Current Best price:perf CPUs?

[nonsuch85]

I'm very much out of the loop with the current market for best bang for buck CPU. Currently looking at a Ryzen 5900x paired with a Taichi B550 which I can get both for ~640 GBP. Is that close to the bang for buck sweet spot or is there anything else that I should be considering? Any help much appreciated!

[chk071]

Also check out the i5-12600K. Great single core performance, which is very important for audio.

[nonsuch85]

Also check out the i5-12600K. Great single core performance, which is very important for audio.

Oh nice, yeah that's looking good, just checked the specs and price, thanks. I'm going to be running a lot of UVI Falcon with its IRCAM samplers, plus a few other CPU hungry instruments and effects, so what would you say is that most important spec in a CPU to be looking at?

[chk071]

I would say the single core performance, as (as far as I know) most plugins or plugin chains in a track will run on a single core, and, when you have enough bang for that, you can run a lot of instances. I would recommend Intel (as they're king in single core performance), but, I assume you'd be fine with that AMD CPU as well.

Here's a benchmark ranking I always use to orientate: https://browser.geekbench.com/processor-benchmarks

It's not the "end it all" indication of what's the best CPU, just a single benchmark, but, it should give you a rough idea.

[Pictus]

Oh nice, yeah that's looking good, just checked the specs and price, thanks. I'm going to be running a lot of UVI Falcon with its IRCAM samplers, plus a few other CPU hungry instruments and effects, so what would you say is that most important spec in a CPU to be looking at?

I never used Falcon and do not know how it behaves, better ask UVI support
what would be the best CPU in your price range...
Anyway some DawBench results viewtopic.php?t=574244

And newer CPU's are coming...
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-7900x- ... cracy-1134