13900k or 4080

now that we are in the nitty gritty, I looked around for some benchmarks.

Photoshop, Lightroom and Adobe Premiere Pro / Davinci Resolve

looks like adobe doesn't utilize the gpu too much

• photoshop no difference with better gpu https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/photo-editing-workstations/adobe-photoshop/hardware-recommendations/#gpu

• lightroom no difference with better gpu https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/photo-editing-workstations/adobe-lightroom-classic/hardware-recommendations/#gpu

• premerie pro *almost * no difference with better gpu https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/video-editing-workstations/adobe-premiere-pro/hardware-recommendations/#gpu

while davinci resolve does

• davinci resolve heavily leverages the video card https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/video-editing-workstations/davinci-resolve/hardware-recommendations/#gpu

the difference between 13900k and 13700k in photoshop and light room seems negligible to me while there is a difference in premiere pro ~ 8% slower

• https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/13th-Gen-Intel-Core-Processors-Content-Creation-Review-2369/#Photography_Adobe_Photoshop
• https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/13th-Gen-Intel-Core-Processors-Content-Creation-Review-2369/#Photography_Adobe_Lightroom_Classic
• https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/13th-Gen-Intel-Core-Processors-Content-Creation-Review-2369/#Video_Editing_Adobe_Premiere_Pro ~ 8% slower

davinci resolve 4080 vs 4070TI ~6% slower

• 4080 2478 https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-16gb-content-creation-review/#Video_Editing_DaVinci_Resolve_Studio
• 4070ti 2333 https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/nvidia-rtx-4070-and-4060-ti-8gb-content-creation-review/#Video_Editing_DaVinci_Resolve_Studio ~6% slower

difference calculation

https://i.imgur.com/FPevTZ2.png

I'm no expert on your software, that's you :) And I think it shows because steel-manning an argument for a 4080 seems really hard now with the cold numbers in front of us. It is ultimately up to you and your workloads. In the past, where you more plagued by davinci resolve being slow or adobe? Are you willing to spend 33% more money(358€) on a GPU for 6% performance? (I wouldn't) Would you spend 29% more money(150€) on 8% performance in 1 of the 3 applications? (again I wouldn't)

Wi-Fi, 2.5gig for NAS

The motherboard I suggested has 2.5gig networking and Wi-Fi, in the original reply I wrote that I slashed that, but I checked again and the motherboard has it. You got a full size ATX motherboard, in theory you can add PCIE expansion cards for these purposes when you get to it. For more USB or additional 2.5 gig networking or wi-fi. From my experience especially wi-fi cards seem superior to the onboard wi-fi solutions from most motherboards.

example add-in cards

• https://www.amazon.com/Gigabit-Ethernet-Express-Controller-Converter/dp/B07RF4SZ8R (2.5 gig)
• https://www.amazon.com/3000Mbps-Wireless-Generation-802-11ac-ax210ngw/dp/B08VWRW7X7/ (wifi 6)
• https://www.amazon.com/YEELIYA-PCI-7-Port-USB-C-USB/dp/B08PF8XR73/ (5x USB-A 2x USB-C)

And once you are sure what you want "under the hood" of the computer, it's coming back to, how do you want it to look. Do you want to flex your shiny RGB computer, or is it under the desk stored safe anyways. Do you want a 2nd monitor or other peripherals, maybe Audio equipment