I have never been unhappy with intel. I have been disappointed with AMD, but that was a while back.

The last two primary machines I built were an intel i9-9900 and an i5??. Both run all my software without issue, including video software.

I can not upgrade the i9 processor without changing the motherboard. Check into socket issues.

Thirty-two gigs of fast RAM, All SSD drives on and above board. WIN 10 Pro on one and Win 11 Pro on the other. No real issues with 10 or 11. Medium-quality video processors on both are both expensive and useful for video and better quality visuals on my DAW.
Are they worth the extra cost? Who knows.

USB issues. Three USB piano keyboards, a USB computer keyboard, a BIAB USB drive, a webcam, a mouse, two USB backup drives, an interface, and whatever else I forgot...lol, I forgot, USB connection to UPS. OH and a USD midi interface... I installed 8 USB ports on the computer and now I have an adapteror also. Two firewire connections. Midi on the interface for the main keyboard.

Too much stuff!

Billy

Last edited by Planobilly; 02/14/23 02:06 PM.
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