I have been looking at the various options out there. I have a 8700K with 64G ram now. I could upgrade the motherboard, 128G DDR5 ram, 14900k for around $1200. I would reuse the case, power supply, cooler, and 2080 Ti. This seems like a huge upgrade.

Option 2 is to go all in on a M2 Ultra Mac Studio, but this would run over $4k.

It seems like either system will run Nuendo with no problem, I just wonder which is easiest to work with. I have always been on PC, but I always hear about the Mac’s just working.

Does anyone have experience with the two setups? The 13900k is the same processor as the 14900k essentially so I would lump that one in too. What is the performance like for a M2 Ultra vs 13/14th generation Intel? I’m finding it hard to fork out nearly 4x the money for a system that doesn’t seem to perform as well on paper. I’m looking for real world experiences.

Thanks in advance.