Intel Gen 12/13 and Windows 11

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Hi everyone, I’m building a new system and would like to build a gen 12 or 13. But I’ve read that there’s issues with these intel chips and cubase.

I’m dedicated to cubase so I’m thinking of building a gen 11.

Anyone have any info or insight on this? I’d appreciate any info.

Aug

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This question has been discussed in length in several threads already, like this one.

In short, don’t rely on old architectures. If you want to spend money on a new system get the latest.

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These latest Intel CPU’s seem to have issues indeed, but especially in combination with certain MoBo’s.
If I were in the market for a new PC system, I’d investigate in ASUS MoBo’s. This brand has a good reputation.
I used to be a ‘Gigabyte’ customer, but not anymore …

I think one should not be afraid to buy the latest generation Intel CPU. For me a PC has to be ‘future proof’. And buying the highest possible spec’d system can buy give you that advantage.
Those 11th gen Intel CPU’s require a Socket 1200. So good luck with that … Unless you have budget considerations, but I always buy the latest iteration of the available technology.
Suggestion is an Intel 13900 series on an ASUS 790 chipset MoBo.
Don’t underestimate the benefits of a good graphics card (suggestion could be RTX A4000 series)

Have fun configuring and discovering!
Cheers from Belgium :smiley:

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Very short summary:

  • Any Post prior to November is probably inaccurate experience because a) major update to Thread Director in Windows 11, b) BIOS updates to motherboards → both of which have major positive impact on the issues impacting DAWS
  • If you search for 13900 in the forum and restrict the date to post 1st Feb (Search results for '13900 after:2023-02-01 order:latest' - Steinberg Forums) then you will find a range of current experience - both problematic and happy at start, and happy endings with BIOS updates. Lots of useful information and actual experience in there. Only a modest amount of “noise”
  • Motherboard (BIOS) and RAM make a big difference. I have a ASUS ROG Strix z790-e gaming and it worked on day one with Cubase. Another user (you will find their thread in that search above) had a Gigabyte motherboard and it required a few very recent BIOS updates to resolve their issue (all the BIOS updates indicate memory related changes).

You will need to:

  • Use Steinberg or Windows Maximum PErformance power scheme
  • If using a NVIDIA graphics card set it to Maximum Performance

Both of those settings can be set to automatically turn on/off when Cubase runs.

Core parking doesn’t seem to be necessary - but reported experience varies.

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