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Hi all just need some help deciding on a new CPU as I am going to start a new build very soon my main use will be gaming and photo editing for my photography, the 2 I have been looking at are the Intel core i7 9700k and the AMD 3700x so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions that would be great.

 

Plus I haven't built a PC for about 4 years now.

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1 minute ago, T4M3W0LF said:

photo editing for my photography

which editing suite?

 

1 minute ago, T4M3W0LF said:

Plus I haven't built a PC for about 4 years now.

you are getting a  full system or just CPU, Mobo and Ram?

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How soon and what software will you use? Photoshop plays out significantly better on an Intel processor... but Intel's prices are bad right now and will only be fixed on their 10th Gen release in April.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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1 minute ago, T4M3W0LF said:

Hi all just need some help deciding on a new CPU as I am going to start a new build very soon my main use will be gaming and photo editing for my photography, the 2 I have been looking at are the Intel core i7 9700k and the AMD 3700x so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions that would be great.

 

Plus I haven't built a PC for about 4 years now.

right now in gaming the 9700 is slightly better. however, as more and more games will be capable of using more threads, the 3700x will surpass it.

what's more, the am4 platform is not dead yet, with ryzen 4000 cpus likely to use the same motherboards. so it's easy to upgrade in a year or two to the latest and greatest amd has to offer.

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1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

How soon and what software will you use? Photoshop plays out significantly better on an Intel processor... but Intel's prices are bad right now and will only be fixed on their 10th Gen release in April.

3700x is better than 9700k in photoshop

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3rd-Gen-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1529/

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I do use Adobe photoshop and other software of theres, I'm in the UK so Intel prices over here are high at the moment but AMD prices are good, I will doing a new build that's everything as for the last few years been using an old laptop 

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I would go for the 9700K 

Perfect CPU!

CPU:i7 9700k 5047.5Mhz All Cores Mobo: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC, RAM:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 OC 3467Mhz GPU:MSI RTX 2070 ARMOR 8GB OC Storage:Samsung SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB, 2x SSD ADATA PRO SP900 256GB, HDD WD CB 2TB, HDD GREEN 2TB PSU: Seasonic focus plus 750w Gold Display(s): 1st: LG 27UK650-W, 4K, IPS, HDR10, 10bit(8bit + A-FRC). 2nd: Samsung 24" LED Monitor (SE390), Cooling:Fazn CPU Cooler Aero 120T Push/pull Corsair ML PRO Fans Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum RGB mx Rapidfire Mouse:Razer Naga Chroma  Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Sound: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker Case: Modded Case Inverted, 5 intake 120mm, one exhaust 120mm.

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3700x has my vote...the CPU's are so close in many ways...but 3700x come with a cooler and 16 threads.  The 3700x seems more future proof too.  If you said you played FPS games at 144hz I'd lean toward the 9700k a smidge, but you didn't. 

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I'm not sure what monitor I will get yet I won't get a 1920 x 1080 as I will be doing photo editing on it and to be far 1080 is not good for that

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