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I don't want to get another machine and discover it's not up to par, but I don't want to pay for way more than I need either.



This is the big wrong assumption people make. You never pay for more than what you need when it comes to computers. The more expensive ones are faster, simple as that. So do you need faster? How much can you afford? Those are questions only you can answer. Whatever you get will start to seem old and slow after 4 years or so because the software we all love gets better but better needs more computer power. That's what drives PC sales, is the latest and greatest versions of software whether it's our music stuff or an engineering CAD system. It's a collaboration between the software developers and hardware chip makers.

Software is NEVER good enough for power users, we always want more, just look at this forum. Why can't we do this or that comes up all the time. The answer is if they did that it wouldn't run on a 5 year old machine but it would run on a super hot Intel i7 with 32 gigs of ram. Yes I said 32 gigs. There's plenty of systems out there with that kind of ram and then there's SSD system drives and all kinds of other cool things. A box like that can cost over $3,000 and trust me you would be in 7th heaven running Biab with all the RT's on that system. If you had a chance to test Biab on a system like that you would definitely want it but do you "need" it and are you willing to pay for it are the big questions. What we all do is set a budget (the higher the better) for our little hobby and then ask questions and shop around for the fastest machine we can get for that money knowing in a few years we get to do it again.

Bob

Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.