What computer components affect the recording?

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Hey, i'm currently looking into buying a new laptop for some home recording. I just want to know what affects the recording itself. ie. Does upgrading ram, processor, HDD, SSD, Graphics? change the audios quality, or the speed of the transfer, or like how fast the Software is able to run. All those types of questions.

Sorry if this is a vague question.

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None of the things you mentioned will change audio quality. Though it is good to have plenty of processing speed and a good amount of ram, your playback will sound the same on an Intel i7 or an old Pentium 4. I'm not saying that having a fast CPU and loads of ram doesn't help at all, but focus more on the audio card/interface/ you will be using. That will be the only thing that actually impacts audio quality. To the CPU, sound is just numbers and numbers don't change with an upgrade.
 
Also more hard drives are better. If you want 1TB of space, you are better of with 2 500 GB drives or 3 320 GB drives. Its always better to have your tracks being recorded/played to/from a different disk than the disk your software is running on. Samples on still another drive is even better.
 
Also more hard drives are better. If you want 1TB of space, you are better of with 2 500 GB drives or 3 320 GB drives. Its always better to have your tracks being recorded/played to/from a different disk than the disk your software is running on. Samples on still another drive is even better.
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It's not entirely necessary but if your budget allows I agree. HD space is cheap these days. I, however, use a custom built desktop and I prefer a desktop if you don't need portability. With a desktop you can have RAID arrays which can increase performance and provide fault tolerance.
 
Lots of effects will be a load on your CPU, but anything fairly modern(multiple cores) will probably handle it fine.
 
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