Which CPU should I go with?

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Building a new desktop.

My choices are ... i7 8700k, Ryzen 2700x, or Threadripper 1950x.

I already have .....
Dominator Platinum (2x 16gb) 32GB ram at 3200MHz
Sata SSDs and HDDs
MSI 1080ti GPU

What I still need to purchase .....
Motherboard (most likely ASUS or MSI)
Two M2 nvme drives
Power supply
AIO cooling (If I go with a Threadripper then Enermax LIQTECH TR4 360mm is my only choice for full coverage)


This is the case I have made my mind up on ...
MasterCase H500P Mesh White ATX Mid-Tower Case

 

[casperes1996]

Usage is the crucial part- Which CPU to get depends entirely on use case

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Usage is the crucial part- Which CPU to get depends entirely on use case

I plan on having mixed varied usage. Which changes drastically month to month.

Heavy music producing .. with multiple apps and controllers connected.

Simplistic video editing at first, but will get more heavy into it.

Weekend gaming, with potentially few addictive games I'll be momentarily obsessed with for weeks straight on a daily basis. So at certain times, gaming will be of huge usage. Although I'm not a FPS watcher, just want my games on ultra with no stutters .. 1440 or 4k, doesn't matter much.

Plan on getting a VR mixed reality head set.

Light development for mobile.

Will also get into heavy photo editing once I get a decent camera.

Will run occasional VMs.

Besides Windows 10, will also run Linux from a dedicated drive.

Will be hooked up to a 48" Samsung 4K TV, but I plan on getting an Ultrawide Monitor during the holiday shopping season.

Overclocking will be done at minimal, if any. Depending on my needs at the moment.

 

[casperes1996]

Heavy music producing .. with multiple apps and controllers connected.

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Simplistic video editing at first, but will get more heavy into it.

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Light development for mobile.

And perhaps to a lesser extend depending on intensity this and

Will also get into heavy photo editing once I get a decent camera.

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Are the only things that can really benefit from more CPU cores, or even a faster CPU

The other tasks are mostly limited by GPU and VMs mostly a RAM concern.

I would personally say the Ryzen chip is the best value; the Threadripper is the beast, and the i7 will decrease input lag in games but do little else beneficial for you really, since it only wins in single-threaded work

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Yea, I might just take the chance on a Threadripper. I never tried an AMD CPU before.

 

[scoobs69]

LIVEFRMNYC said: ↑
Will also get into heavy photo editing once I get a decent camera.

This

Are the only things that can really benefit from more CPU cores, or even a faster CPU

The other tasks are mostly limited by GPU and VMs mostly a RAM concern.

I would personally say the Ryzen chip is the best value; the Threadripper is the beast, and the i7 will decrease input lag in games but do little else beneficial for you really, since it only wins in single-threaded work

Depending which photography app is being used (Lightroom and Photoshop), there will be very little multi-core use.

Capture One Pro most certainly leverages multiple cores as well as the GPU for processing - which is why I have an 8-core photo editing machine.

But, multiple cores will allow you to multitask between photography apps (RAW editor and Photoshop). You can run an import or export in Lightroom or Capture One Pro, while doing retouching and finishing in Photoshop. For me, that's the biggest benefit of using 8-cores.

Capture One Pro 11 and the latest Photoshop are super smooth with the 7820x. Plus, having the extra PCIe lanes is a bonus if you want to use up those slots with peripherals, video cards, etc.


>>>> For the OP:

If I was going to build a workstation today, as a general all around beast, I'd build mine again.

This is the inexpensive version of mine I built last December, though you can still save money on the case...

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/craigjohn/saved/Z28WXL

...And there's plenty of room for fast internal storage - I haven't even added an NVMe drive yet. ...maybe in 2019.



This is my exact build, which is now $100 less expensive than it was when I built it last December.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XHp2kd

You could save $100+ by going with the 7800x to start, then upgrade to a 7820x or 7900x if and when your video editing takes off. But with light video editing, 8700k would be perfectly fine.

I've since added a 1TB 860 EVO SSD for my active jobs, and I use a pair or 4TB USB 3.0 WD Passport drives for dual back-up. Very easy and very fast set-up.
[doublepost=1531156519][/doublepost]BTW. I can't recommend the 7820x enough. It performs like the 7700K in single threaded tasks, while be wicked fast in multithreaded tasks - in many cases, being very close to the 7900x in real world use.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Well I just completed my build.

Went with the Ryzen 2700X
X470 Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi Motherboard
32gb Ram (2x16) Have two slots left if I ever need.
970 Evo M2 PCIe 1tb boot drive, plus additional storage drives.
NZXT kraken X52 water cooling
MSI gaming X 1080ti

The case I choose is the Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX.

 

[CodeJoy]

Well, hey, congratulations! That looks like a solid build.

I had a similar situation some months ago, and was choosing between roughly the same builds as you. I ended up going with 8700K, largely because ultimately a lot of what I do (as a developer) benefits from high single core performance and low latency. And also because I wanted to put macOS on it, and 8700K was really simple. Ryzen is really the better value option probably.