Hello, I’m planning on getting a new mid-high end PC in the near future. It’s been like 8 years since my last PC, and I’m planning on getting the 14600k, but I’m still unsure. So I need some advice.
I use my computer every single day at the very least 12 hours a day. My daily usage would be browsing, watching videos (Youtube & downloaded movies), daytrade, data entry (MS office), writing, Photoshop, and other various low workload activities.
I usually only play video games on the weekend, so I need to get a rig that’s mostly use for basic daily activities, but powerful enough for smooth gaming when I need it to.
The thing is, there’s a bit of z6xx boards scarcity, so the price is a bit skewed, and b/z7xx is really expensive on where I live. And I really need a mid-high end boards because I requires the ports and the storage slots, so I can’t really skimp out on this one. I was considering in getting a 7800x3d since apparently the cost difference of the 7800x3d + board is just slightly a bit more expensive than 14600k + motherboard, so I’m just thinking about the long run now since apparently amd has idle/low consumption issues.
What I wanted to know is that, what is the average power consumption for basic daily activities? The power bill on my country is quite high, so I want to try minimalize the monthly cost as possible. I heard that Intel is incredibly efficient during idles, but what about using it for workload like above? Does that still apply? Can anyone that uses this chip share their experience?
Also I’m aware that I’m posting this on Intel because I’ve always been using the blue chips, but I hope you people can keep the bias to minimum because I really could use the unbiased advice.
What resolution are you gaming at and what gpu do you plan to use with it. A gpu can flip the tide in power consumption when gpu acceleration tasks are used , such as accelerated web browsing, word etc. If you go with intel you have the benefit of using its strong igpu for outing display for many basic programs, while gpu only wakes up during heavy utilisation. Amd’s igpu isn’t integrated properly, also it doesn’t have any strong decoders or encoders.
13600k or 14600k , both are great if you have set the default settings in bios without any extra tuning from mob side. Set power limit to unlimited and run a undervolt for best results.
Set power settings to prefer performance and set power plan mode to balanced in windows 11( it has 2 power settings). This will net you with under 5watts idle power draw and under 10-15 using light tasks. When you game make the fps capped to your monitor resolution so that you dont waste extra power from gpu or cpu to run fps which is wasted outside monitor refresh rate.
If you go Amd then, the powerdraw window is really small to begin with. The 7700x is around 100-130watts but the 7800x3d is under 80watts on load. But with this you won’t be able to use acceleration for certain workloads and idle to basic power will be higher vs intel’s. Mid to load is where Amd wins. For persons with cpu bound work or pure gaming Amd is the best right now.