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Back in 1994 at age 17 doing mostly info typing input lot of numbers weird small business. I wanted a 300z but a computer at that time was something we had as my father got me and my cousin into gaming and technology and commodore atari and so on and 2400 baud modem to connect to bank. So we grew up with it and never had to pay for computer. Until I was 18 then I pay.

You need to buy RAM with the same timings and voltage and speed as the stick you have now. They usually do not sell just 1 stick of 8GB RAM but you can try to find one. It is better to go with same company but if you can not find it so long as timings and voltages and speed like I said are the same it will work. Personally I would just grab a new 16GB RAM Kit to avoid future stability issues and headaches.✝

This is normal. You can blame uncle billy it happens to numerous brands do this. It is up in the air there is nothing wrong with your device or driver or softwaree it is how Windows 10 manages or handles USB upon waking up etc. You must replug to get connection back. This could also happen to your keyboard or another USB device. Your nto special here just do not put your machine on sleep. Either leave her on breathing or turn it off.✝

Oh boy you have been suffering with a i5 ? Which processor exactly? You figure what can you get done on that has a limit. A new PC will give you a unlimited studio. Do you want to go consumer route or get a HEDT or a Xeon processor which would be to expensive for your budget. How much in US dollar is that 3800 can sorry plz clear that up. So you have all your audio hardware and components like mouse keyboard etc and monitor. All you need is CPU MOBO RAM and Video card in which you can still use your old one. You need 3 things basically. 3800 dollars CAN is way to high for those 3 things. If you want to go consumer route I would def grab the 10900k processor with a Z490 Aorus Elite or Aorus Pro and double that RAM to DDR4 2933Mhz and see how things work. On a consumer build you get dual channel memory with 4 sticks. So you will always have room to upgarde even if you get a 64GB kit now to cut costs and see how your DAW runs on that amount of RAM which is heaps for most. If your currently using 1024 buffersize then I would say try 256 buffer with the new PC. You can even get a 9900k or a 2700x. If you want high core count which won't really help much once your 8 core 16 threads already then choose a 3900x or a 5000 series processor with 8 or 12 cores You will not need more then that for DAW. As I said your projects especially if your using Kontakt and have bunch of libraries you can have limitless tracks and on average your projects will never exceed 50 percent CPU usage so your more then fine and your future proof and what not. ✝

I missed that part ok cool I figured with your audio interface you been doing this for a while. One thing you never did was give me a budget which might include monitor or other components and stuff.✝

That buffer size of 1024 is going to give you a nice delay when you play a note. It won't be instant. You should get away with 256 and no hear pops or crackles if the rest of your system is good enough. 1024 is more for mixing and mastering where you add bunch of plugins to tracks and you want to hear the tracks and make audio manipulation changes. Are you using Kontakt ? It sure sounds like it with the library you have you want to load in there. So wait you have never really gotten into music production until now on this new PC you want corrrect? Just because you have 4TB of data doesn't mean you need 4TB of RAM. Just remember that when you purchase your RAM kit. I would personally get a HEDT the way your talking and not a conventional consumer grade PC. You can't really be suffice with high RAM count on a Dual Channel non HEDT setup. Although it will work fine. So you must step up the way your talking and get a HEDT motherboard. Jumping out and buying a half assed Dual Channel motherboard with bunch of RAM will not fix any issue or resounding issue. Grab the 64GB Kit work on a project and see where the usage is at. I bet you anything you will never use 64GB total. Also as a Music Producer since the 90's I can advice you along with pro's in the industry as well that templates can be a bad thing. They force down your thinking, they put into place something that will come automatically and not through raw moment or ability. A lot of the pros using Logic Pro use empty templates and start off their song from there like the producer for Demi Lovato. If they need a drum kit they add that then some strings. No need to load up 4TB of strings your never going to use. For a beginning shot at music production your touting a lot. I would first cover the basics.✝

Thanks for being detailed on your responses. As for EQ, Reverb, Compressors, Multiband processors they barely take any CPU resourses. I don't believe I know what computer you have now but so long as I said you get a Aorus Elite board which chipset supports your CPU. Be it a 6 core 8700k or a 9900k or a 2700x or a 3900x. Thanks for letting me know what itnerface you have. Scarlett is top notch. I mean I almost feel bad for them at the price they sell their stuff for. In return you get aluminum chassis and well built gear. As I said with my 2014 HEDT 4930k 6 core 4.4Ghz 64GB 1866Mhz RAM 1060GB RTX and SSD I was able to do projects of dozens of tracks at about 30 percent CPU usage max depending on the plugin. Some instruments will take up CPU resources more then others. Those of which I don't even believe you use. What is your budget well get you a nice 8 core 64GB RAM SSD and any video card you like and you will be set. What buffer size do you use btw? This has all to do with Reaper and how it handles audio signals. When you record and produce you want a low latency. Anything 22ms and above is to laggy as when you play instrument and hear it or playing on keyboard and hearing sound or drum machine etc. You want a buffer of no more then 192 in your ASIO settings. For mixing and mastering after you have finished tracks and now want to add plugins EQ's Tape Emulations, Mulitband Compressors, Reverb etc etc then you can take up that 192 to 512 or all way up to 1024 as you at this point do not care about latency. You just care your audio plays without popping and crackling and you want to add plugins and use them flawlessly. You can easily get away with 100 track compositions with dozens and dozens of plugins be it built in or third party. You said you play guitar and I assume you want to monitor it as well with the Scarlett interface. For this we want lowest latency possible without crackling and popping. Then once were done and want to edit sound or use ton of plugins on your finished tracks then simply take up the latency like I said to 512 or more and enjoy smooth production experience.✝

Anytime man any questions you have hit me up or PM me. Once again seems like your stressing a bit to much over a motherboard which simply does not matter in a DAW. What matters is RAM and SSD and CPU and Audio Interface and Monitors and acoustically treated room. The motherboard is only for functions like ethernet and built lin audio codec and PCIe slots and SATA slots which most have 6. You can even in the future throw a Thunderbolt 3 interface on there however you would need a Intel setup for this. Once again 2014 HEDT 4930k @ 4.4Ghz 64GAB 1866 RAM 1060GB RTX with m.2 and SSD and externals is all you need along with a solid audio interface which doesnt pop or crackle at low latency and gives you a grand piano feel which is the most important thing in a DAW. Once you have that set and have a 6 core processor or higher your good to go. You can drop down like 30 virtual instruments and play it all at once and record and mix all at maybe 40 percent CPU usage. More then enough for you. As for recording live guitar into your PC that requires solid cables a good audio interface and even a hard disk drive will do but preferred SSD. In real time you can record plus monitor it. If you can give me a example of one of your projects. How many audio tracks? How many VSTi's and then when mixing and mastering how many plugins used across the board. Good Luck.✝🎗

Yes sir you need about 400w max for powering up and gaming and full CPU load. The 500w should be enough but here is why it isn't. Since it is only 500w PSU and a low tier model that means the capacitors and the entire design is compromised. You can get a good 500w or a cheap 750w. Hope that makes sense. We want a 550w PSU with a driven track record. I always recommend EVGA 550w Bronze 80+ Rating or a SeaSonic for those on budget or want to save money and still get great product.TLDR Actually now that I look at it your Be Quiet is a very good brand PSU and quality. Still only 500w and your getting restarts with nothing else no black screen no rolling audio while in black screen no freezes no BSODs. Only thing I would try at this point to alleviate the PSU is to try one stick of RAM and test out system. If it works then try the other stick of RAM alone and see what happens. After this things will all make sense and we will know for sure if it is the PSU or not. Also use HWInfo64 or Aida64 or through BIOS and see what your health for PSU is. See what voltages it shows if your doing it from BIOS. The 12v rail should get 12v power and 5 get 5v of power and 3.3 get 3.3v of power, just something to keep a eye out for as we try to fix your issue.✝

Even a Gigabyte Aorus Elite 130 dollar motherboard would suffice. Either Intel or AMD counterpart. Motherboard is only important for what products your going to put on it. For example what CPU your going to put in it or RAM or whether you will use the built in audio codec which you said you have a dedicated audio for that so no worries there. The rest is support for m.2 drive or SSD drives. Support for how many SATA ports and Wi Fi which you don't need for what your doing.TLDR Just grab a Aorus Elite of either AMD or Intel chipset that will work with CPU. Any CPU 2017 and above will run numbers around your Reaper DAW. So long as your audio interface or its ASIO drivers are not faulty or have issue. At the end at this point your looking at low latency that is what you want. Everything else is good do not stress about motherboard my friend. As I said a mobo is only for things you want in future which isn't much. You must want a PCIe 16x slot and a m.2 slot and abou6 sata ports for SSD drivers. The ethernet on it will be fine and you can even overclock as I have my fathers machine which has a Gigabyte Aorus Elite Z390 9900k @ 5Ghz all core Dark Rock Pro 4 fans not even spinning fast like 800rpm each. Also note a PC setup like a Ryzen 3900x or a 10700k are consumer builds. Most people with DAW and serious about it as their business use HEDT or a Xeon server processor. However a 3900x or 10700k per say will do excellent. you will be around 20 percent CPU usage on your projects. Even after your done with your composition and now want to mix and master just raise the latency to prevent crackles and pops and in real time you can work with your plugins and fine tune the production so it sounds pro and what not.✝🎗

I would blame the PSU off the bat. A restart without a BSOD or a no freeze or black screen but just a restart means PSU not driving juice and not enough on the ampage on the 12v railing and what not.✝

I would stay away from Razer I got their first product ever in 2000 the Boomerang Mouse 2000Dpi ball mouse. Then a ton of their other mice and keyboars and headsets and mouse pads. They are all junk. The mouse would dance and skip around on the screen as bass hits. While logitech cursor stays put. Horrible company and I lost probably 5 years off my life with their bs products and sensitve mice which you cant control if producing music and its a dance show on your desktop. Very sad company the HyperX company or even Corsair is above them at this point. What color ITX case you looking for? How big a square format or some other design or shape?✝🎗

Let me explain a story to you. I used to run a HEDT 4930k and produced 2 pro quality instrumental and new age with electronic sounds. I had a bunch of tracks. DAW is a term for real time instruments and midi controller etc. Digital Audio Workstation. The most important things are CPU and RAM and SSD and Audio Interface and latency. I was on a 2014 4930k and my projects were getting like 15 percent max cpu usage when live and playing and recording. Then in the mix and master process I take up the buffer size to 192 which is a low latency but not important as were not hitting the keyboard key and waiting for the sound and we want it instant.TLDR For your situation I think a 8700k or AMD 2700x and above will take you for another 10 years to be honest. I do not know which plugins your using but most of them do not tax the CPU. It barely touches the CPU and you can almost have a unlimited tracks with real time VST audio going on all at same time on a low latency depending on your audio interface and settings. I did have 64GB RAM and SSD and as I said 40 VST plugins from the major players barely take up 1 percent for 2 of them or 3. Back in the Core 2 Quad days you were lucky if you get 6 VSTs plugins playing at same time without clipping. When the HEDT 4930k came out it changed the ball game. Now if you get 8700k or AMD 2700x which are both about 150 dollars or a tad more and your set with CPU. Then it is RAM and you want 2933Mhz for Intel and 3600Mhz for AMD. Then make sure your on SSD. Your video card does not matter even a old 760 GTX will do along with a old AMD 460 card so video card is not important here. Which audio interface do you have perhaps I can help you tweak it for best latency so when you press the key you hear the sound like your on a grand piano. That is the real job of a DAW and most important. Also you need good acoustics and good pair of monitors that give a flat sound and placed on foam to reduce resonance. Just a couple foam touches around your walls and the echo and reverb will go away. Anyhow please feel free to hit me up anytime you want and although I have no used Reaper I have fooled around with it. I would recommend you check out www.cakwalk.com Cakewalk By BandLab. There are some pro musicians who use it to score, compose, mix and master and produce. Hans Zimmer switched from Apple along with 30 people that work under him to Sonar Platinum which is Cakewalk but they sold the company Gibson brand to Cakewalk By BandLab a company on Philippines and they have a mobile audio making app that has millions of users and people share they music on the cloud etc. They come out with a patch which does updates and additions and performance updates once a month. Now they took out some of the costly third party software and it is free DAW. It is the most powerful and sexiest DAW. There is a reason Hans Zimmer switched back in 2017 but then I do not know what he did when Cakewalk was acquired by BandLab which has improved upon the software. Check it out from a console with pro channel strip to award winning midi and scoring all the way down to the mix and master process. Good Luck✝

Here is where I can be of help. The motherboard is not the most important thing in a DAW or even close. You can use the built in codec but not sure about their ASIO drivers and you might need to get ASIO4ALL to get it to work. You need nice audio interface or a pro sound card. You will want to record at 24bit 48khz anything above is a waiste of CPU horsepower and audio being worse latency. There is even 384khz does not mean you use it. Then you make a 16bit 44hz CD Quality MP3 and your set. So your concern is audio and what your going to use and the latency it will give. The time it takes between pressing a note and hearing it on your computer. You can then increase the buffer size when you want to mix and master and what not so there are no pops and crackles. What you want is at least 256 IO buffer size about 22ms go around time. You can as I said try ASIO4ALL as your motherboard audio codec will not come with ASIO drivers. Then install Reaper configure the audio and midi and your good to go. Any questions hit me up.✝🎗

That is not even current proof let alone future proof. Is this a trick question? That quad core is Sandy Level coupled with a 1650 your only hope is higher resolution gaming as 1080p or 720p is your choice on that machine.🎗✝