Not for gaming. Thoughts?

[Ramonn]

Budget (including currency): € 660,- already a bit tight as is.

Country: The Netherlands

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General quick responsive workstation. 1ch audio recording. Light 1080p editing in Premiere Pro.

Other details: Audio is not important, because it will be running an external adc/dac. It needs WiFi and a nice case that is not too high tower model.

[Why_Me]

That's a decent build ^^

[DoctorNick]

26 minutes ago, Ramonn said:

Budget (including currency): € 660,- already a bit tight as is.

Country: The Netherlands

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General quick responsive workstation. 1ch audio recording. Light 1080p editing in Premiere Pro.

Other details: Audio is not important, because it will be running an external adc/dac. It needs WiFi and a nice case that is not too high tower model.

Why not go for something with a Ryzen 7600? Lower power consumption and faster in most cases. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-7600-non-x/5.html

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, DoctorNick said:

Why not go for something with a Ryzen 7600? Lower power consumption and faster in most cases. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-7600-non-x/5.html

Faster single core which for audio is a HUGE deal. The e cores on intel chips can get annoying for music and audio use due to their performance difference 

[venomtail]

110eur savings. 14400 is basically the 12600K just runs cooler and more stable. DDR4 for cheaper memory, I don't expect there to be too big of a performance difference in DDR generation especially considering the 100+ eur savings:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-14400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€163.70 @ Paradigit) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€21.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€119.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Elite II 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL18 Memory  (€47.95 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Storage: Crucial CT1000E100SSD8 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€57.90 @ Alternate) 
Case: Lian Li A3-mATX MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€69.00 @ Megekko) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Bronze 550 V3 230V 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€52.90 @ Megekko) 
Total: €533.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-16 10:30 CEST+0200

 

Another option is to see how much more performance you can get for the same amount of money, instead of recreating what you had for less.

[Ramonn]

4 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Why not go for something with a Ryzen 7600? Lower power consumption and faster in most cases. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-7600-non-x/5.html

Hey thanks for the ideas. I have thought about an amd setup. I heard DDR4 will be a viable option in that case as well.

 

But then I read about Intel Quick Sync significantly boosting performance in Adobe Premiere. But to get the most out of this setup, it is not getting that much cheaper than what I have listed.

 

Anyway, I thought about the Ryzen 8600G.

[DoctorNick]

3 hours ago, Ramonn said:

Hey thanks for the ideas. I have thought about an amd setup. I heard DDR4 will be a viable option in that case as well.

 

But then I read about Intel Quick Sync significantly boosting performance in Adobe Premiere. But to get the most out of this setup, it is not getting that much cheaper than what I have listed.

 

Anyway, I thought about the Ryzen 8600G.

I see I missed that. Then @venomtail's setup is a good option!

[jmwhite33]

3 hours ago, Ramonn said:

Hey thanks for the ideas. I have thought about an amd setup. I heard DDR4 will be a viable option in that case as well.

 

But then I read about Intel Quick Sync significantly boosting performance in Adobe Premiere. But to get the most out of this setup, it is not getting that much cheaper than what I have listed.

 

Anyway, I thought about the Ryzen 8600G.

You should considerer a board that supports DDR5 instead.

DDR4 is no longer going to be manufactured within the next few months and prices have already started to go up.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr4/the-end-of-an-era-ddr4-production-to-essentially-end-this-year-micron-the-final-domino-to-fall

[Ramonn]

5 hours ago, jmwhite33 said:

You should considerer a board that supports DDR5 instead.

DDR4 is no longer going to be manufactured within the next few months and prices have already started to go up.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr4/the-end-of-an-era-ddr4-production-to-essentially-end-this-year-micron-the-final-domino-to-fall

Hey, thanks for bringing this up. I wasn't aware. My initial thought was high speed DDR5 mainly because that's what gets the best performance out of these Intel generations.

 

But now I'm getting 2 sides xD. I see that for now DDR4 is still cheaper and the boards too. I don't plan on upgrading this later. This one will probably sit at my brother's place and die in like 10 years.

[Ramonn]

Thanks all for your replies btw this has given me the idea that I'm on the right path and helps me make a good decision.