If you’ve ever looked into building a PC for audio production, you’ve probably stumbled across one particular warning: “Pro Tools doesn’t support AMD.”

In fact, Avid—the developers of Pro Tools—state quite clearly on their website:

"AMD processors are NOT APPROVED to run Pro Tools."

They even go so far as to list an Intel i3 or Apple Silicon chip as the minimum requirement.

But let’s unpack that for a moment. Because while Avid might not officially support AMD CPUs, there is absolutely no technical reason they can’t run Pro Tools—and run it brilliantly.

In the world of PC processors, two names dominate the landscape: Intel and AMD. Both are industry leaders, producing powerful, intricate processors capable of extraordinary performance. But when it comes to building reliable, high-performance systems for music production, we’ve made a deliberate choice: every Sigil Pro Audio PC is powered by AMD Ryzen.