Avid Pro Tools
Pro Tools PCs — silent, low-latency, properly cabled.
Whisper-quiet builds with the right PCIe layout for HDX / HD Native cards, low-latency USB / Thunderbolt for audio interfaces and tuned Windows for stable buffer sizes.
- Whisper-quiet builds
- PCIe slot for HDX
- Thunderbolt 4 ready
- 5-year warranty
Recommended configurations
PT Home Studio
32-track sessions
From £2,209
- CPU
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265 (20 cores)
- GPU
- Integrated graphics
- RAM
- 32GB DDR5-6400
- Storage
- 2TB Gen5 NVMe SSD
- Best for
- Songwriting, podcast, voiceover
Most popular
PT Studio
64-track + heavy plugins
From £2,343
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (6 cores, high single-thread clock)
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32GB DDR5-6000
- Storage
- 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD
- Best for
- Mixing, mastering, scoring
PT Post / Scoring
HDX-class, scoring stages
From £25,096
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX (24 cores)
- GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro 96GB workstation graphics
- RAM
- 128GB DDR5-5600 ECC RDIMM
- Storage
- 4TB Gen5 NVMe SSD
- Best for
- Film scoring, HDX, large sessions
Recommended Pro Tools specs by session size
Pro Tools rewards strong single-thread CPU performance and a stable, low-latency, quiet system over a powerful GPU.
| Session | Recommended CPU | GPU / VRAM | RAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Recording & smaller sessions | Ryzen 7 9700X / Core Ultra 7 | RTX 5060 / 8GB | 16–32GB | |
Mixing with virtual instruments | Ryzen 9 9950X | RTX 5060 / 8GB | 64GB | |
Large orchestral & sample libraries | Ryzen 9 9950X | RTX 5060 / 8GB | 128GB |
Pro Tools depends on single-thread CPU speed and low-latency stability, not GPU power. Big sample libraries and high track counts are RAM- and fast-NVMe-bound; we build these for quiet operation.
Why CREATE PCs
Built quiet
Noctua air cooling and low-RPM PSU fans on every tier — designed to sit alongside microphones, not under a desk.
Right I/O topology
HDX and HD Native cards get dedicated PCIe lanes; Thunderbolt 4 for UAD Apollo, RME and Antelope interfaces.
Tuned for low-latency audio
BIOS settings (C-states, power profiles) and Windows configured for stable 64-sample buffer performance.