Adobe Premiere CPU shopping: i7 8700 over 7820X?

[lucyve]

Hi. I am upgrading my video editing machine and would like some CPU advice. I am a pro and use the machine ONLY for Premiere Pro and some light PS, Lightroom, AE.

I have a budget of around $500 for the CPU alone.

It looks like the newer 6 core 8700 ($359) is going to perform almost as well the 8 core 7820X ($599) from tests performed here https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2017-1-2-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1047/

It seems foolish to pay $240 more for the 7820X with those results.. but I'm under budget. Is there anywhere else CPU-wise I should be looking? I want this beast to last about 5 years. My last one (i7-2600) did 5 years.

Thanks
Lucy

**sorry, wrong forum. I can 't move it now**

 

[vapour]

Yes, 8700k is much better bang for the money
Don't forget those X299 motherboard is more expensive too
Despite 2 less cores, single core is better to compensate total performance, go ahead with 8700k.

 

[lucyve]

Thanks Vapour!

So my basic upgrade looks like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($373.40 @ Newegg Marketplace)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($58.35 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($116.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($359.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $0.00)
Other: Antec CP-850 - Power supply ( internal ) - ATX12V 2.3/ EPS12V 2.91 - AC 100-240 V - 850 Watt - active PFC - United Kingdom (Purchased)
Other: Sony AD-7261S-0B 24x Internal DVDRWRAM SATA Black Lightscribe (Purchased)
Other: Antec P183 V3 MIDI Tower Case compatible with ATX, Micro ATX, Mini ITX (Purchased)
Other: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA - (SCRATCH DISK) (Purchased)
Total: $1027.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 17:49 EST-0500

Mobo and RAM are guesses based on reviews / price. Does that look good to you?

 

[vapour]

Cooler on the weak side
Mb not good vrm
What is max budget?
How large is the video you edit? 1080p? What other storage do you have?

 

[lucyve]

1080 and recently 4k compressed footage. No raw.
Max budget $1500.
Storage - Three existing drives: 840 EVO 250GB, 1TB Samsung 7200 F3 HD103SJ, 2TB SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.14 ST2000DM001

Note, I might want to overclock later down the line, but (and I never did this before so don't know anything about it yet) is it worth buying a cooling solution now that will allow for overclock later?

 

[vapour]

My edits with better cooler, swap cooler is messy and this top tier air cooler is not much more expensive. 14 latency ram is worth the extra money for productivity work. 500 gb nvme is more suitable for 4k videos, I would say 1tb is not even overkill.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($373.40 @ Newegg Marketplace)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - R1 Universal 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($431.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($227.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $0.00)
Other: Antec CP-850 - Power supply ( internal ) - ATX12V 2.3/ EPS12V 2.91 - AC 100-240 V - 850 Watt - active PFC - United Kingdom (Purchased)
Other: Sony AD-7261S-0B 24x Internal DVDRWRAM SATA Black Lightscribe (Purchased)
Other: Antec P183 V3 MIDI Tower Case compatible with ATX, Micro ATX, Mini ITX (Purchased)
Other: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch Basic SATA - (SCRATCH DISK) (Purchased)
Total: $1280.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 20:43 EST-0500