Question I'm seeking advice on CPU choice ?

[Cane411]

I am building a PC for 3d modeling and animation/rendering, and I am swimming in information. Hoping I can get some advice.

I know the intel chips are preferred for this use case do to the core count and CUDA, , but all the overheating stuff I read has me spooked.

Can I get away with an I7, or would a lower end I9 be necessary? Also, I was looking at the AMD 9 9900x, would this be acceptable?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I am building a PC for 3d modeling and animation/rendering, and I am swimming in information. Hoping I can get some advice.
Mentioning the name for the apps you'll be taxing the system with would be a good idea.

Can I get away with an I7, or would a lower end I9 be necessary? Also, I was looking at the AMD 9 9900x, would this be acceptable?
Where are you located? What is your budget? What is your preferred site for purchase?

 

[Cane411]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I am building a PC for 3d modeling and animation/rendering, and I am swimming in information. Hoping I can get some advice.
Mentioning the name for the apps you'll be taxing the system with would be a good idea.

Can I get away with an I7, or would a lower end I9 be necessary? Also, I was looking at the AMD 9 9900x, would this be acceptable?
Where are you located? What is your budget? What is your preferred site for purchase?

My apologies, I guess it would make sense to actually give info.

I would be running blender, after effects, houdini, c4d etc.

I am in New Mexico USA. My budget is right around $1300 usd. I am open to sourcing the parts from any reputable location. Could possibly travel to Microcenter Denver if it's worth it.

 

[geofelt]

By and large, processors in the same price range will have about the same processing power.
I7, I9 no longer mean what they used to, namely the number of cores and with/without hyperthreading.

On current processors, the Intel ultra7 265K has marginally better passmark ratings vs. the 9900X. at a lower price.

 

[Lutfij]

I would be running blender, after effects, houdini, c4d etc.
Can you elaborate on the etc part?

Yes, Microcenter's are where the best deals can be found, across a bundle among other things.

AMD processors have been on the top spot for a while since Intel went downhill past their 12th Gen launch though in some scenarios AMD and Intel both trade blows.

 

[Cane411]

By and large, processors in the same price range will have about the same processing power.
I7, I9 no longer mean what they used to, namely the number of cores and with/without hyperthreading.

On current processors, the Intel ultra7 265K has marginally better passmark ratings vs. the 9900X. at a lower price.

The core 7 265 was the one I was eyeing. Thanks for the info, all the numbering conventions make no sense.

I would be running blender, after effects, houdini, c4d etc.
Can you elaborate on the etc part?

Yes, Microcenter's are where the best deals can be found, across a bundle among other things.

AMD processors have been on the top spot for a while since Intel went downhill past their 12th Gen launch though in some scenarios AMD and Intel both trade blows.

The etc would be adobe audition and premier, da Vinci resolve and to a lesser extent photoshop.

That's what's got me flip-flopping between the core 7 265 and the ryzen 9 9900x. Some sources say the Intel chips are vastly superior for this use case, while others say AMD is good and in some cases better.

 

[Lutfij]

The apps you've mentioned thus far are all GPU heavy and you should look into Nvidia's RTX 5000 series as they are all optimized for that camp. You could go with an RX9070XT but I've been told by a friend of mine that he's had issues with Da Vinci and an RX9060XT, citing drivers as the issue.

That being said, you should pair the GPU with an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor.

 

[JayGau]

Whoever told you that Intel chips are vastly superior for this kind of workload is an Intel fanboy as dishonest as UserBenchmark. Ryzen 9900x actually performs better in Blender benchmarks than any Intel CPUs including the Core Ultra 9 285K.

 

[Cane411]

The apps you've mentioned thus far are all GPU heavy and you should look into Nvidia's RTX 5000 series as they are all optimized for that camp. You could go with an RX9070XT but I've been told by a friend of mine that he's had issues with Da Vinci and an RX9060XT, citing drivers as the issue.

That being said, you should pair the GPU with an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor.

The rtx 5000 series seems doable.

Also, what do you think of this bundle? and again, thanks for the help.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...ies-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

 

[cruisetung]

You should go for at least 64GB RAM for heavy graphics/video editing

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Found one comparison for 265K vs 9900X (with iGPU)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbVU101Gc4