Choice of PC i7 or i9 / 64 or 128 gigabytes of RAM for orchestral sound banks

[Trancer]

Good morning,

For the moment, I have a latest generation i7 PC configuration with 64 gigabytes of RAM.

Will this configuration be sufficient or would it be better to invest directly in a latest generation i9 configuration and 128 gigabytes of RAM?

As an internal SSD for sound banks, I was thinking of taking this type of SSD.

4 TB Lexar NQ790 M.2 NVME 2280 R/W 7000/6000 MB/s

Is it a good choice or do you have a better choice for an efficient, fast and reliable SSD for installing orchestral sound banks?

I don't really want to be limited at a given moment in the composition because of a computer that is not efficient enough for orchestral music.

Thank you in advance for your responses and opinions.

[Jim Roseberry]

FWIW, There's no meaningful response others can give to this question.
All dependent on your particular projects.


If the current 14700k CPU isn't enough, your options are a 14900k or 9950x (Core Ultra 9 isn't available yet).

You need enough RAM to run your largest projects (to avoid hitting the VM-Swapfile in lieu of enough physical RAM - which kills performance).
If your current projects are pushing close to using 64GB RAM, it would be a good idea to move to 128GB.
If not, adding additional unused RAM will result in no performance increase.


Most of our clients who are professional TV/Film composers are running i9 CPUs with 128GB RAM.
These folks are typically running large scoring templates... where they want immediate access to a huge pallet of sounds.

Let your Projects/Work determine the tools you need.
If you need more machine, you'll know.

[FranklyFlawless]

Will this configuration be sufficient or would it be better to invest directly in a latest generation i9 configuration and 128 gigabytes of RAM?

Sufficient regardless of motherboard chipset and DDR4/DDR5 support, unless your projects are becoming extremely resource-intensive (80%+ utilization).

As an internal SSD for sound banks, I was thinking of taking this type of SSD.

4 TB Lexar NQ790 M.2 NVME 2280 R/W 7000/6000 MB/s

Is it a good choice or do you have a better choice for an efficient, fast and reliable SSD for installing orchestral sound banks?

It is fine. When considering an NVMe PCie 4.0 SSD, focus on opportunistic sales relative to your budget, then capacity. I highly suggest waiting for Black Friday in this case.

[pc999]

From what I have seen, AMD CPUs are much better (and cooler/silent too).