€1200 Workstation Build Recommendations

[Cacao]

I haven't been up to speed with the latest releases for a while so I would appreciate some help. I need a desktop for work. I will be doing video editing, photoshop and general productivity stuff. I won't be gaming and I'm not fussed about overclocking. I just need something that will last me a good few years.

 

I have a flexible budget of around €1200 and will be buying from Spain: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/

 

I'm thinking something along the lines of: i7, 16gb RAM, SSD for OS and HDD for mass storage, discrete GPU to push multiple monitors and maybe help with rendering.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Brooksie359]

For video editing and other programs like that I would get a r7 1700 as you get 8 cores instead of 4 for the same price as an i7. It also comes with a really nice cpu cooler too.

[Zando_]

I'd recommend a R7 1700, 16GB RAM, SSD, etc, with a 980 Ti for rendering (it's about 1070 level in gaming, but has a lot more CUDA cores, so it's better for workstation stuff).

[Cacao]

7 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

For video editing and other programs like that I would get a r7 1700 as you get 8 cores instead of 4 for the same price as an i7. It also comes with a really nice cpu cooler too.

 

6 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I'd recommend a R7 1700, 16GB RAM, SSD, etc, with a 980 Ti for rendering (it's about 1070 level in gaming, but has a lot more CUDA cores, so it's better for workstation stuff).

Thanks for your replies. I put this together in the mean time: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/NscDHN

 

Would the R7 1700 be faster than the i7 7700k?

[Brooksie359]

1 minute ago, Cacao said:

 

Thanks for your replies. I put this together in the mean time: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/NscDHN

 

Would the R7 1700 be faster than the i7 7700k?

When it comes to video editing it is. Video editing is very multi-threaded so it really helps having 8 cores and 16 threads vs 4 cores and 8 threads. The i7 will be faster in single core performance but not by enough to matter for your workcase.

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Cacao said:

 

Thanks for your replies. I put this together in the mean time: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/NscDHN

 

Would the R7 1700 be faster than the i7 7700k?

This:

2 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

When it comes to video editing it is. Video editing is very multi-threaded so it really helps having 8 cores and 16 threads vs 4 cores and 8 threads. The i7 will be faster in single core performance but not by enough to matter for your workcase.

Anything multithreaded (such as rendering) will benefit from the massive amount of cores/threads on the 1700. 

[Brooksie359]

6 minutes ago, Cacao said:

 

Thanks for your replies. I put this together in the mean time: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/NscDHN

 

Would the R7 1700 be faster than the i7 7700k?

https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/2GfThq here is what the r7 1700 build would look like. If you want to know more about the r7 1700 look at some of the reviews and see for yourself how well it does as a workstation cpu. Keep in mind that the platform has matured alot since release so alot of the bugs that were present during the reviews are ironed out now. I have a 1700 and used it for multi-threaded programs and it just leaves the i7 in the dust. 

[Cacao]

24 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

This:

Anything multithreaded (such as rendering) will benefit from the massive amount of cores/threads on the 1700. 

 

22 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/2GfThq here is what the r7 1700 build would look like. If you want to know more about the r7 1700 look at some of the reviews and see for yourself how well it does as a workstation cpu. Keep in mind that the platform has matured alot since release so alot of the bugs that were present during the reviews are ironed out now. I have a 1700 and used it for multi-threaded programs and it just leaves the i7 in the dust. 

AMD it is! Thank you for your help guys.

[brob]

Consider your typical workload and base the decision on that. An i7-7700k is significantly better than an r7 1700 for Photoshop work, https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-1-1-CPU-Comparison-Skylake-X-Kaby-Lake-X-Broadwell-E-Kaby-Lake-Ryzen-7-976/. On the other hand, for a number of Premier Pro CC tasks, the R7 1700 will outperform the i7, https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2017-1-2-CPU-Comparison-Skylake-X-Kaby-Lake-X-Broadwell-E-Kaby-Lake-Ryzen-7-969/.

 

I suspect the budget would be a bit tight, but you may also want to look at the X299 platform.