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i5 3470 good enough for basic editing and gaming?

Todd Greene

Todd Greene

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I am looking to build a pc for my girlfriend and can get a cheap i5 3rd gen system. I wondered if that cpu would be a good start with the option of upping to a i7 3770 later?
But for now would be sticking with that cpu for now anyway.
Types of games are ones like fallout 4 and monster hunter world (trying to get her into the game), so farley demanding games.
 
I think it should be adequate. Before my previous motherboard died I was using a 3570K (so similar), and that was fine for gaming and adequate for editing, though this will depend on the settings used/expectations, etc.
 
I also use PP, and I usually record with OBS. My CPU is a 6600K so not that much faster at all (still 4 cores/4 threads).

I've found that if recording with CBR then the editor handles it quite well, but cranking up the quality to CQP results is a very choppy experience in Premiere Pro, which is understandable due to the lack of cores/threads.

I would also recommend 16gb of ram for it too, though it will work 'ok' on 8.
 
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I've had a 3470s in my main gaming system for a year or so. I've never been CPU limited and it's never gone over 60 degrees with a passive cooler. That's with Radeon HD7870 then a GTX 970. Depends what games you play - I think the most recent games I played were Shadow of Mordor and Witcher 2, so not the newest. A standard 3470 should do alright.
 
Some games will be A1, others less so. Something like Fallout 4 or Battlefield online for example would have hard dips pretty regularly.

Most single player games will still be fine for 60fps with a decent GPU.

Plus can always upgrade to 3770 later for pretty small money which is still a great gaming CPU.

An i7-2600 based machine would probably be better as the extra threads make a big difference in CPU heavy games and could still upgrade to 3770 later (as long as board supports refresh 1155 cpus)
 
what if it dosnt support the 1155's what would the alternative best cpu to put in it be?
also kool, is that for fallout 4 high? or will it see random drops o matter what due to thread count?
 
Todd Greene said:
what if it dosnt support the 1155's what would the alternative best cpu to put in it be?
also kool, is that for fallout 4 high? or will it see random drops o matter what due to thread count?
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i7 2600 and 2700 are the top Sandy Bridge CPUs. Not sure where the Xeons would land in that setup. The 2700 is just a 2600 without integrated graphics so you'd need a GPU.
 
Todd Greene said:
i am unsure at this moment. i will let know when i find the exact motherboard model. but it is either 1155 or before the refresh
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If it fits a 3470 then it's 1155, it's a question of which chipset and so whether it supports Ivy Bridge. A few chipsets didn't get updates after the refresh - Q67 springs to mind. There are lots of HP/Lenovo/Dell boards with that chipset around :)
 
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