Hello fellow OZB,
I need your help! I am planning to build my First Gaming / Content Creation PC. I am planning to buy Thermaltake View 31 RGB Version.
Having said that, can you guys help me decide on what motherboard to buy. I am looking for bargained one. (Bang for my $$$)
Thank you very much!
Kind Regards,
J
Thanks for the reply!
Planning to get an RTX 2070 or 80 at the moment. And i7 8th gen in mind.
Mostly will use it for Premier Pro, Lr, Ps and Ae.
As far with games, I dont play that much to be honest… Should I just get an i9 + rtx 2060?
You might want to use a 10 series GPU. For video encoding there is little difference unless you work with high colour depth h.265.
ASRock Fatal1ty H370 Performance (LGA 1151) ATX Motherboard $115 + $16
delivrey. It's hard to beat the price considering the features
It's seem there's still available at West Ryde.
Well,as most of the time depends on budget, AMD is better value with more cores than Intel and that helps if you do a lot of Premiere / Ae and/or look for fast turnaround if you do this for a living :) Otherwise, the i7 will be just as good and for Lr, Ps, Ae actually better given its faster speed per core.
Mind you the Intel option may not give you much room to upgrade in the next few years - especially if you choose an 8th Gen (Intel currently on 9th gen with several iterations)
AMD has better CPU inter-generation support, ie same motherboard will likely support future CPU generations compared to Intel - at least this has been the trend during recent years, things might change
If you do 4K editing and your budget can take it, then a RTX 2070 is great, otherwise scale back to a 2060 or GTX1660 - put the savings towards a better CPU Intel i9 or even AMD Threadripper - again balance your budget vs requirements.
i9 or i7 9th Gen + 2060 is better than i7 8th Gen + 2070 for your needs.
Going back to your original question about motherboards, if you actually do more video than photo, than get a better motherboard - read mid-high range that will better support the heavy lifting the CPU will do - it's not going to cost you really that much more than an entry / cheaper mobo.
Video editing will work out all your CPU cores, which needs a motherboard with good VRM (found on more premium boards) backed up by good CPU & case cooling so you don't throttle your CPU.
It will work with cheaper motherboards too, but do you really want to risk reaching your top CPU potential because you're cutting back a few $$ off your motherboard. Same thinking applies to power supplies, when it comes to overall system reliability and long(er) life cycle.
Think about your RAM as well, Lr and Ae are particularly RAM hungry - min 16GB and aim for 32GB if you are serious about it all.
Gaming, you'll be alright with any current CPU with more than 4 cores, it's mostly about the GPU and a 2060 will cover most of your needs probably, given you don't seem that interested in gaming anyway.
Thank you so much for your reply! There are currently top of the line gaming motherboards that i found. Should I invest more on that? If you were in my case, which motherboard will you choose?
Thank you once again your reply is really informative.
Regards,
J
Aorus z390 Pro or z370 Asus Prime is okay. Asrock Z370 are amazing but avoid them on the Z390 series. As he said above, Ryzen could be a good choice esp price range though.
The H370 recommended above is actually a good choice - you may have to check it has a BIOS version that enables support for Intel's 9th gen
But, if you consider a 9th gen anyway, there may be some reason to go with a Z390 - no cheaper chipsets for now unfortunately.
Even though you are not overclocking, these are designed to support and enable the 9th gen CPU reach their full potential compared to previous chipsets like the H370/Z370.
Like with every other chipset, there are some poor quality designs that do not really justify their price compared to similarly priced options that go beyond the RGB and other marketing gimmicks ( although most of them stil have RGBs - not much to do here really :) and actually include proper quality power delivery designs to bring the best in the the new Intel CPUs
A "budget" option you can consider is the Gigabyte Z390 UD, actually most Gigabyte are solid units, some ASRock and MSI are also worthy options, careful with other models including some from ASUS that do not really justify the price premium.
Check for reviews, in particular the VRM/power delivery design section
You'll find that a significant number of the good boards are actually labelled Gaming, but that doesn't mean they are not great for other types of usage, like in your case.
You may save money with cheaper models, they'll work as well, but definitely try as much as possible to avoid the premium priced cards that do not deliver the value.
Consider your budget after all and the fact that the CPU, GPU, RAM choices will have a bigger impact on performance compared to your motherboard - but see if you can find that extra $100 or so to make the whole system a true best performer.
What games and apps for your content creation work?
Do you already have a CPU in mind, normally you'd start configuring with the CPU.