So um, I bought a generic Walmart laptop for music and video production.
Spoiler alert: It’s great! Apologies if the color or audio is wonky, this is the first of my videos edited on a laptop whilst also using Resolve and leaving Adobe in the dust!
Daily dorky stuff on Instragram: Bennjordan
My music ($upport me!): https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/
@minorcek
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I purchased a laptop with integrated graphics and it's farrrrr surpassed my expectations so far. I'm 9700 hours into musoc production with it and have never experienced any hiccups whatsoever. i7 10th gen, with 16 gb ram. For someone who records alot of audio, it's silent in comparison to my buddies laptop with a dedicated GPU that's loud af all the time.
@Jonah_jk
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Benn not getting the jokes is so funny 🤣
@crippledtalk
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I can't afford any high end stuff.. I have to use a 200HP it sucks
But you gotta start somewhere
@jabzcreations
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
How is that laptop now?
@Erlingmid
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
imo macs are better for live use purely because they have more stable audio drivers than windows has
@aaronpolichar7936
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Sorry man, I root for the hawk.
@qu0ne
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
@Benn – I just recently purchased a PC laptop after years of Mac only. It's a Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X with 32gb ram, 12th gen i7 and a dedicated 4gb GPU. Everything has been running fine so far (my DAW of choice is Ableton) but I encountered some hiccups in a project where I had to score to a video. The hiccups became noticeable through audio dropouts and problems playing back the video inside Ableton. I've since sorted what those errors were likely to be, after reading ableton's information on Windows and videos.
My actual question though is are there any standard tweaks that you do when optimizing a new PC to run specifically for music software? I've seen a few videos where their prioritizing CPU usage or changing the amount of cores that programs can access and I was just wondering if this is something you did as well and actually recommend. So if you have any general tips for someone who's not well versed in the windows world, I'm all yours. Thanks.
@caligula9997
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
"i prefer windows and linux" thanks ben
@AncientEnergyEyesOpen
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I caught a hawk in my chicken coop eating the babies. I grabbed it by its feet and carried it upside down into my house to show my wife. It spread its wings and screeched. I then took it outside and cut its head off. I have its wings and tail as a souvenir.
@Bubelmanen
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
10:08 "no bloatware" … : / It's Windows, is there anything BUT bloatware in there?
@JuliusJuluis
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
This video was made before the M1. just realized this.
@benkordus886
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Good lord. Where do I start? What would be a good laptop for fl studio producer? Ram, gpu, etc is all foreign to me. Ideally I’d like to like to spend 1,500 or less. I’d only be doing fl studio and perhaps some video editing
@jessieplaysmusic8530
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
That webcam mic made me and homies hella laugh hahaha
@donbustoarigato2997
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Capitalism? lol! That's why one needs insurance!
@ryOVXX
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
pubguh…
@m4rs435
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
TLDR + My Opinions: Learn what benchmarks mean, watch gamersnexus/ltt tier reviews of any laptop/computer you consider. DO NOT pay attention to any information saying that multicore processing is not beneficial to music production, this is dated information somehow still being spread; almost every single daw I know of supports multithreading and benefits from higher core counts. You need a GPU because: Having the cpu waste resources on displaying your DAW is gonna significantly decrease the amount of DSP you can do. The more ram u can afford the better, DO NOT go below 16gb or ur in for some annoying slowdowns. YOU NEED AN SSD, there is no reason to be using a HDD unless u need large amounts of cheap backup storage. This applys to building a PC, or buying a prebuilt as well.
@KordTaylor
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Those jokes are their own show! 😂
@KordTaylor
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
And yeah, all the SOC stuff kind of breaks the separate CPU/GPU/IO world, eh?
@KordTaylor
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Linux! Yeah 🔥 Fighting for freedom. 😂
@KordTaylor
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Whoa! This is crazy! Not the usual Mac-centric music production video.
@meddle333
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Fun fact: Literally no one has ever used Cortana for anything, ever.
But as far as the laptop, I'm actually not surprised… I'm still using the only computer I've ever bought in my life, a <$500 i3 laptop from Best Buy in 2015. It far exceeded my expectations when I bought it for gaming, and I only just started recording music with it in 2019… and aside from a few annoying snags with keeping my interface connected, I've had basically zero complaints!
(Except I really REALLY wish I could get a new one now that I'm getting comfortable recording with a PC, tbh)
My point is, if I paid anywhere near $1,000 for a computer and it was anywhere near trash, I would lose my shit. I dont think it's very easy to stay in business that way anymore. Idk.
@Trevscuriosites
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
That's a pretty well spec laptop I think I browsed our local retailers for similar spec laptop and only the most expensive one's came close it sucks to live in the dark ages
@tmwonastick
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I bought the same laptop at the same time. It's been sent in 3 times for ram and ssd issues. It runs missus software well but it has shockingly bad performance on photoshop. Also despite having so many display outputs out boggs heavily when using 2 additional screens. Glad yours is working out. Mine is working it's warranty 🤣
@JayballinAllday
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I'm looking for a laptop That can run final cut pro or any basic video editing app. The laptop I use now is a HP 15 and it's super slow. Especially when I'm trying to edit a video during playback, the video start to buffer and also rendering is super slow.
@Neuri
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Great vid! Your wife sounds like she is from here! (Sheffield) thanks for all the fun information vids dude 👊
@morbidmanmusic
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Kicking nature… awesome, yes. …
@venahtmusic
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I hope ben brings back the "ben opens boxes" segment because I like it's intro
@dustinfitz4651
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Fun fact…. over a year later, so hopefully this stays well hidden lol. You would be amazed at what just turning the power setting so your processor usage is at 70 percent can do to even a 600 dollar laptop with an i3 in it. Default setting its trying to jump from 0 constantly.
@Escape2SKB
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Terrible review. Was it about the hat?
@vickykaushik8764
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Did you install that PUBG (pabgg) ???
@gnuwaves743
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
He won't recommend Macs despite 90% of musicians use it in the studio and live.
@stirling6767
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
thinkpads are great, got a t430 for about 180$ lenovo p50s work well
@dare2bdeviii
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
You can go into the sound control panel, go into the the recording tab, right click the microphone, properties, in there you should be able to disable any effects or "enhancements" like noise reduction/cancelling. That should make the mic less muffled and eliminate artefacts.
@sheepkillindog
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Put some art over that couch already!
@linzenmeyer
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I thought buying "Behringer" was the most reckless thing someone could do……
@alvaromedinagarcia
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Is it still working?
@cashandon9254
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
I just realized the date of this video Rip JuiceWRLD
@darrylcannon6628
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 am
Could u tell me what kinda laptop it was I so want one
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