Recommendation for a large library

[shinyc]

I think it is a lot more involved issue than just hardware horsepower. You might want to take a look at the following discussion:

My experiences with Rock and a 500k+ tracks library

Maximum single-threaded speed in the core is the main determinant in user experience snappiness. Multiple cores helps with running more zones in parallel with more DSP and will complete stuff like audio analysis faster. I wouldn’t go beneath 4 cores/8 threads for this use case. You could do more, but added value will diminish depending on how much you value those aspects. I understand the preference for Linux (and wouldn’t want to run Windows if I could avoid it), but in your shoes I’d do an A…