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Topic: Tips for buying a new PC for VirtualDJ
Hello everyone
I am new to the world of VirtualDJ and before purchasing any software, I always find out what hardware and what minimum requirements it must have to run it without problems.

I read the minimum requirements on the wiki

https://it.virtualdj.com/wiki/Minimum+system+requirements.html

I have to buy my first PC and I ask you more experienced people:
- what type of PC should I choose? Notebook, Allinone, Mini PC..etc?
- which processor? Intel or AMD?
- what features should the sound card have?
- Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Waiting for your suggestions
Thank you in advance
@gruis
 
Posted Fri 07 Feb 25 @ 2:09 pm
- what type of PC should I choose?

Up to you, how mobile do you need the rig to be, you'll get better results for your money with a traditional desktop but if your budget allows it you can get a serious strength laptop.

- what features should the sound card have?

Immaterial, most new controllers have their own audio interface.

- Windows 10 or Windows 11?

You won't find a new machine with win10.
 
There's also a consideration as to whether you want video/karaoke output and if you want to use realtime stems or not.
 
Thanks @locoDog
I am leaning towards a notebook that has a large 17-inch display or a 24-inch monitor with a minipc vesa box

the sound card is not important...ok

and for the operating system I know that today there are only PCs with w11, but if VirtualDJ gives fewer problems with w10, I could find a freedos PC and install w10

Thanks @kradcliffe
in the realtime stems thing should we consider a PC with a dedicated video card with 4gb of vram?

Thanks again to everyone
 
gruis wrote :

in the realtime stems thing should we consider a PC with a dedicated video card with 4gb of vram?


Go for a RTX xx60 upwards. The xx50 cards are weak and not really recommended. The more vRam the better performance.
 
more vram, 4GB is the absolute minimum and sometimes not enough.