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   Looking for opinions on AMD vs Intel for mostly gaming, light editing work.  This would be my 5th system from DS.  

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Mouseguard Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Jun 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 184	Quote Reply Topic: 5k Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 11:46am
	Looking for opinions on AMD vs Intel for mostly gaming, light editing work. This would be my 5th system from DS.
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Cretae Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331	Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 3:36am
	Even though you cite "light" editing, it is clear you should opt for an AMD system. Specifically, a 5900X with 12cores/24threads. It is almost identical in price to the Intel 11900K. While only slightly behind in gaming, the vast improvement over any Intel 8 or 10 core in multi-core processing is absolutely a must-have for editing. I would also recommend you try to fit 32GB of RAM into your budget for rendering tasks. Be selective in not trying to overpower the monitor you use. Pick just the right GPU for the task. At these prices, now is the worst time to go for overkill or the ever popular "future proofing", which in less than a year will seem very silly.