I'm doing some research on a new workstation and the what I can get within my budget of $4K and $5K. I've read a lot of good reviews about the AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper and its multi-core and threading abilities. I don't have extensive knowledge about hardware and all the differences with processors, memory, etc., but from what I've read the AMD ThreadRipper seems to outperform comparable Intel processors. To provide some basic details of how I'd be using the workstation, I do software development and audio recording and editing. The primary applications being used are MS Visual Studio Professional, Visual Studio Code, SQL Server, Eclipse, ANT, Data loader, MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point), Notepad++, Adobe Acrobat Professional and audio recording and editing software like Audacity. There are a few other apps that I use that are open source and free downloads. I do some minor photo editing with Photoshop, but nothing extensive. One issue that I've encountered with my current Dell Precision workstation that I've had for many years is that I commonly work with hundreds of thousands of records in Excel with sometimes over 100 columns and I routinely encounter very slow performance and the system locking up.
From the information I've found so far, it is my understanding that in order to get the huge multi core performance of the ThreadRipper it would go into several thousand dollars for the processor alone like the ThreadRipper 3970X. The mid range ThreadRipper processors seem to be on par with Intel or Intel out performs in the low to mid-range price range. I was looking at the Intel Core i9-12900KF 3.2 GHz 16-Core and it appears to be on par with the midrange ThreadRippers and performs better on single thread. Most of the software listed above is bound by single thread I believe. So, would this Intel processor outperform and be a better choice than a midrange threadripper? Or, is a ThreadRipper the better option? If so, what midrange ThreadRipper would be comparable?
To get a general idea of the components that I've spec'd here is a list:
Intel Core i9-12900KF 3.2 GHz 16-Core\
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
ARCTIC Intel LGA1700 Upgrade Kit - For Liquid Freezerr II Series
Gigabyte Z690 AERO G DDR4 ATX LGA 1700 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V 128 GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Western Digital Black SN850 2TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
PNY NVIDIA T400 Graphic Card - 2 GB GDDR6 - Low-Profile - 64 bit Bus Width - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Mini DisplayPort
Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case
NZXT C 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Is this a good configutration for the type of work I'm doing? Would an AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper build be a better choice? If so, what specific specs would be recommended? Or, if the above specs are good, the current cost is about $2,200. I have some room for upgrades if there is any components that would be recommended to upgrade.
From the information I've found so far, it is my understanding that in order to get the huge multi core performance of the ThreadRipper it would go into several thousand dollars for the processor alone like the ThreadRipper 3970X. The mid range ThreadRipper processors seem to be on par with Intel or Intel out performs in the low to mid-range price range. I was looking at the Intel Core i9-12900KF 3.2 GHz 16-Core and it appears to be on par with the midrange ThreadRippers and performs better on single thread. Most of the software listed above is bound by single thread I believe. So, would this Intel processor outperform and be a better choice than a midrange threadripper? Or, is a ThreadRipper the better option? If so, what midrange ThreadRipper would be comparable?
To get a general idea of the components that I've spec'd here is a list:
Intel Core i9-12900KF 3.2 GHz 16-Core\
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
ARCTIC Intel LGA1700 Upgrade Kit - For Liquid Freezerr II Series
Gigabyte Z690 AERO G DDR4 ATX LGA 1700 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V 128 GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Western Digital Black SN850 2TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
PNY NVIDIA T400 Graphic Card - 2 GB GDDR6 - Low-Profile - 64 bit Bus Width - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Mini DisplayPort
Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case
NZXT C 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Is this a good configutration for the type of work I'm doing? Would an AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper build be a better choice? If so, what specific specs would be recommended? Or, if the above specs are good, the current cost is about $2,200. I have some room for upgrades if there is any components that would be recommended to upgrade.