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Originally Posted by serr
Fair point for sure!
I'm pretty sure that not having a SSD in such a system would still have a more negative impact overall if comparing even remotely similar CPU/systems. Sample based instruments are still using the I/O system. Modeling is a different animal of course. It's still a DAW with a RT thread at the end of the day as well so speed before cores still applies I believe.
Following that, for an "I've got clicks and pops, help!" thread the first question to ask should always be: Are you running live sound or live performance or are you doing post production?
I suspect there are a great number of users out there with their system set for low latency because they heard that was the "thing" that are actually doing post work. All your resources geared to low latency monitoring that you aren't even using while your system struggles.
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Yep, SSD will speed up sample loading or disc streaming, but if you're making modelled synth based EDM on a budget then you're better off spending your pennies on CPU power over an SSD (many modern modelled synths support multithreading*). Though soon SSD's will be cheap enough that the point will become moot, I'm sure.
* just wanted to draw people's attention to that pleasing accidental alliteration