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welcome back! I'm a donkey~ Last year we published a tutorial on the assembly of the 13th generation Intel Core desktop computer . Today this video is to update you on the 2024 computer assembly. It will mainly focus on the following questions. The first question A year has passed. What new things will I pay more attention to when purchasing high-end components in 2024 ? The second question for this episode is thanks to Intel for inviting and assisting in lending Intel Core i9 processor 14900K, Intel Core i7 processor 14700K and Intel Core i5 processor 14600K three new 14th generation processors compared to last year's processors, how much difference is there in actual creation-related applications? The last question is that PCIe 5.0 SSDs are about to appear in large numbers. What is the difference between 12000MB/s high-speed SSDs and PCIe 4.0 How much difference does a 7000MB/s SSD have in audio and video output? How much difference does 32GB / 48GB / 96GB have in output speed for large editing projects? Just the above questions alone have already overwhelmed the amount of information in this episode. It’s full of stuff . How to choose computer components in 2024! Let ’s take a look together. As
usual , we’ll look at the menu first . However, since the 14th generation basically uses the Z790, I will only talk about the key motherboard part . This time we chose Gigabyte’s high-end board Z790 AORUS MASTER X as Gigabyte’s. It is a high-end board. The details of the whole board are also very sufficient. The power supply and heat dissipation are also sufficient. But since this episode is not a component review, I will not go into it in detail. Let’s just focus on the key points. This Z790 AORUS MASTER X also has metal on the back. You will feel more at ease when disassembling and installing the backplane . The second important point is that you should see a sea view building in the middle of the motherboard. PCIe 5.0. If you do not add any heat dissipation strips, it will only take a few minutes under full speed transmission. It will soon exceed 80 degrees , so if you want to buy Gen 5, you must remember to pay attention to heat dissipation. Like the Gigabyte one, which has a building directly built with the SSD, you definitely can't do nothing. Finally, the Gigabyte board has an x16 graphics card slot. They all have structurally reinforced designs. The CPU part today is the 14th generation Intel Core i5 i7 i9 processor. We will test it and then take out the 13th generation Intel Core i9 to compare. This time we use the new radiator from Gigabyte. The second-generation WATERFORCE 360 ICE fans adopt a snap-on design that can be quickly installed and detached, so there is no need to use independent wiring cards one by one to connect the fans in series. Finally, you only need to plug a fan cable into the motherboard. For the graphics card, we have prepared an RTX 4090 this time. However, the 40 series cards are actually the major card manufacturers. Just buy whatever you like. Remember to buy a good power supply for the high-end card. Basically, the memory part is OK. We have also prepared it here. The three sets of DDR5 memories include a 16x2 set of 32GB in total and 5200MHz, a 24x2 set of 48GB in total and 6000MHz , and a 48x2 set of 96GB in total and 6400MHz frequency. We have previously measured that the difference in output is very, very small, but the output software The error is still relatively large , so you may want to ask what the difference is between 32GB, 48GB and 96GB in this episode ! Why not choose 32x2 for a total of 64GB? The reason is actually very simple. It won’t take long for 24x2 products to begin to slowly become popular. The same goes for 48x2. I think the mainstream choice of everyone on the creative side will transition to 24x2 and 48x2 in the future. The reason is that if creators in the past Basically, the only choice for pursuing large-capacity memory is 32x4, which is composed of 128GB . But who knows, basically the stability of four banks is really not very good, and it affects too many items . For example, we have bought 32x4 ourselves, and they are already a set of four. Friends who have bought memory know that the price of a set of four is very high. Most of them have to be ordered separately. The key point is that it is really not cheap. At that time, the price when we bought four of them was at least 1.5 times more expensive than buying two of two separately. But for the sake of compatibility , I bought it and finally matched it with a top plate. What was the result? So as soon as the 48x2 memory came out, we immediately replaced it with the 48x2. Since that day, it can be said that the life of a good person has been safe. The problem of the film getting stuck halfway through the editing is really rare, so basically four verifications have been made. If you want stable operation, you already need special selection. If you still want to enable XMP overclocking, it is really a matter of luck. So friends who are creators, my own experience is that if you want a large capacity, instead of 16x4, I sincerely recommend that you consider 24x2 or 48x2. In the product storage part , we have also prepared Gigabyte's PCIe 5.0 12000 SSD and Samsung's 990 Pro SSD today to mainly show you the differences in creative needs between 4.0 and 5.0. But for the sake of fairness, we
will disassemble the SSD Gen 4 and Gen 4. Gen 5 all use the radiator on the motherboard for power supply . What I want to test today is the Intel Core 14th generation i9 processor + RTX 4090. This is a monster combination, so I borrowed the Gigabyte 1300W PCI-E GEN 5 and then the ATX 3.0 Power Okay, seeing this menu, it is definitely another luxury host. So let’s continue to look at the actual effect. Then we will directly test which CPU is more worthy of choice for this year’s editing purposes . Briefly, let’s take a look at the key specifications of this year’s Intel Core. The number of cores of the i5 processor 14600K is basically the same as that of the 13th generation. There are a total of 6 P-core + 8 E-core. The base clocks are also the same. The main difference is that the acceleration clock is higher, and the P-core base clock is 3.5GHz. After acceleration, it can reach 5.3GHz. The previous generation was 5.1GHz , and the Intel Core i7 processor 14700K is the CPU with the largest increase in the number of cores. From last year’s Intel Core i7-13700K, the already luxurious 8P + 8E design has once again added 4 E- core , so there are a total of 8 P-cores plus 12 E-cores, a total of 28 threads , and the acceleration clock has also been increased to 5.5GHz. Last year, it was 5.3GHz. The maximum clock speed was 5.6GHz. Last year, it was 5.4GHz . The Intel Core i9 processor has a core count of 14900K. It also uses 8 P-cores plus 16 E-core Turbo clocks from 5.4GHz to 5.6GHz. The maximum clock speed has also been increased from 5.8GHz to 6GHz , and the L2 cache of this generation of Intel Core i7 has also been increased a bit. The other two have remained the same. Let’s directly test the performance of these CPUs in editing. First, we See the CrossMark score of the test software that simulates the real environment. There are three items including productivity, creativity and reaction. Finally, a total score is obtained. From the results, we can see that the Intel Core i5 has improved by about 6.1% compared to the previous generation. The Intel Core i7 has improved by about 6.1% . 2.7% Intel Core i9 increased by 2.4%. It can be seen that this year is indeed biased toward regular upgrades. However, because CrossMark mainly simulates real-life usage scenarios , it is actually impossible to clearly see the actual peak performance of the processor, so we still move on to the test of real-world scenarios . For the actual editing part, we first tested Pugetbench's Premiere Pro test , which is to measure the output and overall experience performance of Premiere Pro. After our actual test , this year's three processors scored 920 , 1052 and 1064 points respectively in the Standard test . Compared with Intel Core i7 The performance of Intel Core i9 and Intel Core i7 is about 14.3% higher than that of Intel Core i5. The performance of Intel Core i9 and Intel Core i7 is almost the same, about 1.1%. However, the Pugetbench test is more biased towards the performance required for general editing requirements and does not include loading of heavier animation materials , so Intel The peak performance of Core i9 cannot be seen in this test , but in other words, for general editing needs, this generation of Intel Core i7 is already very sufficient . And if you see Davinci Reslove's CPU performance in Da Vinci The absolute performance difference is more sensitive. The difference is more obvious. Intel Core i7 is about 7.7% higher than Intel Core i5. Intel Core i9 is 7.3% better than Intel Core i7 . So if your main editing software is Davinci Reslove. There will be a more obvious difference if you hit the top Intel Core i9. However, you may not feel it when looking at the numbers. We directly run the output test for the most accurate first. The first is the low-load PR 10-minute 4K original film + simple color grading output test. The design of this test is General creators who are designing YouTube 4K videos without many special effects can refer to this set of tests . In actual combat performance, the output time of Intel Core i5 is 2 minutes and 54 seconds, Intel Core i7 reaches 2 minutes and 22 seconds, and Intel Core i9 is 2 minutes. 10 seconds means that Intel Core i7 can save 18.4% of the actual output time compared to Intel Core i5 , and Intel Core i9 can save 8.5% compared to Intel Core i7. If the output time of a large project is two hours, Intel Core The i7 can save about 23 minutes, and the Intel Core i9 can even save a full half an hour. Overall, judging from the editing requirements, the overall performance of the 14th generation is actually in line with the performance I preset before testing. This generation of Intel Core i5 processors 14600K is actually very, very sufficient for general 4K editing needs. I personally think that the more balanced choice for this generation is Intel Core i7. The output performance of PR is about 7% better than the previous generation Intel Core i7. % will be the most improved CPU of this generation , and it is about 15% stronger than Intel Core i5. In actual combat, it saves 18.4% of the output time compared to Intel Core i5. This difference in output time is still very satisfying. It’s really nice to go to bed half an hour earlier after outputting a big project ! But if your budget is limited or you already have friends who have the 13th generation, it is basically OK to continue using it, so I will focus on my new purchase suggestions. I personally would recommend this generation no matter what, at least you can go straight to Intel Core. The reason for the i7 processor 14700K is that it can advance, attack, retreat or defend. In the future, 4K 60FPS audio and video will gradually become mainstream. In addition, this year, various editing software has also begun to sprout AI-related applications. Although Intel Core i5 is sufficient , Intel Core i7's With 8 P-cores, the improvement in output efficiency is completely noticeable, and there will be more room for future performance . The acceleration clock of this year’s Intel Core i7 processor 14700K is already higher than last year’s Intel Core i9-13900K. It is higher. In terms of output scenarios, the impact of E-core is limited , so under the same configuration of 8 P-cores, the clock speed is higher. It is also clear from the results that the output speed of this year's Intel Core 14th generation i7 has been slightly slower. Overtaking the 13th generation Intel Core i9. In our actual output test, the 14th generation Intel Core i7's result was 2 minutes and 22 seconds, while the 13th generation Intel Core i9's time was slightly overtaken by 2 minutes and 24 seconds . This performance is also better than this year's Intel Core 14th. Generation i5 saves 18.46% of the output time, which is quite good overall. After looking at the basic performance of the CPU, let’s solve two questions. First, what is the difference in output speed between PCIe 4.0 SSD and PCIe 5.0 SSD ? Second, 16x2 / 24x2 / 48x2 , that is, 32 / 48 / 96GB memory size, how much difference does it have in the output results ? Let’s first test the first group of PCIe Gen 4 players we chose here, which is the 990 that often appears on everyone’s menu. The Pro's maximum read and write speeds are 7450 and 6900MB/s respectively. It is also the high-end darling after the 980 Pro. The PCIe Gen 5 player is Gigabyte's new Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD. Its maximum read and write speeds are 11700 and 9500MB/s respectively. So let's get into it. Output actual measurement First let’s look at the results of Gen 4. The result is 833 points for Gen 5, which is 851 points. In theory, there is a 2.1% improvement. In actual combat, the difference is more obvious. Gen 4’s score is 2 minutes and 35 seconds, and Gen 5’s is 2 minutes and 26 seconds. It saves about 5.9% of the output time and 6%. It feels like the difference in output time between Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i9 in Da Vinci . So if you have the budget, Gen 5 is indeed an investment project . After reading the SSD Let’s take a look at the difference in capacity. First, let’s test the relatively low 10-minute 4K output test of Loading. On the memory, we directly measured the three combinations . The final output time is almost the same. This is very reasonable because the output of 10 minutes is really The upper limit of 32GB cannot be reached , but the difference will be larger during the editing process. So for 4K projects, I still recommend that you have at least 48-64GB. 32GB is probably just enough. In the Pr Extended test, the results are roughly the same. 96GB will probably have an advantage of 1.5% . But if your project is really big. For example, we recently had a 46-minute documentary-level review film, and the difference is obvious. The output time of 32GB is 54 minutes and 11 seconds, while the output time of 48GB has already begun to make a difference. It only takes 51 minutes and 46 seconds, which translates to a saving of 4.5%. The output time of 96GB is very obvious in such a large project. It only takes 43 minutes and 36 seconds to complete the output of 96GB. Compared with 32GB, it saves 20% of the output time. In other words, this improvement has been upgraded with Intel Core i5. It’s almost up to Intel Core i9. If you want to fully utilize the full performance of Intel Core i7 or even Intel Core i9, then large-capacity memory is definitely a cost-effective investment. The above is about the editing needs that creators mainly consider when purchasing components. The question you want to ask has been tested! And if you have bought the parts after watching this episode and are ready to assemble it, we have also produced a very detailed episode of computer assembly instructions and precautions. Go watch it now! Okay, let me help you summarize. For creators, Intel’s current acceleration support for various creative software is relatively wide. For creators, choosing Intel CPU still has bonus advantages in creative software , so every year when new CPUs are released, I I think there are probably only two real questions for everyone: first , should I upgrade ? Second, which one should I buy? In summary, if you are a friend using the 10th to 12th generation, especially those before the 11th generation, please close your eyes and go straight to the Intel Core 14th generation i7 processor. Friends who are heavy loading can go straight to the Intel Core i9 processor , but be careful. For heat dissipation , if you are already using the 13th generation Intel Core i5-13600K or above, I personally think you can continue to use the previous generation without any problems. For new friends, my recommendation is the same as before the 12th generation. At least go to Intel Core i7 if you have the budget, and then go to Intel Core i9 , especially Most creative software has the function of GPU acceleration. The impact of GPU is actually not low . However, in terms of memory selection, the frequency and capacity of creation requirements are actually not high for small projects. At least 32GB is sufficient. However
, if you are For 4K projects , you can never have too much primary memory. I suggest you go for 48GB, 64GB or 96GB. Choose and create. Personally, I don’t recommend plugging in four. There is a compatibility issue and it’s still a bit of luck. If you really want to plug in four XMP, please overclock. Don't challenge it. In the end , Gen 4 and Gen 5 did have about 5% speed improvement. My suggestion is that if you have the budget and it is mainly for large projects, the main hard drive can indeed be upgraded. In actual combat, there is indeed a difference in Gen 5 , but it is certain. Be sure to pay attention to heat dissipation. Of course, if it is sufficient, Gen 4, which has dropped in price now, is a better choice. The
above are all the highlights of this episode. If you have any questions, installation suggestions, purchasing suggestions , please feel free to leave a message below to discuss. La!
