Recomendations for a PC Laptop for Superior Drummer 3

[Stammer]

Anyone using a PC laptop and getting good, stable performance in their daw and with Superior Drummer 3?

I would like to “upgrade” from my macbook pro 2012 i7 but Ive tried an HP Envy with Ryzen 5700u processor that performed worse, and now running into many problems with the new mpb 16 M1pro in Monterey.

If anyone has real world experience on a windows machine would appreciate it. I use Studio One on PC.

Was looking at the hp Omen 16″ with Ryzen 7 5800h or Asus g15 with Ryzen 9 somethingorotherH.

 

It seems all the computers I get are amazing but run into trouble with low latency real-time audio, which is the main thing I want it for…

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.7
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Mac McCormick]

I am a Windows guy and have had no problems with Cubase Pro or SD3 at all. All of my drives are SSD which can make a huge difference in perceptible overall computer speed. I can’t recommend them highly enough. They are almost essential for doing audio.

I am only using a Core i5 8400 but I do have 32GB of RAM. I very rarely run into CPU problems and sometimes I’m even running two instances of SD3 (Rock and Orchestral) and lots of plugins.

There’s a lot of discussion on which is better for audio, Intel or AMD and I’ve seen articles claiming that each one is better than the other. I guess I’m just an Intel guy because I’ve never had a problems with them at all.

Best of luck!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: Windows 10

Cubase Pro, Korg Kronos, M-50, Hammond XK-1c, Toontrack SD3, EZBass w/lots of expansions, many VSL Vi's, Shreddage 3 everything, and shit-tons of FX plugins.

[Mark King]

Laptop or desktop I would get one built for audio as they have been tested. I’m in the uk and various places do these for not much more than building yourself. I use SCAN and cclcomputers. I see so many problems with people buying off the shelf PCs, especially laptops. You may be lucky be you may not be.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

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