Need advice. i5-13600k (new) v. I9-9900k (old) builds

[vvolfson]

Hello, all.

 

I could use some advice and feedback on my next build with the goal of running it for the next 5+ years with little maintenance and reasonable power consumption.

 

Beyond local shares I plan to use it to run a bunch of useful containers including Jellyfin, Nextcloud, some Home Automation and Photosync and may dabble in VMs as there is a lot of horsepower here.  Some 4K transcoding too.

 

Here are my 2 options:

Option 1:

Used build off Kijiji ($800 CAN) cash

see photo

 

i9 9900k CPU - Corsair Water Cooling

MSI RTX 2080 ti Duke GPU

16 gb Corsair DDR4 Ram

Corsair RMX Series 750x, 80+ Gold PSU

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi Motherboard

CM Storm Trooper - Gaming Full Tower Computer Case with Handle 

 

pros: fast / lots of cores / decent GPU / lots of drive bays / iGPU and dGPU / 6 SATA ports and 2 NVME

cons: ~3yrs old / likely power hungry / liquid cooling (scares me) / needs more RAM / bulky tower / much older chipset 

 

Option 2:  buy mostly new (~1200)

 

i5-13600k

DeepCool AK620 air cooler

ASRock Z790 PRO RS, Intel 13th & 12th Gen, DDR5 6800+   
G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5

Corsair RM750x PSU 

Fractal Define R6 (used)

 

Pros: new parts / has P and E cores / decent iGPU / lower power consumption / 8 SATA ports and 4 NVME /lots of 3.5” expansion trays 

 

Cons: cost / will require time to source  and build 

 

The HDD disks I already own, but intend to invest into SSDs to speed everything up

 

That’s all I can think of.   My goal here is longevity and stability and a $400 difference won’t make or break either way.

 

Would really appreciate this community's thoughts based on your experiences.

 

 

Edited July 28, 2023 by vvolfson

[Vr2Io]

Not really know how 9900k build use lot of power or 13600k can save how much for same task / work load.

 

My 9700k build only use 30w ( no heavy job duty )

 

2x 3.5 6TB

1x 2.5 1TB SSD

2x NVMe 2TB and 1TB

64G memory

10G NIC

SFX PSU

Coolermaster NR200P ( smaller then matx )

 

Edited July 28, 2023 by Vr2Io

[vvolfson]

1 hour ago, Vr2Io said:

Not really know how 9900k build use lot of power or 13600k can save how much for same task / work load.

 

My 9700k build only use 30w ( no heavy job duty )

 

2x 3.5 6TB

1x 2.5 1TB SSD

2x NVMe 2TB and 1TB

64G memory

10G NIC

SFX PSU

Coolermaster NR200P ( smaller then matx )

 

My thinking was more towards the additional power for the the liquid cooler and the 2080 ti.  Though at idle, it may not be all that much. Tx. 

[Lolight]

5 hours ago, vvolfson said:

My thinking was more towards the additional power for the the liquid cooler and the 2080 ti.  Though at idle, it may not be all that much. Tx. 

I'd assume @Vr2Io hasn't noticed the 2080 ti and was just comparing processors.

And yeah, steer away from liquid coolers in a NAS environment.

 

IMO, option 2 is the way - no contest.

[vvolfson]

11 hours ago, Lolight said:

I'd assume @Vr2Io hasn't noticed the 2080 ti and was just comparing processors.

And yeah, steer away from liquid coolers in a NAS environment.

 

IMO, option 2 is the way - no contest.

Noted.  Also buying used could be a can of worms.  Going with Option 2 for sure!

[Zonediver]

On 7/28/2023 at 6:24 PM, vvolfson said:

Option 2:  buy mostly new (~1200)

 

THIS! 👍

[etnicor]

If you are going to use it for virtualization I would skip e-cores and go for i5-12500.

I would skip K processor and DDR5.

 

Have a look at Gigabyte MW34-SP0 motherboard, let's you use ECC with Intel core cpu.

 

*If you are building some sort of gaming PC ignore my comments.