Would use an intel processor wtih an i-GPU. Maybe an Intel Core i9 12900K 16 (8+8) 3.20GHz So.1700 WOF

And an RTX 3070TI or 3080TI with 12GB ram would be great, too.

Here are the results of one benchmark: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b3ggVifKsuT-cp2kQHjum_KnQ4-2jBmUIvzmu7BQZ34/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a second that is specific to 20. https://forms.gle/amLAS3WiDVo49uo49

You can see what I went with in my signature and how it performed in both benchmarks (13th gen Intel i5). I'd get a i7-13700K over an F processor.

A comparison I did when I was looking.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/system-upgrade-2023--137456/#ca862041

Both processors are cheaper, now.

@RogerS, the VP20 benchmarks do not include Render (FHD, UHD) so it's hard to tell where a computer ranks?

The VP 20 benchmark is sorted by render time, column P, shortest time is best. At the moment I have both the best and worst times : )

There is no FHD or UHD as the project is neither, and having fewer options results in more comparable data and a more useful benchmark. Options are streamlined from the previous benchmark to avoid user error and based on what I learned from it (95% of renders were AVC so why include HEVC, etc.)

@RogerS, thanks!

Thanks for all the good advices . I can see that an i7-13700K is a better choice than i7-13700F.

I tested the project file , VEGAS Pro Fanmade Ad. When selecting a MagixAVC template and then changed frame size to width: 2160 and height: 2700, the rendering time was 28 min on my old computer. This is far too much for me.

My new computer should be much faster than this, but I don't want to buy parts that are not that important. Will there be any bigger differences in rendering time if I choose 64mb RAM instead of 32mb RAM (DDR5- 5600)? The best choice for my Asus MB says 5600 without OC.

No.

@Lei-sko It might be because that motherboard is new, but the qvl seems a little light on qualified 4-dimm ram kits. Only Colorful-brand is listed. All the rest max out at 2-dimm kits with a warning not to combine 2 kits even if the specs are identical. That suggests only 2 dimms can be used with name brands even though there are 4 slots. The 2x 16gig latency specs (32gb) are substantially better than for 2x 32gig. Personally, I'd go with 64gb total on the theory NLE's like Vegas will improve their memory use in the future. But I would wait for 4-dimm 16gb kits to be qualified.