So I'm upgrading my Fl Studio Laptop to hopefully get some better performance.
I have an Asus k550L running Windows 8.1 with an Intel i7 4500u. Currently has 6gb of RAM and runs a 750gb HDD.
I ordered a 1x8gb RAM stick and a 500gb SSD that should be showing up Monday but I'm worried I won't get the performance I'm hoping for because of my i7 4500u processor.
The problem is that running more than 2 instances of Sylenth1, Massive, EastWest's Play, and/or Native Instruments plugins causes a huge mess. The fl file can be bounced to a Wav and it comes out sounding fine- but pretty hard to mix well in FL Studio when everything is dropping out, slowing down, crackling, etc.
I'm running all legal and licensed plugins and Fl Studio. I'm just hoping the extra RAM and the SSD might allow me to run the plugins I want without FL becoming almost unusable.
Any ideas? Will I ultimately have to buy a laptop or PC with a decent processor? If so, can anyone suggest something with low but upgradable RAM/hard drive space but with a great processor? (Ie- spend the money on the decent processor and throw in my own RAM/SSD?)
Also, assuming my processor is the bottleneck- is there anyway to upgrade it? Or overclock it or update the BIOS to get better performance out of it?
Submitted October 30, 2016 at 12:22AM by CatoPapers https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5a49nv/upgrading_my_laptop_for_better_fl_studio/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, October 29, 2016