AMD or Intel Workstaion

[da_brockman]

Hey guys, I have been watching your videos about cpus and I'm a content creator that works in after effects and premier pro, and I am looking at Building a new small form factor size workstation with a ITX motherboard. Now my question is what would be a better value for a workstation, AMD Ryzen 7 or 6 or intel's i7 7700k or 7700 or even a i7 6400k or without the k. Currently as it stands right now i'm leaning more towards a Ryzen build because their Cpu's cost less then Intel's, but is there an advantage to Intel over Amd for a more reliable workstation over all or is a Ryzen build going to hold it's own against a i7 7700 or even last years Intel flagship. Every time I think I have made a decision I always have this feeling like maybe I should think about Intel, because right now I'm running a FX 8300 in my computer right now and, well, it woks..... So I thought I would ask the experts  Thanks! Daniel  P.s I love the videos and they are very helpful thanks for what your doing and keep up the good work!    

[TheGlenlivet]

9 minutes ago, da_brockman said:

Hey guys, I have been watching your videos about cpus and I'm a content creator that works in after effects and premier pro, and I am looking at Building a new small form factor size workstation with a ITX motherboard. Now my question is what would be a better value for a workstation, AMD Ryzen 7 or 6 or intel's i7 7700k or 7700 or even a i7 6400k or without the k. Currently as it stands right now i'm leaning more towards a Ryzen build because their Cpu's cost less then Intel's, but is there an advantage to Intel over Amd for a more reliable workstation over all or is a Ryzen build going to hold it's own against a i7 7700 or even last years Intel flagship. Every time I think I have made a decision I always have this feeling like maybe I should think about Intel, because right now I'm running a FX 8300 in my computer right now and, well, it woks..... So I thought I would ask the experts  Thanks! Daniel  P.s I love the videos and they are very helpful thanks for what your doing and keep up the good work!    

What budget are you working with?  Your CPU choices are a little all over the place from an I5 (not I7) 6400 to an 8 core Ryzen 7 is a big jump in performance.

[da_brockman]

something around 1000 to 1500 would be good 

 

[Pixeld]

I would go Ryzen, but if the budget allows why not go intel i7?

[johnukguy]

The Ryzen 1700 will outperform some of the I7's when overclocked in many tasks and you have the option to upgrade to at least the next two generations of Ryzen CPUs over the next few years, which you won't be able to on the same mobo with the Intel CPU's.

[ShoByte]

Ryzen 1700x gets my vote. Cheaper (right now) and performance is on par or beats on certain applications.

 

Intel are jerks for changing the sockets every 2nd generation.

[da_brockman]

Yes I have not been to fond of Intel's prices and how they do change their systems so often so you can't just upgrade the cpu and keep the mother board. So If I went with Ryzen for a mini workstation which one would someone recommend? 

[MaktimS]

I'd go with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X. Best bang for the money and it's 8C/16T so After Effects and Premiere Pro won't be a problem for it.

 

Also Dmitri from Hardware Canucks uses 1700X in his main render machine

https://youtu.be/sjzzdkUvKhk

https://youtu.be/zoEvVmU5eC4

 

[da_brockman]

ok thanks 

 

[da_brockman]

What would be a reasonable priced but decent graphics card that someone would recommend?

 

[MaktimS]

RX580 8GB or GTX1060 6GB

[brob]

The i7-8700 should provide overall better performance. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($136.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($196.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($237.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($269.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1269.81
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-28 15:41 EST-0500

[da_brockman]

What would be the benefit to getting a Workstation graphics card?

  

[brob]

1 hour ago, da_brockman said:

What would be the benefit to getting a Workstation graphics card?

  

For the most part there is no advantage. In some software viewports have higher performance. Some software only provide support for that class of gpu. Premiere Pro and After Effects (https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-After-Effects-CC-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-846/) work well with GTX 1xxx cards.