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CPU for Graphic design Budget

Big McCann

Big McCann

Big McCann

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Hi everyone

So i have been looking and i want a powerful cpu that will fit a mini itx motherboard.

But i am on a budget to get a decent motherboard along with a decent cpu.

Il be heavy on graphic design for this pc and also gaming.

Woulfd i be safer with a AMD for better bang for buck or would i be stupid? Should i wait and see about a intel cpu

Intel do some nice i5 and i7 but i would love to keep it under £200 if possible.

But aby advice in pointing me in the right direction would be great

Ryan
 
If you want to have a ITX motherboard Intel is the way to go as sadly AMD has no ITX AM3+ boards. With a £200 budget your best grabbing a i5 4690K or stretching a little further for a i7 locked (non overclockable) model.
 
£200 for what? the whole thing? CPU?

For your budget you want a Xeon E3 1230 V3. It's basically a 4790 but comes with no onboard GPU so uses even less power. They're right about £190 and you won't find a more suitable chip for the money IMO.
 
plan was to keep the budget for a cpu and motherboard both together at around 200 but to be honest it may not be the best way to go in the long perhaps. So i was thinking of getting a i5/i7 with a 1150 socket to fit this MB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-269-MS

and this cpu perhaps? Or would it be overkill? Il be heavy on the graphic design with illustrator and photoshop etc. but then il also be trying to all of my games in ultra settings graphics wise... is that the correct term? Im quite new to it all lol but i want to buy now and be a bit future proof too. If that all makes sense
 
You're not getting an I7 for £200 all in. In fact, you'd struggle to get one of the lower end I5s tbh.

In fact, all of the things you say you want (like ultra settings in games etc) are all a complete pipe dream with that sort of a budget.

You can rule out overlocking, because the I5 4690k costs £165 and you ain't gonna find a board for £35. I really don't know what to suggest to be fair...
 
Hang on wait. You just showed me a £179 CPU and £110 motherboard.

For £10 more you can get a Xeon E3 1230 V3. Make sure it's the V3 dude, it's the socket 1150 one. Then the board you picked would be fine.

The Xeon is 4 core 8 thread, so supports Hyperthreading. I feel you would need that for graphical programs. Photoshop isn't so fussy but IIRC Illustrator is a bit heavier on a CPU.

Personally I would hunt down a Xeon E3 1230 V3 and get one of these to go with it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-128-AK

Reason being Asrock always fully support Xeons properly. Then put your 970 in and you'd be away.
 
I just threw the suggestion out there because i thought i would get a AMD CPU and motherboard for around 200. BUT scrap that budget for its not gonna work as you say.

Here is my whole build by the way. Its quite hefty moneywise but i have some of the parts so im getting there

Corsair hydro cpu cooler h60

Corsair 600w PSU

1tb seagate HDD

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)

MSI Z97I Gaming AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard

Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit

And the above suggested i5 cpu. Is there anything with build that seems incompatible or overkill even? hope im making sense and not being a complete whack job.

Sorrys about the budget suggestion. No point i suppose scrimping on the most vital parts of a pc. Like buying a car without the proper wheels i suppose


 
You can't get an AMD cpu and board for £200 because nobody makes AMD AM3+ ITX boards dude. They simply don't exist, due to the power phases needed to fire a FX 8. 80% of the board would need to be power phases.

Corsair H60 is absolutely useless for a FX 8 also, so you would need to replace that...

PSU sounds good. ETC.

/tries to explain one more time....

Intel make two classes of processors. Home/regular user and workstation/server/professional user.

They make two types of CPU. They make the Celeron/Pentium/*I* series (so I3 I5 I7) and then they make Xeons for the professional market.

The I5 has four cores. That's it.
The I7 has four cores and Hyperthreading so 4 extra virtual cores. They perform around 35% of a real actual core. So the I7 has 4 cores and 8 total threads.

For £10 more than the I5 you are looking at you can afford a Xeon E3 1230 V3. It's a Devil's Canyon Xeon (so the same as an I7) but is not unlocked. However, out of the box it will easily out perform the I5. You're not going to be doing much, if any, overlocking with a H60 any way.

So look dude, here's how it is. The Xeon E3 1230 V3 is basically this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-533-IN

But due to it not having the onboard graphics (and thus a smaller die so cheaper to make) it costs a whole chunk less.

Remember - Xeon E3 1230 V3. It's the best CPU for you at the right price.
 
Thanks man that makes sense.



Is this the xeon you were explaining to me? Also i have the H60 already bought, but would it still be suitable for use with the xeon?
 
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