CPU advice and spec for new build

Pop Rovet · 23 Jan 2014 at 22:08

Hi,

I am planning on building a new PC soon and would like some advice on the CPU to choose.

Initially I thought to go for an i7 Haswell but after searching the forum I am wondering if this maybe overkill!

I would like to build a Win7 or 8 machine for general office use and I would like

Fast boot time
Office and Photoshop use and limited video editing and CAD
twin monitor support (three would be great but not essential)

I have two machines at present an AMD Athlon 64 X" 4400+ running XP (which is really slow booting and opening programs) , The other a Core 2 Quad 8400 running Win 7 seems to be reasonably fast , which makes me wonder what benefit an i7 would make

Thanks in advance

Ian

Doomedspeed · 23 Jan 2014 at 22:42

Hi

What's your budget for this build?

P4Clock · 23 Jan 2014 at 22:42

for general office use.... intel dual core or amd dual core

Fast boot time... SSD

Office and Photoshop use and limited video editing and CAD... AMD 6 core or i5

twin monitor support (three would be great but not essential) Any AMD GFX card will do 3 monitors, or even an amd apu system

I am not an i7 fan unless your doing heavy rendering, i5 or amd 6/8core are fine

RJC · 23 Jan 2014 at 22:47

Use onboard GPU, upto 3 displays:

Also went with 16gb of ram, motherboard comes with free cooler for the cpu:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
2 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99 (£111.98)
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £667.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Pop Rovet · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:49

Thanks guys,

Sorry forgot budget, but I was thinking in the £650 - £750 range

Will the MSI motherboard onboard graphics support three monitors with the old type connector (I think it is the blue vga type)?

I have a new Corsair Reactor 60gb SSD . Could I use this or would it be to small for the boot drive ?

Thanks