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

[GeTShrEx]

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!

 

[turtletarget111]

The 14600K has more cores for better multithreaded workloads, but the Ryzen 7 9700X has much faster cores for better gaming performance. In my opinion, if you aren't looking to upgrade your GPU anytime soon, I would opt for the 9700X. Only in October did Intel announce they supposedly fixed their 14th gen chips, and it is still unknown if Intel has found a permanent, long term solution to their CPU's killing themselves, not to mention the higher power draw. Even an eight core CPU should be more than enough for basic video editing, especially considering you should be using your video card's NVENC encoder to render projects.

If you do far more Blender work and video editing than gaming, it may be worth considering stepping up to the twelve core 7900X. It has slightly worse gaming performance, but the extra cores will be a net positive if you don't game as much as your other tasks.

 

[Misgar]

From the Puget Systems web site:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/soluti...davinci-resolve/hardware-recommendations/#cpu
The best CPU for Resolve depends primarily on your budget and how much GPU power you plan to have in your system. If you have a single GPU , then a high clock speed CPU with a moderate core count, like Intel’s Core Ultra or AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series, is going to be optimal. Intel’s Core line is particularly well suited for working with H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) footage, thanks to their Quick Sync technology.

I'd choose either of the AMD chips, depending on price and whether you want to go older AM4 DDR4 or newer AM5 DDR5. I'm using a 7950X and I'm upgrading from an RTX 3060 to a 4070 tomorrow (Black Friday).

When buying RAM, it's better to fit two DIMMs, e.g. 2 x 32GB and not four DIMMs, e.g. 4 x 16GB. Two DIMMs usually allow faster XMP/EXPO overclocks than four DIMMs.

Fit a good quality PSU that should last for years.

 

[geofelt]

All three processors will work.
My take is to pick the processor with the best single thread performance.
That is good for gaming and desktop quickness, That would be the R7-7900X.
But, in actual use, without a synthetic benchmark, I think one would be hard presses to sense any difference.
Higher end products will have more cores, but that is good only if you have an app that can fill them.
Some cores have hyperthreading which results in 2 processing threads

Lots of FUD on 13/14th gen issues today.

Intel has found and fixed the root cause of 13/14th gen issues.
Here is their official update as of 9/25/2024:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Blog...sktop-Instability-Root-Cause/post/1633446#M40

The warranty on these products has been extended by 2 years.

A user only needs to verify that their motherboard includes the fixed bios.