stateofjermaine
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Hello,
I just got a new job as a contractor doing multimedia design work, and as the workload seems a bit more intense, I think it feels like time to upgrade my system—I'm currently running a 4790K + GTX 970, which has served me well.
It may not matter much, but for what it's worth, I'm most likely going to build inside the IQUNIX ZX-1 and the only component I've already purchased is an AORUS 3060 Ti Elite.
So, what do I do? Well, up to now I've mainly just worked in Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator, with occasional dabbles in Lightroom, Premiere, and After Effects. I've been using an older Acer XB280HK UHD 60Hz monitor, which I plan to keep for a while. My new job leans much more heavily on those later more-intensive apps, and as the project file sizes have grown, my PC has ground to a halt a few times. I think this decently represents my new workload:
25% After Effects
25% Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma
25% Premiere, Blender [only just getting into this, but I'm very interested!]
25% Games @ UHD or QHD: mainly pretty story games like HZD, Ori, RDR2, but also some Destiny, a lot of Overwatch, and every once in a while some different stuff like PCBS, Dirt 5, Forza, etc. Game suggestions welcome!
Okay, hopefully that sums up my situation, but if I forgot something dumb, please let me know! The build I have specced is below:
Core parts—likely to be the same in either build
99.99 EK Basic 240 AIO
129.99 32 GB V-Color Skywalker Plus
104.99 Team CARDEA ZERO Z440 1TB
79.99 Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB
699.99 AORUS 3060 Ti Elite *Purchased*
269.00 IQUNIX-ZX199.99 Corsair SF 600 80+ Gold
TOTAL ≈ 1500.00
Incidentals—just in case anyone has experience or comments
129.99 pslate Custom Cables
129.99 Fully Jarvis monitor arm
TOTAL ≈ 260.00
The Blue Pill
299.99 Core i7-12700 // 12 cores, 20 threads
289.99 Gigabyte Z690I AORUS ULTRA
TOTAL ≈ 590.00
The Red Pill
399.99 Ryzen 9 5900X // 12 cores, 24 threads
249.99 X570SI AORUS PRO AX
TOTAL ≈ 650.00
I have to say, I'm amazed at the performance we can get these days for the money, chip craziness aside. I know there are some considerations with Alder Lake being newer, that there might be more bugs to iron out, etc. And I've read that the Alder Lake chips run a bit hotter, thanks to their more aggressive boost clock behavior. But I'm intrigued by the P-core + E-core architecture and the performance seems to be there on either side. Especially for an ITX build with a 240 AIO, can anyone shed any light on which of these might be a better fit for my system? Appreciate the help.
I just got a new job as a contractor doing multimedia design work, and as the workload seems a bit more intense, I think it feels like time to upgrade my system—I'm currently running a 4790K + GTX 970, which has served me well.
It may not matter much, but for what it's worth, I'm most likely going to build inside the IQUNIX ZX-1 and the only component I've already purchased is an AORUS 3060 Ti Elite.
So, what do I do? Well, up to now I've mainly just worked in Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator, with occasional dabbles in Lightroom, Premiere, and After Effects. I've been using an older Acer XB280HK UHD 60Hz monitor, which I plan to keep for a while. My new job leans much more heavily on those later more-intensive apps, and as the project file sizes have grown, my PC has ground to a halt a few times. I think this decently represents my new workload:
25% After Effects
25% Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma
25% Premiere, Blender [only just getting into this, but I'm very interested!]
25% Games @ UHD or QHD: mainly pretty story games like HZD, Ori, RDR2, but also some Destiny, a lot of Overwatch, and every once in a while some different stuff like PCBS, Dirt 5, Forza, etc. Game suggestions welcome!
Okay, hopefully that sums up my situation, but if I forgot something dumb, please let me know! The build I have specced is below:
Core parts—likely to be the same in either build
99.99 EK Basic 240 AIO
129.99 32 GB V-Color Skywalker Plus
104.99 Team CARDEA ZERO Z440 1TB
79.99 Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB
699.99 AORUS 3060 Ti Elite *Purchased*
269.00 IQUNIX-ZX199.99 Corsair SF 600 80+ Gold
TOTAL ≈ 1500.00
Incidentals—just in case anyone has experience or comments
129.99 pslate Custom Cables
129.99 Fully Jarvis monitor arm
TOTAL ≈ 260.00
The Blue Pill
299.99 Core i7-12700 // 12 cores, 20 threads
289.99 Gigabyte Z690I AORUS ULTRA
TOTAL ≈ 590.00
The Red Pill
399.99 Ryzen 9 5900X // 12 cores, 24 threads
249.99 X570SI AORUS PRO AX
TOTAL ≈ 650.00
I have to say, I'm amazed at the performance we can get these days for the money, chip craziness aside. I know there are some considerations with Alder Lake being newer, that there might be more bugs to iron out, etc. And I've read that the Alder Lake chips run a bit hotter, thanks to their more aggressive boost clock behavior. But I'm intrigued by the P-core + E-core architecture and the performance seems to be there on either side. Especially for an ITX build with a 240 AIO, can anyone shed any light on which of these might be a better fit for my system? Appreciate the help.
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