Will an i5 8400 be enough for light video editing, multitasking and photoshop?

[KyberKylo77]

Im planning to get an i5 8400 paired up with a gtx 1080/1070 (doesnt really matter) and ill be running a yt channel so ill need a good enough cpu to record, edit, and multitask. So with that said, will an i5 suffice or should i get something else like the i7 8700 or the i5 8600k?

[Fardin]

2 minutes ago, KyberKylo77 said:

Im planning to get an i5 8400 paired up with a gtx 1080/1070 (doesnt really matter) and ill be running a yt channel so ill need a good enough cpu to record, edit, and multitask. So with that said, will an i5 suffice or should i get something else like the i7 8700 or the i5 8600k?

get ryzen if you wanna multi task or 8700 atleast. 

[Tamojit_Ray]

i5 8400 will get the job done.

[genexis_x]

i7 8700/8700K, R5 1600 and R7 1700 are better IMO

[ARikozuM]

What programs? 

 

Adobe likes frequency just as much as core count; i5.

Autodesk likes frequency; i5.

Solidworks likes core count; i7. 

Microsoft Office likes cores; Pentium. /s

 

My vote goes to i5.

 

Edit: If you're able to get the 8600K or 8700K, don't be bashful about taking full advantage of that sweet Z-chipset.

[JoostinOnline]

35 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

What programs? 

 

Adobe likes frequency just as much as core count; i5.

Autodesk likes frequency; i5.

Solidworks likes core count; i7. 

Microsoft Office likes cores; Pentium. /s

 

My vote goes to i5.

 

Edit: If you're able to get the 8600K or 8700K, don't be bashful about taking full advantage of that sweet Z-chipset.

For content creation, the 1600 still beats an 8400 most of the time.  I don't know about an 8600K though.

[dfg666]

Getting Ryzen is like drowning yourself.

 

[ARikozuM]

6 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

For content creation, the 1600 still beats an 8400 most of the time.  I don't know about an 8600K though.

8400 against 1600 shows the 8400 meeting or beating the 1600 in most workloads. Someone actually posted graphs above me. The 1600X beats the i5 once while the 1600 stays behind by ~4%.

[just_dave]

6 hours ago, dfg666 said:

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Since when you can OC 8400?

[ARikozuM]

34 minutes ago, dave_k said:

Since when you can OC 8400?

Base clock and XMP.

[Inversion]

8 hours ago, KyberKylo77 said:

Im planning to get an i5 8400 paired up with a gtx 1080/1070 (doesnt really matter) and ill be running a yt channel so ill need a good enough cpu to record, edit, and multitask. So with that said, will an i5 suffice or should i get something else like the i7 8700 or the i5 8600k?

Will get the job done but Ryzen 5 1600 would be better for same price CPU and half price on mobo - you get twice the threads. Just a better value platform for that workload and you can overclock.

[just_dave]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

Base clock and XMP.

But most people buying 8400 wont get a decent Z370 mobo but B360 or H370

[KyberKylo77]

18 minutes ago, dave_k said:

But most people buying 8400 wont get a decent Z370 mobo but B360 or H370

XMP doesnt need a premium z370 motherboard to function properly.

[just_dave]

5 minutes ago, KyberKylo77 said:

XMP doesnt need a premium z370 motherboard to function properly.

But the lower end chipsets are locked to the speed allowed by intel, so 2666 in this case

[JoostinOnline]

6 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

8400 against 1600 shows the 8400 meeting or beating the 1600 in most workloads. Someone actually posted graphs above me. The 1600X beats the i5 once while the 1600 stays behind by ~4%.

I didn't know about Premiere, but in lots of stuff (especially in rendering and compression) it wins, at least in the benchmarks I've seen.  I don't know why the Word, Excel, and Powerpoint graphs are relevant.

[ARikozuM]

7 hours ago, dave_k said:

But most people buying 8400 wont get a decent Z370 mobo but B360 or H370

If the budget allows a Z-chipset, I'd do it for the faster memory and overall add-ons and I/O they bring with them. It also leaves you open for overclocking, which is far easier these days, in the future with a K-series. 

 

3 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

I didn't know about Premiere, but in lots of stuff (especially in rendering and compression) it wins, at least in the benchmarks I've seen.  I don't know why the Word, Excel, and Powerpoint graphs are relevant.

The 8400 is doing very well in rendering tasks and is even being recommended over on the Autodesk forum (overclocking is a no-no over there since instability means lost work or errors) for new students due to the strong single-core performance over six cores and lack of hyper-threading (Autodesk only gains 15% with hyper-threading since things happen fast enough that scheduling is wasted time).  For Word and such, I don't know... But I'm guessing that some people might be interested to know how fast a chip is over the other if that's the creative suite they're involved in. 

[JoostinOnline]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

The 8400 is doing very well in rendering tasks and is even being recommended over on the Autodesk forum (overclocking is a no-no over there since instability means lost work or errors) for new students due to the strong single-core performance over six cores and lack of hyper-threading (Autodesk only gains 15% with hyper-threading since things happen fast enough that scheduling is wasted time).  For Word and such, I don't know... But I'm guessing that some people might be interested to know how fast a chip is over the other if that's the creative suite they're involved in. 

I didn't say it's not doing well.  If you're doing any gaming, I'd definitely suggest it over a 1600.  The i5-8400 is strong in content creation and much better in gaming.  I'm just saying that if you're doing video editing, Ryzen is still relevant.  It's an option to keep in mind.

[hammer3339]

an 8400 will be plenty however, a 6 core Ryzen would be a bit better in this application with its hyper threading and higher OC. 

[SupaKomputa]

Ryzen 1600 + x370 (SLI) combo : $271

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3665661

 

i5 8400 + z370 combo : $309

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3658889

 

i used premiere, yes the 8400 beats r5 1600, for 20 seconds only and in 4K, in 1080 maybe only 3-5 seconds difference, if your 20 seconds is very important to you, get 8400. if you said "lite video work" i assume its 1080p.

also i mostly rendered with cuda it will cut the rendering time up to 40%. so if you planned to have gtx 1080, it won't matter which one you choose.

plus for $39 i can get another hdd for storing all my footage and all the backups which is more important than mere seconds.

[Simon771]

8600k at 5,0GHz on all cores ... that will get ANY job done like it's needed.

[JoostinOnline]

Just now, Simon771 said:

8600k at 5,0GHz on all cores ... that will get ANY job done like it's needed.

Lol well that's assuming you win the lottery and have a super nice cooler.

[KyberKylo77]

all of you are ignoring the fact that i only asked if an 8400 is good enough or will i need to step it up to an i7 8700/i5 8600k. Im not taking any ryzen suggestions since ill be gaming quite often so i need the extra fps even if its a marginal difference.

[ARikozuM]

1 hour ago, JoostinOnline said:

Lol well that's assuming you win the lottery and have a super nice cooler.

A lot of chips are getting 5.0GHz on air coolers and some over on OC3D are getting 5.2 on AIO.  Lottery chips are doing nearly 5.4 on air. 

[JoostinOnline]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

A lot of chips are getting 5.0GHz on air coolers and some over on OC3D are getting 5.2 on AIO.  Lottery chips are doing nearly 5.4 on air. 

Oh wow, I didn't realize that.  Another win for Covfefe Lake.

[ARikozuM]

1 hour ago, KyberKylo77 said:

all of you are ignoring the fact that i only asked if an 8400 is good enough or will i need to step it up to an i7 8700/i5 8600k. Im not taking any ryzen suggestions since ill be gaming quite often so i need the extra fps even if its a marginal difference.

If you're intending to overclock, go for the 8600K. If not, go with the 8400 and take advantage of the faster memory that Z-chipsets make available. 

 

And yes, it's more than good enough.