500 GB SSD at least - In an era of digital plugins and less outboard gear, having plenty of hard drive space is crucial. Some plugins bundles alone can take upwards of 100GB for just those plugins themselves. In my opinion though from experience, 1 Terabyte is ideal.

8 GB of RAM minimum - A lot of the software plugins themselves can be quite memory intensive. Having at least 8 GB will help lighten the load. Some say max out at 16GB, which I recommend, but depending on your budget this is still a workable option.

CPU Processors - When understanding processors, there are a few things to consider. This is essentially the brain of your computer and these needs to be efficient, fast and smooth to get your musical ideas out quick and easy. At a bare minimum an i5 processor is ideal; however the most important part of this chip is the number of cores. 4 cores or “Quad core” affects the performance the most. The ideal spec for a processor is an i7 quad core.