Question Best CPU for Ableton Live (Audio)- 9700k? 9900k? 3900x?

[orbita]

My X99 motherboard just died. I was using a 5820k chip.

What's the best current chip for use in Ableton Live? I tend to use around 10-20 tracks and lots of FX plugins.

Will the 9900 give much of improvement over 9700?

How about the Ryzen 3900x? Do the extra cores make a substantial difference - are there any problems with AMD and Ableton?

Are any new chips expected soon from Intel?

Thanks, Tom

 

[vMax]

Here is an older thread on this very subject and it seems that both Ryzen and Intel will do a great job. I do not think you can go wrong with either the 3700X or 9700K and the extra threads form the 9900K will make a difference but have lots of RAM 32GB.

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/avxvlm/cpus_in_2019_for_ableton_live_10_i7_9700k_or/


New Chips for Intel re 10nm will not hit until the end of 2020 for desktop but the 5GHz all core 9900KS is launching in October at circa $600...yes it is quiet a lot of money but that's an all 8 core 16 thread 5GHz boost.