Sweetspot CPU for Cubase 9?

[Steve Deckett]

Hi
I am a long time Cubase user, I don't play any games. I am looking for a decent CPU for a new build. Frankly I am overwhelmed by choices. I am not even sure what to look for = cores? Speed? Intel, AMD?

I will probably get an Asus mobo and about 64 gig of RAM

Can anyone help?

Thank you

Z

 

[Steve Deckett]

Thank you all

Done a lot of reseach since my last post. Concur with the Advice above, I shall get an 8700K.
I have settled on an Asus ROG board with 390 chipset, even so there are so many of them, and so far i have found no way of comparing features in a list. Asus site sucks here, comparisons ticks dont work.
I do want - automatic overclocking, Optane, maximum ports of highest quality. Preferably 4 PCI express 16 slots (but many settle for three. I run two large 49" TVs as monitors (works great). I am not sure if on board graphics will support this. I have no interest in the on bard sound system as I have a high end external (FOcusrite) pro system (Surround). I do want WIFI but usually I use LAN. Blue tooth would be good too..... but which Rog board?

Budget is less important than performance but that said I don't want silly expenses that I dont need. Musically if I could max at 60 VSTs running that would be good. I have lots of high end VSTs from NI, EWest, Steinberg, Spectrasonics, VSL etc

Opinions please?