My hardware/OS okay for Cubase 13?

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A while back I had some audio issues with my Cubase 11 install and Yamaha support (Canada) told me that my processor was ‘no longer supported under Win 10’. Seemed odd because Cubase was working fine for a couple of years. My needs are simple so I started using Cubase 8 which was still installed.

Can someone have a look at my computer specs and confirm that I should not attempt to get the sale price on Cubase 13 upgrade because my hardware is too old?

System Information report written at: 08/29/24 22:15:35
System Name: DESKTOP-6S5IHB1

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-6S5IHB1
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Model 7034AK6
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date LENOVO 9HKT58AUS, 6/10/2014
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer LENOVO
BaseBoard Product
BaseBoard Version
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “10.0.19041.1566”
User Name DESKTOP-6S5IHB1\User
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 8.29 GB
Total Virtual Memory 25.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 11.5 GB
Page File Space 9.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

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Everything would be OK except for the CPU which is the 2nd generation i7. If it weren’t for that, you’d be fine. You have enough memory, and your hard drive would almost certainly be sufficient.
Cubase 13 system requirements say a generation 4 or older, so yours is technically 2 years too old to be supported, although it might technically work…your mileage would vary, and would be sketchy at best.

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Yep, that’s what I figured. Thanks a lot for having a look. My rig is basically working okay for Cubase 8 (should be able to get 11 back up and running, it was working fine before something [maybe a driver update?] busted it) and Dorico 5.

Time to start spec’ing out a new rig I guess.

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If you’re in the US and have access to Micro Center (or their website), you can order refurbished PCs for dirt cheap (a couple hundred bucks in some cases) and it would be sufficient enough to meet Cubase 13’s system requirements. You wouldn’t be able to run 100s of VST instruments at once, but you’d be able to get by for sure.
There are only a few locations around the US but maybe you live close enough to one where you can pick up one of their refurbished ones and not have to spend a ton of cash.

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I’m in Toronto unfortunately, but I can source some refurb machines for the equivalent of about $300 USD (notice from the BIOS that this rig is some sort of Lenovo corporate build). I suppose I could just get along with Cubase 8 until this rig really dies but I’ll bet 13 has some nice improvements. And maybe it works better with Dorico 5, which I use a lot more.

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It’s too bad that you can’t run the trial first to see if it’s worth upgrading your computer for. Maybe the trial would work, even though the software isn’t supported - at least work enough to see if there’s anything there that you’d find worthy of an upgrade.

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Great idea actually. Hadn’t occurred to me!