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April 3, 2013 9:18:47 AM

Local computer shop has a special for today only.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/BDL_3570K_Z77XUD3...
it consists of
Intel Core™ i5-3570K Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Motherboard

I'm a little lost with the specs but looking for advice on a starter system. Mainly I'm looking for the most bang for buck.

I'm stuck between this deal and buying an
CPU - AMD fx8350
MoBo - M5A97
but I know nothing about motherboards.

Which do you think will be a better combination as both are about $320 as a package?!?

The video card will come when I have more overtime from work. For the time being I have these cards just sitting around the house.
Asus en210 silent
Radeon HD 5450

If you have any advice I would love to here.

Thanks

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a b V Motherboard
April 3, 2013 9:28:04 AM

definitely Intel package
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a b V Motherboard
April 3, 2013 9:29:08 AM

The i5 will have better gaming performance, But The extra cores would make the 8350 a good choice for editing. Reality is though, they are both good processors. And for entry lvl video editing would do pretty good.
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a b V Motherboard
April 3, 2013 9:35:49 AM

Hey,

As you are on a budget the additional cores on the AMD fx8350 would be useful in video editing. The i5 is a quad core but has no hyper threading, while the AMD alternative gives a true 8 cores. Will you be using GPU accelerated video editing software, like Adobe Premiere? If so then I would suggest an Nvidia graphics card as it has CUDA, which will allow for GPU acceleration. On the other hand do note that the i5 3570k does better in most other tasks, and consumes significantly less power.

So i would go for the Fx8350 if video editing is your main goal (and if you don't mind additional power draw), and an nvidia GPU, also get at least 8GB of RAM, which is pretty common anyways.


Hope this helps!
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a b V Motherboard
April 3, 2013 9:55:22 AM

First off, that Intel "special" isn't really much of a special. The 3570K usually sells for $220. And the UD3H goes for $140. *USD That deals seems just ok.

Both choices will be fast, but for photo editing the AMD might win.
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April 3, 2013 12:41:24 PM

Sweet... thank you for the fast replies. I'll go with the fx8350. Now to piece together the other components.
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