Nowadays, nearly every computer on the market is good enough to use for basic sound recording, editing and mixing. Your main aim is to get started with something, and learn your craft. But if you’re simply getting started and doing your own music production in your own time, then a reasonable spec budget PC is probably the way to go. And it may take a bit longer to load a VST plugin into your DAW.
Yes, a lower budget computer will struggle a little bit with loading softwares and plugins. Instant loading of programs, files, and seamless production, with the ability to render high quality audio without taxing your system. The benefit of a bigger, better, more expensive computer is simply storage and power. Most modern computers can surprisingly handle the workload for recording, even many of the most basic consumer PCs. Remember, we are talking about audio processing here. In the area of computers, though, you can be a little bit more flexible than with your other studio gear. Most of us have to make a little budget go a long way.
