Question Which of these CPUs for gaming and DaVinci Resolve 19?

Nov 3, 2024
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Hi!

I'm currently building pc for gaming (but I don't play all the new AAA releases) and DaVinci Resolve 19 free version, sometimes Blender and Capcut too (with RTX 4070 Super). I did a research and in my budget and resonable cpu temps, I'm thinking between i5-14600k, 7 9700x and 9 7900.

The 7 9700x handles games well, but has 8 cores and loses in programs to the cheaper i5-14600k. The 9 7900 has 12 cores but has a gaming performance of the 5 7600 which is almost twice as cheap in my country. The i5-14600k consumes a lot of power, is on an older architecture and may have problems with Intel's 13/14th generation.

What would you choose in my case? Thanks!