Need CPU choice advices

[MushroomCake28]

Budget (including currency): Anywhere from 2500$ CAD to 5000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Game making in general (coding, modeling in Blender, etc.) and music making (currently using REAPER and EastWest samples mostly)

Other details Currently using Ryzen 7 1700X and GTX 1080ti

 

So I'm currently looking to build a new PC from sractch as my current one is getting a bit old. I use my PC mainly for content creation (game making and music composing) with the occasionnal video editing and gaming (disregarding procrastination, as that would be the primary use of the computer lol). 

 

I'm aiming for a 12 cores Ryzen CPU but I'm hesitating between the newly released Ryzen 9 9900X, the last gen R9 7900X and R9 7900. I heard the 9000 series is disappointing, and also that the 7900X is very power hungry and generates a lot of heat. I'm looking to use air cooling as I prefer long durability with minimal care, but I'd also like reasonably low termals to not damage the CPU long term and also to not transform my room into a sauna. Extra performance is nice but I wouldn't say required. In Canada the price difference between 7900X and 7900 is minimal, while the 9900X is a bit more expensive but totally fine for me budget wise. 

 

Any advice would be welcomed.

 

Thank you! 

 

[PDifolco]

2 hours ago, MushroomCake28 said:

Budget (including currency): Anywhere from 2500$ CAD to 5000$ CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Game making in general (coding, modeling in Blender, etc.) and music making (currently using REAPER and EastWest samples mostly)

Other details Currently using Ryzen 7 1700X and GTX 1080ti

 

So I'm currently looking to build a new PC from sractch as my current one is getting a bit old. I use my PC mainly for content creation (game making and music composing) with the occasionnal video editing and gaming (disregarding procrastination, as that would be the primary use of the computer lol). 

 

I'm aiming for a 12 cores Ryzen CPU but I'm hesitating between the newly released Ryzen 9 9900X, the last gen R9 7900X and R9 7900. I heard the 9000 series is disappointing, and also that the 7900X is very power hungry and generates a lot of heat. I'm looking to use air cooling as I prefer long durability with minimal care, but I'd also like reasonably low termals to not damage the CPU long term and also to not transform my room into a sauna. Extra performance is nice but I wouldn't say required. In Canada the price difference between 7900X and 7900 is minimal, while the 9900X is a bit more expensive but totally fine for me budget wise. 

 

Any advice would be welcomed.

 

Thank you! 

 

With your budget why not directly getting a 9950X ? Price isn't that higher

[brob]

Wait until AMD has sorted its Zen 5 issues.

[Why_Me]

Here's another option to consider.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-14700 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($539.00 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool LS720S ZERO DARK 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($269.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($272.96 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Lexar NM790 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($192.47 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($1349.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($190.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $3054.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-17 20:17 EDT-0400

[MushroomCake28]

4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

With your budget why not directly getting a 9950X ? Price isn't that higher

Definitely an option, my primary concern is energy consumption and if an air cooler, even a beefy one, can cool it with ease. The extra price isn't really a concern, but I don't absolutely need to spend my max budget on the computer. From the quick search I've done online I've heard that there are energy consumption issues with high temps at idle? Would the beefiest air cooler be enough to keep it cool?

 

4 hours ago, brob said:

Wait until AMD has sorted its Zen 5 issues.

Are you referring to thermals? Is it something that software patching can fix? 

 

3 hours ago, Why_Me said:

Here's another option to consider.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-14700 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($539.00 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool LS720S ZERO DARK 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($269.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($272.96 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Lexar NM790 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($192.47 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($1349.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($190.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $3054.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-17 20:17 EDT-0400

Thanks, but I'm more seeking CPU advices. The rest is a bit secondary for me, and much easier to do myself. It's been a while since I've looked at PC parts (like a few years), is intel back in the game? I thought AMD ryzen was the way to go? 

[Why_Me]

8 minutes ago, MushroomCake28 said:

Definitely an option, my primary concern is energy consumption and if an air cooler, even a beefy one, can cool it with ease. The extra price isn't really a concern, but I don't absolutely need to spend my max budget on the computer. From the quick search I've done online I've heard that there are energy consumption issues with high temps at idle? Would the beefiest air cooler be enough to keep it cool?

 

Are you referring to thermals? Is it something that software patching can fix? 

 

Thanks, but I'm more seeking CPU advices. The rest is a bit secondary for me, and much easier to do myself. It's been a while since I've looked at PC parts (like a few years), is intel back in the game? I thought AMD ryzen was the way to go? 

This is a review of the unlocked version of that cpu I posted. The locked version runs cooler.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-14700k/

[brob]

27 minutes ago, MushroomCake28 said:

Are you referring to thermals? Is it something that software patching can fix? 

 

Among other issues, there is apparently a problem with core parking. This would likely require a microcode update.

 

[PDifolco]

5 hours ago, MushroomCake28 said:

Definitely an option, my primary concern is energy consumption and if an air cooler, even a beefy one, can cool it with ease. The extra price isn't really a concern, but I don't absolutely need to spend my max budget on the computer. From the quick search I've done online I've heard that there are energy consumption issues with high temps at idle? Would the beefiest air cooler be enough to keep it cool?

 

If you're caring about energy consumption on a production machine, the more cores the better, and AMD over Intel . You just have to set a "sweet spot" power draw to get 95% of the performance for 80% or less than the max power draw (or 80% perf for maybe 50% draw)

Now from what I've seen the 9950X is technically better and at least as efficient as the 7950X, it just suffers from launch "bugs" in BIOS or Windows that will be fixed soon