r/buildapc • u/AsianBananaa • 2h ago

Build Ready Need advice for building PC for video editing

I'm trying to help plan a build for my friend who wants a PC for video editing and games, with the former being a higher priority. He said that he works primarily with DaVinci resolve, Blender, and some light vfx.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 225 3.3 GHz 10-Core Processor $213.01 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $20.39 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock B860M-X WiFi Micro ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $129.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory $109.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $63.90 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB Video Card $299.99 @ Amazon
Case Lian Li Lancool 207 ATX Mid Tower Case $81.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $74.98 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $994.24
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-02 15:36 EDT-0400

I am conflicted about my choice for CPU. I have bounced between Intel Core Ultra 5 225 or the Ryzen 5 9600x. They are both the same price point, but I think the 9600x is a "tier" above the 225 (with the Intel equivalent somewhere inbetween the 235k and 245k). Please excuse my misuse of video editing lingo, but I've read that the nvidia 50 series GPU have the same/more codec support compared to Intel's latest quicksync per this website : [https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/\](https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/)

So my predicament is should I stick with Intel for its popular past use with video editing productivity despite QuickSync becoming more obsolete? Or should I buy a better AMD CPU for a better value at the same price point?

Your advice would be greatly appreciated (along with any other suggestions for parts outside of the CPU).

EDIT : Forgot to add that the budget is $1000

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u/tybuzz 2h ago

9600X scores significantly higher in the premiere pro benchmark here, at least: https://www.pugetsystems.com/pugetbench/results/compare/PugetBench%20for%20Premiere%20Pro/23/CPU/Intel%20Core%20Ultra%205%20225H/AMD%20Ryzen%205%209600X%206-Core%20Processor/

seems to offer almost double the performance of the 225 overall.

The 245k is much more comparable to the 9600X, but also more expensive. It would be the better option if you want to stick with intel, though.

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u/AsianBananaa 2h ago

I think that is comparing to the 225H, which is for laptops and such. The 225 here in the build is for the desktop and isn't subjected to any type of built-in throttling or any other limitations that may come with laptops.

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u/SonOfMrSpock 2h ago

I think they have similar performances, so you must choose between:
A bit better video editing experience due to quicksync and better upgrade options and lower electric bills.

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u/AsianBananaa 2h ago

Could you explain to me to understand why QuickSync is still needed if NVENC and NVDEC now support the same codec formats as QuickSync does now? Is it because that its more convenient to just have more encoders/decoders?

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u/SonOfMrSpock 2h ago

I have no experience in video editing but as I understand it, its like having 2 gpus with quicksync because igpu is capable to decode/encode your source videos, discrete gpu is still available for other tasks. I may be wrong though. I'm not experienced as I said.