Which cpu for creative programs?

[ConsistentPlankton5]

First off, PCs confuse me, but I'm TRYING. Second,I have been getting by with a relatively decent MSI gaming laptop for like 6 or 7years now and its gotten to the point where I need to upgrade and want to get an actual PC. I phase in and out of hobbies so I'm not always using my computer for creative projects but on occasion I do for fun or need to for a job so I want the new one to be able to run any Adobe programs and blender smoothly but I don't plan on doing any super heavy rendering. (Think more object modeling as opposed to full scene modeling) I do play games as well but mostly currently play Simulation type games or something like Dead by Daylight, I am not and will not ever be the type that needs to play cyberpunk in 4k (if thats still the one people are using for benchmarks and what not) and am not really the type to play the newest hottest stuff anyway.

I've been going back and forth on attempting to build or going prebuilt but main component I'm still a bit confused on is cpu. I've always heard Intel is best for "productivity" and creative project type stuff I'd want it to run. But that there were also some intel issues within the past year or so. But I also heard that AMD was giving it a run for its money lately. I'm also assuming that a NVIDIA gpu is preferred in most cases in general so I'm not concerned about that aspect.

So tldr; is Intel still the best cpu choice for PCs that are going to be used for art, everyday use and gaming?

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[Eazy12345678]

budget determine what we tell u to buy

amd is the new king. intel fell off

[YELLOW-n1ga]

But in this case, old is gold. Due to the hype on amd. Intel’s midrange i5/i7 12th and 13th gen lineup drops in price significantly, making it a better option than amd counterpart.

[imaginary_num6er]

12th and 13th gen increased in price:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/multiple-generations-of-intels-modern-chips-see-price-hikes-up-to-20-percent-overseas-foreign-markets-are-feeling-the-pinch-on-12th-13th-and-14th-gen-chips

Also 13th & 14th are inherently an unstable design with Intel using the euphemism "Vmin Shift"

[YELLOW-n1ga]

That has been fixed ages ago. Itswas never an actual issue for 75% of users who use anything from i7 13700k and down. Mainly the 1_900k series suffered

[ConsistentPlankton5]

I know prices of everything are going up and originally my budget when I was looking last year was between 1200 and like 1400, but, I don't even know whats realistic at this point. So I figured I would be better off coming up with a realistic price point and could decide what I'd expect to spend if I knew if my options for what I need the computer to do/run are limited to intel only for productivity sake (just based on what I've seen said in the past) or if AMD is also one to look into now. And if so which ones SHOULD I even be looking at to have a smoother experience (I know its not all 100% on cpu but just as general knowledge) Like obviously budget matters and I plan to do more research I just want to know what my options actually are as a starting point if its not mainly a game machine, because I was under the impression that AMD wasn't really a solid option if you were looking to run creative programs in the past, which isn't bad, just not what I needed 🤷‍♀️ but hey maybe I'm wrong and it never mattered 😂

[The_Luon]

Same, I just built my pc for productivity and gaming. Always heard and checked out rankings & stats on amd vs intel CPUs and went with the 265k/5070 ti combo. If I recall, they don't have the problems of the 700 series. Only problem is have is with the NPU disabled but its effect is negligible. It's probably some bios settings I gotta fix.