MisterGreen Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 With my current system being 12 years old and the release of a new Sonar, it's time to start a new PC build. As with all of my previous builds I start with the motherboard. I have had zero issues with ASUS boards so that is what I'm looking at. Everything seems to be geared toward "gaming" these days. Does it matter when building a DAW? Looking at ASUS ATX boards with Intel chipsets, is there anything to look for or avoid when choosing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsinger Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) There's a bug in 13 & 14 gen intel i7 & i9 processors. Intel is supposed to release a fix in a few days. I have an i7, but my system has been stable. If you're thinking about either of those processors hold off for a few weeks. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/intel-has-finally-tracked-down-the-problem-making-13th-and-14th-gen-cpus-crash/ Edited August 13 by rsinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I've built scores of machines using 13th and 14th Gen CPUs. If you know how to configure them... they're certainly not a problem. Especially if you're talking about the i9 13900k or 14900k, they're not what I'd call a "novice-build". If you just set everything to "Auto" and set memory to XMP Profile 1/2, you're going to have a machine that thermal-throttles under heavy loads... and will most likely be unstable (especially if using faster DDR5). Proper BIOS configuration will prevent thermal-throttling, instability, and potentially damaging the CPU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsinger Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 2 hours ago, Jim Roseberry said: I've built scores of machines using 13th and 14th Gen CPUs. If you know how to configure them... they're certainly not a problem. That's good to know. I got my system from you last month and it's running fine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted Wednesday at 05:05 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:05 PM On 8/8/2024 at 1:37 PM, MisterGreen said: With my current system being 12 years old and the release of a new Sonar, it's time to start a new PC build. The kinda ironic thing is that NuSonar now runs more efficiently on the same hardware than SONAR or Cakewalk by BandLab did, so the system requirements are lower than they were 6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted Thursday at 02:18 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:18 PM Ultra low latency performance of NuSonar (I like that name ) is significantly better that prior versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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