Question Choosing CPU

[cool09]

I'm buying a new desktop and wanted to know what type of CPU is best. I've been using an Intel 20 Core 1.4GHz last 6 years.
I watch video and use the Internet and edit video, play music and download video.
Would a 10 Core be good enough?

 

[punkncat]

Right this particular moment, on the consumer side the Ryzen 9000 series. Intel has had a run of bad generations spanning from 13-14th gen and the new Core Ultra series is a bit of a dog as also confirmed a bit by the sale prices that have been coming to market recently.

 

[VizzieTheViz]

The thing you do with your pc that will stress a cpu is video editing. Any current gen intel or amd cpu will do all the other stuff you want without breaking a sweat.

See which brand cpus do best with the software you use for video editing and get that.

 

[artk2219]

I'm buying a new desktop and wanted to know what type of CPU is best. I've been using an Intel 20 Core 1.4GHz last 6 years.
I watch video and use the Internet and edit video, play music and download video.
Would a 10 Core be good enough?

A Ryzen 7 7000 or 9000 series would work fine for your purposes since it seems like you mostly need a general purpose computer. What is your budget for this? Are you looking at a prebuilt, or are you looking to build it yourself?

 

[cool09]

I'm looking at a Dell with either 2.4 Ghz 20 Core or 3.3 Ghz 10 Core. Difference between CPUs is $400! Wanted to know if I can get away with cheaper 10 Core? My budget is very tight, less than $900 which includes OS. Looking at Newegg right now.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm buying a new desktop
I've been using an Intel 20 Core 1.4GHz last 6 years.

What model cpu is that?
What's wrong with it?
Why are you looking for a new one?

 

[artk2219]

I'm looking at a Dell with either 2.4 Ghz 20 Core or 3.3 Ghz 10 Core. Difference between CPUs is $400! Wanted to know if I can get away with cheaper 10 Core? My budget is very tight, less than $900 which includes OS. Looking at Newegg right now.

Are you located in the US? Does that budget include a monitor or that's just for the tower? The two below are pretty good deals, Newegg offers a 2 year extended parts and labor warranty for an extra 70 dollars as well. The asus one seems like its a standard ATX build as well, so replacement parts and repairs in case there is an issue shouldn't be a problem.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-001S-02UB6?item=1VK-001S-02UB6

https://www.newegg.com/p/1VK-001E-4TN10?item=1VK-001E-4TN10

 

[cool09]

The ASUS is a good value! 17 Core and 1TB drive. I have an ASUS custom with 1GB Samsung solid state drive, 10th gen mobo but I shorted it out. (It lasted me 6 years.) I don't need a large drive. I have a monitor.
It says 2.1GHz up to 5.1GHz. Does that mean it can be overclocked to 5.1GHz?
Thank you.

 

[artk2219]

The ASUS is a good value! 17 Core and 1TB drive. I have an ASUS custom with 1GB Samsung solid state drive, 10th gen mobo but I shorted it out. (It lasted me 6 years.) I don't need a large drive. I have a monitor.
It says 2.1GHz up to 5.1GHz. Does that mean it can be overclocked to 5.1GHz?
Thank you.

It means the base clock, the slowest it will ever run, is 2.1ghz. You would only get this speed if you're using up all the potential of the CPU, and it's running at its thermal limits. While 5.1Ghz is the turbo speed, the fastest it could run on light tasks without overclocking. The I7 13700 is actually rated for a smidge higher at 5.2Ghz, so it's either a typo, or Asus slightly limits the max boost speed for longevity. Either is possible, and honestly you'd never notice the missing 100mhz if they did limit it. It's basically a rounding error in performance at that point.

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core i7 i7-13700.html

 

[skitz9417]

a i7 12700k or i9 12900k will done fine i have the i9 o do alot pf video u will do fine 6-8 cores amd or intel

 

[dark_globe]

I'm looking at a Dell with either 2.4 Ghz 20 Core or 3.3 Ghz 10 Core. Difference between CPUs is $400! Wanted to know if I can get away with cheaper 10 Core? My budget is very tight, less than $900 which includes OS. Looking at Newegg right now.

so do you need an entirely new build from scratch ?
$900 is the budget for the entire system ?
do you have some parts that you can potentially use from your older build ?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I have an ASUS custom with 1GB Samsung solid state drive, 10th gen mobo but I shorted it out. (It lasted me 6 years.)
It says 2.1GHz up to 5.1GHz.

So ... is the old cpu i9 10900/k/f/kf/t ?
It matches somewhat your description.

10th gen.​

has 10 cores/20threads.​

Was released 5 and half years ago.​

It's quite a good cpu.

If your motherboard died, then just get a new motherboard.
Compatible 400 series and 500 series motherboards should still be available new.

 

[LOGAN54321]

Unfortunately LGA 1200 motherboards are somewhat more expensive than newer boards.


PCPartPicker Motherboard Comparison

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	Asus PRIME H510M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	Asus PRO Q570M-C/CSM Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	ASRock H510M-HDV/M.2 SE Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Price	$249.85	$148.44	$164.99	$69.98
Rating	15 Ratings, 4.7 Average	1 Rating, 4.0 Average	0 Ratings	0 Ratings
Manufacturer	Asus	Asus	Asus	ASRock
Part #	[ul][li]TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS WIFI[/li][li]90MB1770-M0EAY0[/li][/ul]	[ul][li]PRIME H510M-A[/li][li]90MB17C0-M0EAY0[/li][/ul]	PRO Q570M-C/CSM	[ul][li]H510M-HDV/M.2 SE[/li][li]90-MXBM00-A0UAYZ[/li][/ul]
Socket / CPU	LGA1200	LGA1200	LGA1200	LGA1200
Form Factor	Micro ATX	Micro ATX	Micro ATX	Micro ATX
Chipset	Intel B560	Intel H510	Intel Q570	Intel H470
Memory Max	128 GB	64 GB	128 GB	64 GB
Memory Type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
Memory Slots	4	2	4	2
Memory Speed	[ul][li]DDR4-2133[/li][li]DDR4-2400[/li][li]DDR4-2666[/li][li]DDR4-2800[/li][li]DDR4-2933[/li][li]DDR4-3200[/li][li]DDR4-3333[/li][li]DDR4-3466[/li][li]DDR4-3600[/li][li]DDR4-3733[/li][li]DDR4-4000[/li][li]DDR4-4266[/li][li]DDR4-4400[/li][li]DDR4-4600[/li][li]DDR4-4800[/li][li]DDR4-5000[/li][/ul]	[ul][li]DDR4-2133[/li][li]DDR4-2400[/li][li]DDR4-2666[/li][li]DDR4-2800[/li][li]DDR4-2933[/li][li]DDR4-3200[/li][/ul]	[ul][li]DDR4-2133[/li][li]DDR4-2400[/li][li]DDR4-2666[/li][li]DDR4-2800[/li][li]DDR4-2933[/li][li]DDR4-3200[/li][/ul]	[ul][li]DDR4-2133[/li][li]DDR4-2400[/li][li]DDR4-2666[/li][li]DDR4-2800[/li][li]DDR4-2933[/li][li]DDR4-3200[/li][/ul]
Color	Gold / Black	Black / Silver	Green / Black	Black / Silver
PCIe x16 Slots	2	1	1	1
PCIe x1 Slots	1	2	2	1
M.2 Slots	[ul][li]2242/2260/2280 M-key (Intel Rocket Lake-based CPUs only)[/li][li]2242/2260/2280 M-key[/li][/ul]	2242/2260/2280 M-key	[ul][li]2242/2260/2280 M-key (Intel Rocket Lake-based CPUs only)[/li][li]2242/2260/2280 M-key[/li][li]2230 E-key[/li][/ul]	2260/2280 M-key
Onboard Ethernet	1 x 2.5 Gb/s Ports (Realtek)	1 x 1 Gb/s Ports (Intel I219-V)	1 x 1 Gb/s Ports (Intel I219-LM)	1 x 1 Gb/s Ports (Realtek RTL8111H)
SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports	6	4	6	4
Onboard Video	Depends on CPU	Depends on CPU	Depends on CPU	Depends on CPU
USB 2.0 Headers	2	1	2	2
USB 2.0 Headers (Single Port)		1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 Headers	1	1	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Headers	1		1
Supports ECC	No	No	No	No
Wireless Networking	Wi-Fi 6	None	None	None
RAID Support	No	No	Yes	Yes
Uses Back-Connect Connectors	No	No	No	No

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