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If you are buying a pre-built machine, there are companies that specialise in building computers for music production. They tend to be more expensive, but it's well worth it if you can afford it.

I got a desktop built by Frost back when I lived in Sweden and had more dispensable income, and it's ...

Check the Routing and I/O section in the manual:
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/routing-and-i-o/

First off, definitely run latencymon as already recommended. DPC latency is a common culprit for these kinds of issues. If that does appear to be the cause, there are loads of potential solutions, from simple power settings to swapping around PCI devices to find the optimal slots.

Unfortunately ...

I'm hoping someone might recommend some great speakers for a home desktop PC,

Can't be too large, my desk space is sort of limited, that's the only thing. I have space for a sub under my desk and about let's say about 6-10 inches (width) speaker size, (height doesn't matter)

basically just not ...

The hint is right there in the name: automation envelope .
Think of how the values in a synth behave when you unassign an envelope. They don't stop at the arbitrary points the envelope had modulated them to at the moment you unassigned it but instead return to the unmodulated values. This is the ...