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

May 24, 2019
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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
 
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.