins!
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[@NLPDFRAS]

as an amateur producer and ghost producer i’ve been searching for a video like this!! thank you so so much ❤

[@SanjayC]

You're very welcome! This is my first build...may do another...anything you'd like to see in a future video?

[@NLPDFRAS]

@@SanjayC maybe you can buy good rated pre-build pc’s or try to make your own pc you’ve dreamed of.. maybe others have many more ideas? 💡

[@MalikEmmanuel]

@@SanjayC I would love to see a build of a pure music production computer that is breaks down the impact of each component on performance and comparisons to alternatives.

[@jannybravo8429]

Someone finally did it

[@jamelljacks9356]

I would love to see a custom built laptop for music recording and production and also able to be used for Adobe software/photoshop etc and a few day to day business tasks (emails, spreadsheets etc..Thanks ! Your video is excellent 💚

[@lance134679]

I've only made music on a PC, so this is all very familiar to me. Digging the "future-white" aesthetic. Thanks!

[@SanjayC]

Thanks! I love the white with the white everything!

[@JoseCruz11123]

Yooo my two worlds collide. PC gaming and music. This is a killer machine, great build!

[@Jdebrusk987]

I started getting into music production recently without knowing what type of PC I'll need and after knowing in your video I have nearly the same specs!

[@wernerxldata]

Cool thing from Noctua is they sell conversion kits to reuse your cooler in a newer gen cpu/mobo. Had an i7 2600k with a Noctua for years and it’s now cooling a Ryzen 7, conversion kit was a bit over 20 euros. And they cool awesome, the i7 was overclocked a lot and it stayed pretty cool. Also have a pair of Kali’s, IN8, they sound brilliant.

[@BassFunMusic]

This channel is straight fire! The beats always get me hyped! 🔥❤

[@chills_tiny_mom]

tysm someone is doing videos about buildilng pcs for music productions

[@TonyAndersonMusic]

Loved this. I have an M1Max that’s got lots of ram and hard drive space and it’s actually really easy to overload. Not as easy as my intel mac pro from 2019, but it’s not nearly as powerful as reviewers had said. Nobody did what you did by loading plugins and VSTs we would actually use. Great demonstration. Hard for me to imagine going back to PC, but you can’t argue with the quality price ratio here. Wow.

[@SanjayC]

It’s THE Tony Anderson! Hey Tony, absolutely right about price ratio. I don’t think I can beat my M1 Max…but maybe on the next PC build!

[@JDiggiti]

What are you running that taxes your M1 Max ? How much Ram ?

[@SanjayC]

@@JDiggiti I'd like to hear Tony's reply, but as for me, my M1 Max hardly ever gets taxed much. I edit my videos on it as well, and it flies! For music production, nothing really taxes it much. I even do a lot of screen recording, while I play multiple plugins in Ableton Live, and its just fine.

[@djcetra]

Macs are cool but custom build PCs are way better my friend. It's just important that you don't cheap out on parts, buy premium and you'll be set. Windows 10 and 11 are great, not like the old days.

[@auralplex]

@@djcetra Yeah until you start getting the blue screen of death and Windows fails and then you have to reinstall everything from 0. Also, I can take an SSD with an OS and all my apps from Mac A and connect it to Mac B and be able to run everything normally. Can't do that with Windows. Apple is way better.

[@GPUAUDIO]

Awesome video Sanjay! We're so pleased to see our beta plugins in action. Look out for the full releases soon!

[@randallharp7010]

Although I own a MacBook Pro, I've always used custom-built PCs for music production, because of the price/performance ratio. I'm still running an i7 PC that I had built for me (I used to build my own) in 2016 for about $3400. It's still a screamer and would probably leave a similarly-priced Mac in dust. I love the simplicity of the single-vendor Mac world, but when it comes to bang for the buck, a custom-built PC has my vote.

[@PendelSteven]

Hey, there's no shame in having something help you with a build.

[@YouriHL]

Funny @randallharp7010, I run a self built Windows machine too for music production and gaming, but I mainly and solely use a Macbook for when DJ'ing at gigs or in my home studio. (edit: Macbook with my DJ gear of course)

[@humanactivated1017]

​@@YouriHLwhy ? Do you think you look cooler using a Mac ?

[@YouriHL]

@@humanactivated1017 Absolutely not. The reason I advise a Mac is quite simple: it works better in this case than a Windows machine. That's a true fact. I wish it wasn't, because those astronomical prices Apple charges are ridiculous.

[@humanactivated1017]

@@YouriHL well if you are correct then that's what the extra money is for

[@homestudioacademy]

Awesome video Sanjay! The studio looks super sleek and the white theme is so cool!!! Even though I'm all in in the Mac ecosystem this was very cool to watch!

[@SanjayC]

Thanks so much! Love your content!

[@homestudioacademy]

@@SanjayC oh wow! I was not expecting that coming from someone at your level of success. It truly means a lot! People like you inspire creators like myself to keep going here on KZbin!

[@agentooe33AD]

Shoutout to Circuit City. Used to go there all the time back in the day. Love this video. As a PC DAW and gamer, this definitely is a good move in my opinion.

[@patrickdonaldndiangang]

These kind of videos are incredibly helpful. P.S. Digging the stash

[@TonyThomas10000]

I am running an off-the-shelf AMD Ryzen 7 5600G PC from Micro Center. I upgraded to 32GB RAM and I think it was around $800 or so. Works fine and runs everything I can throw at it! BTW, I used to work in the computer dept at Circuit City and remember selling Packard Bells, Compaqs, and ancient Macs. I also ran a precursor of Logic called Creator on the Atari ST back in the 80s. It came on 1 floppy drive!

[@KeikoFXDesigns]

Does that PC still working perfectly for you?

[@TonyThomas10000]

@@KeikoFXDesigns Absolutely! Upgraded the 2nd internal drive to 2TB so I have 3TB of storage onboard now.

[@nathanksimpson]

For a non PC/tech channel you sprinkled a lot of nice technical tidbits in there and your desk setup looks amazing. One thing I will say is for the CPU you could probably get away with a few less threads, and an even less premium motherboard to save some cash, but man do I wish I had 64GB of ram for those orchestral sample libraries.

[@Graeme_Culpepper]

RAM has gotten incredibly cheap. I have 2 32GB (to total 64GB) DDR5 6000mhz DIMMS in my system I got for about $175. The only downside (which is extremely minor) is that the cast latency is a little higher than I'd like clocking in at 38ms. 6 years ago, When I got my first PC, I paid that much for only 16GB of RAM, and it was DDR4 2400mhz. Much slower than what is available today.

[@margaretchristo6859]

Wow, awesome video! Really fun. Love the white PC. Thank you, Sanjay C. Great content as always.

[@JEtienneMusic]

Sanjay this was such a fun video. Hope you had as much fun buidling, gaming and testing as it seemed you did!

[@SanjayC]

I did have a lot of fun. I had to read the manuals a few times but it wasn’t hard at all overall.

[@TeleporterM11]

Long live Circuit City.

[@Metalpazallteway]

I bought some stuff from them, and also loved Tiger Direct

[@ripken5919]

Use to go in there and just look around. Dont even think Ive ever purchased anything besides some wired ear buds. By the time I was an adult it was no longer

[@DerekPower]

So not only do I remember Circuit City, but also I intended Logic to be my first DAW until Emagic was bought by Apple and became a wholly subsidiary. I need to reinstall GPU Audio’s stuff but I was very impressed with the concept. As I’ve said elsewhere, this is especially helpful for laptops as the CPUs there aren’t as powerful, making the graphic cards powerful by comparison. Thus, this can extend the working life as well as the capabilities of a laptop.

[@SanjayC]

Circuit City gang! Hey Derek...you should try the new GPU Audio plugins.

[@DerekPower]

@@SanjayC I’ve played around them before. They put out a different version, which meant earlier ones were no longer valid. And there might have been another update since. But no worries, this wasn’t done out of spite =]

[@Only1Dharti]

🤣 The claw machine!!! ✨😍 I love the all white aesthetics and the RGB LIGHTING! The music!woah!!! 🎉

[@PULSEMusicGroup]

Man great vid brother. I started producing on Logic when it was a Windows (EMagic) back in the day memories! And Circuit City was the place until we got Micro Center, lol 💯

[@zwenz365]

I bought my PC last year for A-Live, and I gotta say it’s fantastic. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 CPU and 16gb RAM and it runs perfectly. The CPU gets a tad overworked when I use specific plugin instruments, but for $1400, insanely worth it

[@sneakymaaike5633]

Thanks man, I needed this video. Very clear explanation

[@SanjayC]

Anytime! Glad you liked the video.

[@sneakymaaike5633]

@SanjayC I have a question if you would like to answer that? I'm not at all good in building pc's myself and I'm there for, looking for a prebuild pc. Also I don't have that much budget space for it, because I'm also buying a monitor with it. So do you think that a pc with the following specs is good enough for music production, lite gaming and also video and photo editing (with lite gaming I mean Minecraft and Sims 4 mainly): -AMD Ryzen 5-6 Core - NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4060 (8 GB memory) -1 TB SSD -32 GB RAM -6 core processor (12 threads) -CPU clock speed: 3,6 Ghz (maximum turbo boost: 4,2 Ghz) -motherboard: AMD 320 If you have any advice, that would be awesome, before I buy it of course, it's a lot of money you know haha Thank you in advance! Appreciate you!

[@JarardKenneth]

3:49 Sheesh Circut City? IBM? Man, what a time to be alive back then. I remember those days.

[@SanjayC]

Yes...you remember! There was that one commercial where that kid bought the yellow Sony walkman and needed to return it...LOL! Classic!

[@TheMetaldudeX]

Great video. I will say a 3080 will be out of most people’s budget, so if your goal is gaming and music production, don’t overlook AMD graphics. I don’t think the green tax is worth it unless you’re planning on doing video production or live steaming and you need that nvenc encoding.

[@ileryon4019]

I don't think u even need a good GPU... Just some cheap 680 to run interface.. What do u think?

[@Part107_ChickenTender]

Another awesome ,informative video by the great Sanjay C! This guy is like the Bob Ross of music production. Yes, I'm old enough to remember Circuit City! I was sad they went out of business and still surprised Best Buy has lasted this long. Thank you this PC build video. I have been looking to get into PC building/gaming for sometime. It can be overwhelming but seems if you get the right parts for what you need, it's not that bad. A custom laptop build would be interesting.

[@gorn.records]

Cool PC! Bro, be sure to put a stand under the video card, it sags and bends the motherboard and PCI-port.

[@ThreeBelowZero]

Great video as always, Sanjay. I built the same PC about a year ago but with the Noctua D15 (Spain is hot) and the 5900X because of the single core performance for FL Studio. I don't really know if Ableton works the same way but 5950X is also a beast for content creation.

[@SanjayC]

Thanks for sharing your experience!!

[@onlyhalfhuman4815]

Is there a reason to choose “the single core performance” for a daw? Or is that specific to FL studio?

[@cirisirpula152]

​@@onlyhalfhuman4815 Bit late, but daws tend to use one core per one track, because audio is not very easily parallelised. Of course multiple cores are useful when you have multiple tracks.

[@Uchawibeatz]

This is a gem Sanjay. Thanks for coming clutch as always 😉

[@samparsons8541]

Hey great video!! You might want to make sure you put your RAM from each kit into alternating slots. I'm not sure if you did that, but it appears in the video you go slot 1 -> 2 -> 3 ... and what you should do for optimum performance is for each 2 pack of RAM you do Slot 1 & 3 in a pair, and then slot 2 & 4 in a pair. Hope that helps!

[@siddharthst2712]

Amazing setup Sir ! You can now do Livestreams as well with that beast 🔥. Even Gaming

[@FernandoDCDuarte]

Hi Sanjay! Nice one!! A 5th gen Ryzen 9 and an RTX 3080 is nothing to frown upon!!! For my next music making computer (currently have a M1 Mac Mini) I'll probably get a mini PC from Minisforum that includes the latest Ryzen 9 CGU/iGPU and may have up to 64GB DDR5 RAM and multiple m2 nvme SSDs, for much less than a m2 Mac Mini.

[@SanjayC]

Thanks, Fernando! I'd love to hear how your new setup performs when you have it

[@FMI_TheMixEngineEar]

Hi there, please do comment for some advise on optimum specs on a budget . Im planning to buy a laptop or maybe a PC for : live multitrack recording from Presonus StudioLive 32ch mixer ( 24bit/48kz, 32ch ) and cleanup in Izotope RX plus mix it later on Studio One DAW with Waves, SSL and Brainworx plugins. live recording in studio or stage session gonna be like 1 hr session at a time at least. # its not gonna be like a professional polished mix that i can produce and sell. its for our band personal use.

[@ChristianSongCover]

Thank you for sharing bro i like your video and a beautiful studio

[@JohnPhelyno]

Might be my first comment on your videos after all these years. I love the all white combos. And always love the way you deliver your speeches

[@KordTaylor]

That all-white look makes me think of Fairlight 2.0. Now all you need is the all-white linen suite with the bright purple tie. OH! Maybe that's the video for your next track.

[@AceeSoul]

Excellent. My last build was in 2018, so I'm about due..

[@SanjayC]

Thanks so much for the Super Thanks, Acee! Let me know what you decide for your build!

[@Duvoncho]

Extremely interested in this news as I use a 4090 in my main system with a 7800X3D, which is a stunning CPU for gaming and a handful of cache heavy applications but it still falls slightly behind for multithreading as it is still only 8 cores 16 threads. Being able to leverage such an unnecessary beast of a GPU will be perfect! Thanks for the info! Great vid as always. 👍

[@MusicByNemo1]

if thats the new ryzen 7 7800x3d ur talking ab its faster than his cpu

[@yeat9243]

@@MusicByNemo1I believe the 7800x3d only excels in single thread applications like gaming as opposed to multiple threads

[@johnlee4492]

Circuit city!!! Yes!! I also remembered Media play

[@claudiusviracocha1651]

Audio class motherboard for music is The sMB-Q370 is a high performance PC motherboard specially designed for audio. And ALC892/897, Elna audio caps are good and a separate DAC amplifier Fiio k5 pro ESS (cheaper) and probably "Asrock" motherboard are also suitable. I assume that Intel CPU is best for music, because there are fewer errors in operation! For example, Asrock Taichi motherboard has audio: 5.1 CH HD audio with content protection (Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec), ESS SABRE9218 DAC, WIMA Audio Caps, Nahimic Audio.

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[@jyotichristo7720]

Such a helpful video. Thank you SanjayC!

[@SanjayC]

You're very welcome!

[@sibalkrutik7540]

I'm trying linus tech tips to do this video but glad you made it !❤

[@SanjayC]

Linus is great! I wanted to add the music production tests as well...so I made this. Let me know if it was helpful!

[@sibalkrutik7540]

​@@SanjayCits great setup with relatively reasonable price but if we need big libraries like komplete 14 and stuff we need to add a lot more storage in external storage devices. I wish you'd show that but great video and great setup 🔥🔥

[@onlyhalfhuman4815]

I’m wondering if you are using the thunderbolt for an audio interface like a uad Apollo or any thunderbolt interface?

[@aquaticborealis4877]

I have a very similar set up to yours. Same CPU, I have the 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, and a 3080ti. The board is a an Gigabytes Aorus x570 Master. So it performs quite well. But, I noticed that Lunacy Audio’s Cube could cause some issues. Also, Arturia’s Augmented plugins could also be a bit heavy. I use Studio One.

[@SanjayC]

Both Audio Cube and Augmented plugins are very heavy...I even noticed that on my Mac. I just tried a couple Augmented plugins on this new PC, and they are running very smoothly. Load time is actually faster than my Mac M1 Max.

[@snubdawg1386]

@@SanjayC can you both please make a dpc-latency test with the programm latencymon?!

[@moosey62]

I got a Trigkey Mini PC for 380€. Ryzen 5800h, 32GB, 1 TB M.2. 40tracks of audio, vsti's, vst's. Doesn't even blink and is silent. GPU probably isn't great for games, but I wouldn't know.

[@mickehog76]

Awesome video :). Behind the scene it was actually the cute dog that build the computer ;).

[@Nick_Reinhardt]

One thing I've always wanted is a faraday cage for my PC. I use single coils on my guitar and it constantly picks up sounds from my PC

[@AlessandroRegiaCortePersonal]

you should probably mount a fan or two at the back of the case to push the hot air out from inside the case. obviously the direction of the fans must be opposite to that of the fans mounted on the front. it is good practice.

[@SanjayC]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll do that

[@SynysterCondom]

I like the concept however I personally would've used a Fractal Define 7 case, replaced the stock fans with noctuas (2 front, 1 back), deshroud mod on the GPU (replaced with noctua fans). Could've also gotten a 1000w-1200w power supply which would be overkill but you'll never hear the fan turn on. And I don't know about you but having the case right next to your ear seems counterproductive for this line of work lol

[@KordTaylor]

Great video! And yeah GPU Audio is a great concept. Not quite dialed in yet with many plug but on it's way. Are you running your own DAW stuff on a PC or Mac? Love your vids!!! ❤

[@SanjayC]

Hey Kord...I use a Mac on a daily basis...but I'm extremely satisfied with this PC I built...very stable and fast!

[@Ryzza5]

Surprised you didn't go current gen. I went with an Asus X670-E board, AMD 7900 CPU, 4TB Gen 5 M.2 SSDs, and 4070 Ti. A very nice upgrade from my old i9 9900K build from 2018.

[@DarkBlackReaper]

For how much in total? I have I9 and considering an update soon

[@clipz1]

second pc build i seen on youtube using 64gb of ram here i was thinking 16 would stil do the job

[@AdrianBellue]

Hey Sanjay! I’ve considered making a video like this because I challenged myself to build a music production PC and I took the risk of hoping to make a successful Intel Thunderbolt 4 system for modern Universal Audio Apollo units. And with tons of testing and tweaking I’ve got a fully working UA/Ableton rig, runs flawlessly with live streaming and gaming as well. There’s definitely some tricks to get a UA Windows system to run smoothly!

[@HeinrichYoshio]

May I ask what combo of MoBo/CPU/interface/Windows you’re running? I’ve been lurking in the UAD forums as I’ve been researching a new build coming from a Win10 Intel 7700k system that’s worked with my Apollo x6 for years and years. The whole compatibility thing has had me on the fence!

[@AdrianBellue]

@@HeinrichYoshio here ya go! After you follow all the UA instructions for windows adjustments, you’ll be good to go. Essentially what you want to make sure is your MOBO has thunderbolt headers directly built onto the board. This system is running my UA/Ableton reamping flawlessly, steaming and editing and gaming, it’s a powerhouse. Intel i9-10980XE ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe II DEEPCOOL Captain 360X Cooler 64GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM GIGABYTE Aorus RTX 2060 SUPER EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 T2 PSU Phanteks Eclipse P500A Case

[@AdrianBellue]

@@HeinrichYoshioresponding to you right now from Aftershock Festival hahahaha

[@jeromerusselldemusicologist]

Finally! A PC for music production built by a music producer... Thanks a lot for this video

[@MattStevens9824]

For a while there, I thought this was the SanjayComputing channel 😊

[@montanajo336]

That circuit city commercial took me back. Preciate that

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

Wow, your build is super close to the one I built last year. The only difference was a Be Quiet case and fans and a 3060 GTX.

[@SanjayC]

How quiet is your build?

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

@@SanjayC probably similar to yours. I looked at those fans and that case when I built mine and they were all very similar in the noise department. Ended up with the BeQuiet DX500 case which is open on the front unlike most of their very quiet but also very hot running cases. It's almost silent and I can record vocals pretty much right next to it without any issues. The fans rarely spin up when I'm using Reaper. Mostly only when gaming. That ProArt motherboard is also excellent. I would encourage any viewers of your channel towards a build like what you showcased. I'm super happy with mine after about a years worth of use.

[@thahyst]

Built my first computer about 2 years ago. I will NEVER buy a PC ever again... build everytime!

[@Papercutdx]

nice clean build! I'm just building my own now. But the 14900KS is the best CPU for music prod right now

[@busywl69]

Put an exhaust fan in the back. Great build. 64gb of ram on a mac is grand larceny.

[@simusti1904]

that PC Set Up its only my dream, but my hobby its make a dream and share my music, thanks for PC set up info

[@badc0der]

for your Ableton benchmark you should have showed us the audio settings. Specifically Audio Rate and Buffer Size. Bigger buffer size means lower CPU usage. By default Ableton's buffer size is 512. Bring that down to 32 and rerun the benchmark. Now, if you stay only in the box you don't really care that much but if you throw some live instruments coupled with VSTs you want a low buffer. So how about you rerun your tests with the lowest buffer size your sound card supports and let us know how the PC is doing? My hunch is that you won't get past 30 tracks. Heck, even 20 will be much once you load a few instances of Omnisphere or Diva.

[@austomj]

Would it be possible for you to run LatencyMon to check the DPC latency on your PC? Low DPC latencies are important to avoid stuttering and interruptions in the playback of video and audio. It's an issue many people have, because certain key drivers are not optimized with DPC in mind (eg. graphics, wifi) and can cause issues when playing real-time audio in the DAW, even when the CPU is not under load.

[@sankyoFt]

Muy pocos hablan de este problema de latencia. Conoces alguna configuracion (procesador - tarjeta madre) que funcione bien sin problrmas de latencia DPC ??

[@vatsalismusic]

Awesome video and setup ❤

[@thahyst]

The moment you said "Circuit City" ... wow flash back! Lol

[@beatslucas]

Great to see pc content. You could reduce noise bu changing the fans of the case by noctua fans. The ones that come in the case they mostly noisy. Also, I see you measure some start up softwares. That will improve if you are using faster ssds. Try pcle5 ssds they will match or beat mac most likely.

[@nicolasnicolas3889]

My next build is going to be a Ryzen 7 5800x I think, I don't really need much more than that and it's a good price for what it is, nice build though, that case looks well cool! 😍

[@SanjayC]

Let me know how the Ryzen 7 works out for you

[@nicolasnicolas3889]

@@SanjayC Will do!

[@FLH3official]

Oh, yes, I remember Logic when it was Emagic, but furthermore I remember Notator, after Creator, when it was C-Lab...👴 One of these day I will restart my Atari ST 😉

[@djvoodoo01]

The Sony Inzone M9 would look awesome in the middle of this setup 👌

[@alexteague4434]

Good video I always build my own PCs for my studio and this was a genuinely sensible set of choices (OK, the 3080 is entirely overkill but hilariously good for gaming - I bet the GPU audio plugins wouldn't even make it break a sweat). I'm a huge fan of the Ryzen CPUs. The core count you get per $ is insanely good for this sort of workhorse PC.

[@tigerscott2966]

Good video - expensive components. Windows, DAWS and plugins are extra. Linux Manjaro has the DAWS and plugins - they are free. Add a decent used PC and you have a scalable powerhouse without the snooping from Microsoft.

[@UONeal]

as a home producer/DJ/nerd its nice to see you building your own PC...good job!

[@SanjayC]

Glad you enjoyed it. Anything you'd change to my build?

[@rrmusixtest]

Great video Sanjay C !

[@sergiodeoliveira5358]

Suggest a GPU support - that’s quite a bit of sag at front of case.

[@francis0751]

Finally a pc build video for music production

[@MusicManJoe]

Originally I was going to build a PC just for gaming but after seeing this I remembered that I wanted to build one for music production as well as gaming to upgrade from my current laptop. Thanks for the video!

[@GregSB1]

The “Uncle” Sanjay mustache 💯

[@SanjayC]

Kids...try this at home

[@ZaryaMain]

"Welcome to Circuit City: where service is state of the art." I think they also had one of the earliest examples of price matching as a policy that I ever saw.

[@this.is.shashwat]

Finally sanjay has joined the pc master race!

[@SanjayC]

Yes! Let's go!!

[@G43X]

GPU plug ins should work very well. A GPU can take the strain off the CPU and the calculations should be easy for modern cards. This looks cool.

[@MarkOhanesian]

My friend worked at circuit city and I remember going for pc parts and random peripherals 😂

[@JMXCzw]

Love how the white case blends in well with the studio. Amazing build. Quick question, why did you choose AMD over intel CPU? Just curious.

[@SanjayC]

I wanted to get the build at a reasonable price to test the performance. I want to do a high spec build soon too. Any suggestions for components?

[@JMXCzw]

@@SanjayCThat's cool, those 16 cores should be enough for intense projects too. I hear the i7 13700k provides great value at a lower price too. But if you are going high spec then maybe the i9 12900k or 13900k. You could also try DDR5 memory just to see the performance difference. It would also be cool to sit the gpu vertically.

[@jjrusy7438]

Great timing. I have been agonizing over a new media pc since mine died last winter. All the new gpu's and power conservation concerns have had me holding off. I am going nvidia 40 series for lower power use. still sorting processors. I will also overspec the psu and still have to decide on the board chipset.

[@serdimay7]

I love your video. I want to ask what setup would you recommend for a good podcast?

[@jairboada]

Dude... "El bigote" 🤦‍♂....🤣🤣🤣, Thanks for the content, you helped me to start doing my music!

[@yesmanasia123]

Looks awesome!

[@Indronix]

wow love the white !!!! Hey sanjay could you please suggest a low budget digital mixer for a small / home studio ?

[@loveave.276]

Sanjay looks younger now, working out?💪🏾 Keep the great videos coming!!!

[@cameronpritchard626]

Ooh! This PC looks awesome! How did you choose all the components?

[@SanjayC]

I had some help from a friend of mine who's done it before. Anything you think I could change?

[@cameronpritchard626]

@@SanjayC i really dont know anything about PCs sorry, but i also own a noctua cooler and they are very good

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Nice & Thanks :)

[@MadelnMachines]

I'm curious about 2 pc builds i've seen - The Scan 3XS Ryzen 7700 / 7900 as they are able to be passively cooled so provide silent operation.

[@GregKletschka]

I started using Logic when it was version 3 on a 486DXII running Windows 95

[@mindseyeproductions8798]

GPU plug-ins that’s intriguing

[@HONjramiroz98]

Would recommend to replace the fans to noctuas or build the computer outside the room for improved acoustics , but nice build!

[@geekmastermind]

"...and maybe I'll do a little gaming on it, too." Yeah, we see you. 🤣

[@OsimheninMaskesindekiÇivi]

The GPU audio premise looks interesting. I wonder if any soft synth producers will follow suit. It would be great to have a kontakt compatible synth running on the GPU. Also I wonder how much apple side would benefit from this. M1 Max & Pro with the graphic cores. They are not utilised by soft synths right ?

[@rlespier3380]

Hello, thanks for sharing… Question though, what sample rate, bit depth and buffer size produced those impressive cpu loads in Live? Music KZbinrs persistent ly seem to omit those important contextualizing numbers (without which, the presented numbers could be misinterpreted).

[@bombjelly5795]

The claw machine hahahahahahaha sanjay c the c is for comedian

[@ClingCrush]

Careful with you 💙

[@michaelhonormusic]

I recently bought a new computer with a AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12 cores and integrated GPU, 32GB DDR5 memory, 2TB M2, Corsair 750W, Be quite Dark Rock Pro and a stylish Fractal Design North White 🙂 I´m not gonna game anything so I think I don´t need a dedicated graphics card.

[@novabbx86]

You look alike Salman Khan from Dabang ‼️ Moustache power sheesh