Thinking of getting a barebones

[Synyster66]

I am not really into building although I am told it is a lot cheaper and better anyway I have a i5 2500k but all the usb ports on the motherboard have died so I decided to get a PCIE usb card to see if that fixes it but I am also looking at a second PC and saw 2 Barebones on EBAY I dont really game and use the PC for Adobe CS6 mainly photoshop these are the 2.

1: AMD FX 8370E EIGHT CORE NO MEMORY NO HDD FULL BAREBONES 3.30GHz (4.30GHz Turbo)
Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3
2: INTEL i5 4690 4-CORE NO MEMORY NO HDD FULL BAREBONES 3.5GHz
Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Intel Socket 1150

I have a Corsair HX450W Modular I can change for the stock 500w that comes with either of these my question is which is the better choice 1 or 2, I see 1 scores a little higher in the cpu benchmarks but i also know pre-built are sometimes over priced each of the barebones are £250. I just want to know which is better for me and are the motherboards any good I can maybe pay a little extra for a different board.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[ginjaninja]

for anyone not on a budget..i think would choose intel as the safe choice...
the intel will be faster for any non multithreadedx8 workflows (video encoding springs to mind)...
in the longer term maybe 5 - 10 years time...the 8 cores might begin to shine in things like games...but thats along time to wait..and you dont game.
i think the intel draws less power so sticking with your psu becomes easier and possibly represents a significant energy saving over 10 years.
in the intel world at least all boards are the same (enough for cs6), asus dominates the market as the safe premium choice...but on a budget any board with the right socket and connectivity/io/warranty is fine...go for the cheapest if on a budget.

 

[ALXAndy]

I would just get a replacement motherboard. There's really no need replacing the 2500k IMO.

 

[Synyster66]

Thanks I thought about replacing the motherboard with a better one but thought I was upgrading but after a lot of research it seems the i5 2500k is still liked.

 

[ALXAndy]

Thanks I thought about replacing the motherboard with a better one but thought I was upgrading but after a lot of research it seems the i5 2500k is still liked.

It's not as fast as the latest chips but that doesn't matter any more. You will be hard pushed to find a PC game that wants a fast CPU now, given the consoles run on such weak CPUs.