Posted 25 November 2023
Building a PC, what CPU should I be looking at?
Looking to build my first PC in about 20 years so would appreciate any advice on what CPU I should be looking at.
The pc will be used for video capture and editing so needs to have two pcie slots -one for the GPU and one for my Blackmagic video capture card. Gaming is a nice to have though I imagine a mid range PC will probably be able to play some games with reasonable performance.
My budget is modest, circa 500-600 but I already have a GPU. I assume I could put a sufficient cooler on the CPU and maybe add additional fans somewhere down the line to bring down the initial outlay? There seems to be a good level of PC knowledge on here so if anyone could help me out and steer me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it
The pc will be used for video capture and editing so needs to have two pcie slots -one for the GPU and one for my Blackmagic video capture card. Gaming is a nice to have though I imagine a mid range PC will probably be able to play some games with reasonable performance.
My budget is modest, circa 500-600 but I already have a GPU. I assume I could put a sufficient cooler on the CPU and maybe add additional fans somewhere down the line to bring down the initial outlay? There seems to be a good level of PC knowledge on here so if anyone could help me out and steer me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it
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sorted bythis is a brilliant website, people post their builds and other people comment on it/rate it etc, its a great way to get an idea of builds and budget
The latest i9 CPU is considered the best for video editing.
For video editing, you generally looking at Ryzen 7 or i7, but the budget not allow...
PCPartPicker Part List: uk.pcpartpicker.com/lis…cRK
CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (£189.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 White 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£109.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan alpha 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory (£89.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.94 @ Box Limited)
Total: £585.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-26 11:16 GMT+0000 (edited)
I'm trying to find out from the Internet but I can't find the answer, probably the mobo it's too old, or I don't know the right question to search.
My gpu is rtx 4070, current processor i7-4770k Haswell. It doesn't even support window 11 . Can you please help on finding the right cpu to optimise my build? Or tell me how to search this on Google?
Many thanks
PCPartPicker Part List: uk.pcpartpicker.com/lis…pmD
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B650-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard (£128.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Lexar Ares RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL34 Memory (£98.87 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£50.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.94 @ Box Limited)
Total: £583.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-26 11:33 GMT+0000 (edited)
5600x £129.99 ebay
6650xt fighter £238 ebay seller ebuyer
Auros elite v2 £103 amazon
AeroCool case £39 scan
Get a 80 bronze or gold psu 500w min for £40- £60
Kingston fury nvme 1tb ssd £60
Thats about £530. All within your budget and sell your old gpu.