Wondering if I should have just spent the extra $$$ to get a 15-13600K instead of the i5-12600K I ordered for my son's "budget" gaming and video / photo editing PC.
He mostly uses it 90% for gaming, 10% for photo and video editing (but I am trying to get him to do a ot more photo and video editing). Mostly uses DaVinci Resolve for video editing, photoshop and lightroom for photos.
He usually plays LOL, Rainbow Six siege, Apex Legends, Valorant, Overwatch (mostly esports titles as far as I can tell).
I know that the 13600K offers about 20% better performance than the 12600K "across the board" (yeah, I know that is a generalization), but I went with the 12600K because:
1) Possible Graphic card bottleneck with 13600K ? (he is either going to be using my RTX 2060 Super or at the most, a 3060 TI). Not going to be investing in an RTX 40X0 card any time soon, and I don't think prices on new RTX 30X0 cards are coming down soon.
2) Motherboard incompatibility??? I heard that the MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard isn't compatible without a bios update, and that you need to have a 12th-genCPU to update the bios so it would be compatible with 13th gen (meaning, I heard there is no Bios Flashback on the board itself). Is that right? Once can't update the bios from a USB stick?
3) Cheaper cooling options for 12600K than 13600K? Heard that I would need an AIO for 13600K but I went with the $35 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler, Dual Tower 6 Heat Pipe.
4) Less expensive case requirements? I went with the $74 ASUS TUF Gaming GT301 Mid-Tower Compact Case for ATX Motherboards with honeycomb Front Panel
5) Cheaper PSU: I went with the $59 Thermaltake Smart 700W 80+ White Certified PSU
6) Cheaper memory? I tried to save a few $$$'s on memory by going with DDR4 3200 CL 16 instead of DDR4 3600 CL16 and got the Silicon Power Value Gaming DDR4 RAM 32GB (16GBx2) 3200MHz (PC4 25600)
Am I going to regret this budget build?
Realistically, if I had gone with a 13600K instead of a 12600K, how much more would I have needed to spend in terms of cooling, PSU, case (don't think the Asus GT301 has room for a large AIO and the airflow isn't spectacular), and motherboard (heard that the VRM's on the MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard might not be good enough to handle 13600K)
Thanks in advance. I'm thinking the biggest bottleneck would probably be the GPU...
He mostly uses it 90% for gaming, 10% for photo and video editing (but I am trying to get him to do a ot more photo and video editing). Mostly uses DaVinci Resolve for video editing, photoshop and lightroom for photos.
He usually plays LOL, Rainbow Six siege, Apex Legends, Valorant, Overwatch (mostly esports titles as far as I can tell).
I know that the 13600K offers about 20% better performance than the 12600K "across the board" (yeah, I know that is a generalization), but I went with the 12600K because:
1) Possible Graphic card bottleneck with 13600K ? (he is either going to be using my RTX 2060 Super or at the most, a 3060 TI). Not going to be investing in an RTX 40X0 card any time soon, and I don't think prices on new RTX 30X0 cards are coming down soon.
2) Motherboard incompatibility??? I heard that the MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard isn't compatible without a bios update, and that you need to have a 12th-genCPU to update the bios so it would be compatible with 13th gen (meaning, I heard there is no Bios Flashback on the board itself). Is that right? Once can't update the bios from a USB stick?
3) Cheaper cooling options for 12600K than 13600K? Heard that I would need an AIO for 13600K but I went with the $35 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler, Dual Tower 6 Heat Pipe.
4) Less expensive case requirements? I went with the $74 ASUS TUF Gaming GT301 Mid-Tower Compact Case for ATX Motherboards with honeycomb Front Panel
5) Cheaper PSU: I went with the $59 Thermaltake Smart 700W 80+ White Certified PSU
6) Cheaper memory? I tried to save a few $$$'s on memory by going with DDR4 3200 CL 16 instead of DDR4 3600 CL16 and got the Silicon Power Value Gaming DDR4 RAM 32GB (16GBx2) 3200MHz (PC4 25600)
Am I going to regret this budget build?
Realistically, if I had gone with a 13600K instead of a 12600K, how much more would I have needed to spend in terms of cooling, PSU, case (don't think the Asus GT301 has room for a large AIO and the airflow isn't spectacular), and motherboard (heard that the VRM's on the MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Motherboard might not be good enough to handle 13600K)
Thanks in advance. I'm thinking the biggest bottleneck would probably be the GPU...