I am thinking about building a PC oriented towards music production. My current desktop is 10 years old this month and is due to be replaced. Had been considering a Mac Studio but I am having second thoughts given the significant price difference and Apple's expensive storage upgrades.
[https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Legonatic/saved/#view=q8MYXL](Link to list)
I use Ableton Live 10 for my DAW. I have a Scarlett 4i4 audio interface, so no need to add any sound card to the build.
Going for a microATX build to save on physical space. Will also likely add another case fan somewhere. No Windows 11 license listed but I intend to get one. GPU is more for any light video editing or Photoshop I might do, not planning to do much of any gaming.
Any suggestions for improvement on this part list or any thoughts in general?
This is the equivalent of YouTuber buying a 1500$ Mac pro to do basic video editing. If your only goal is to do music production you don't need these kinds of specs. A 500$ ibuypowerpc would be enough, and you can spend the 700$ on some nice equipment and professional software. Unless youre a hardcore video gamer or into locally hosted AI you don't need to spend more than a few hundred bucks with today's modern hardware. 8gigs of ram an amd processor and a graphics card from this decade will service you just fine. As a music production person your biggest concern isn't processing power but hardware fedelity. You want to spend the big bucks on your synth, cabling, and sound card
So, the MSI GTX 1650 4Gb is what hardcore gamers are using these days?