AMD Threadripper and 5000 series performance for Cubase

After 9 years of hard work my Desktop computer is giving up on me so it is time to rebuild the old dog. I do a lot of data processing for my job so I have been eyeing the cheaper 24-core AMD threadrippers for a while. There is a thread from 2018 that didn’t really recommend them and many gens have passed since than so I wanted to get an updated opinion. Anybody use threadrippers and face latency or other issues?

I am also looking at the 5000 series. Looking at the benchmarks looks like 3900x had issues working with Cubase but not sure if things have been improved.

Basically everywhere I look people recommend Intel for sound but intel has been having so many issues lately in terms of security, quality and durability, I really don’t trust them enough at this point.

Appreciate any suggestions

Read this thread backwards for talk about configurations and components:

The “today we build our studio pc” thread - Page 441 - Gearslutz

Read this for benchmarks:

Core Wars! AMD & Intel CPUs Tested (soundonsound.com)

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and

2020 Q1 – Cpu’s in the Studio overview | Scan Pro Audio

User accounts (two different posts for the first two links):

Anyone using a 64Core Threadripper and Cubase? | VI-CONTROL (vi-control.net)

Anyone using a 64Core Threadripper and Cubase? | Page 2 | VI-CONTROL (vi-control.net)

Threadripper 3970x build notes and Cubase benchmarks | VI-CONTROL (vi-control.net)

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