AM4 vs. AM5; advice on custom PC builds for DAWS (2026)

[BrunoDSL]

@Joshua_Cabaltica

super helpful, thank you! Someone mentioned that Cubase is currently having issues with high core count CPUs, is there any way i could get a link to that forum?

You’re already in the forum where that discussion has taken place both with Macs and Windows.

Core handling in coming updates for Win 11?

Heads up for those that have been following along and are interested, I have posted 2 follow up articles on the Windows and DAW’s series. Part 2 : Multiprocessor Resources v Real World DAW Performance ! Summarizes and covers the work and testing done and reported on with the initial DAWbench DSP MIX sessions, which shone a light on DAW thread management and associated dynamics with the respective audio engines. Part 3 : Cubase 14/15 : Core Handling v ASIO-Guard : The Ongoing Enigma ! Covers …

ASIO Guard and Threading issues are not just a windows issue

Oh Man, thats one expensive gamble, partly due to the Macheads with larger systems refusing to help with the testing over the last 18 months. Mic Drop ! I understand now why some were so reluctant to help, because I suspect they already knew it was also broken on MacOS ! They keep cycling back to it all being about non parallelization of serial processing, etc, but then as you noted, why isn’t the processing being properly assigned across at least the number of busses. Yeh, as soon as gr…

I didn’t mention it but the issue is primarily with ASIO Guard. Cubase doesn’t leave the core management and thread handling it does for the Operating System Scheduler to handle like other DAWs.