Intel cpu or amd for non gaming

davio · Jan 30, 2014

I am building a model that I will never use for gaming I do you though photoshop sometimes. 95 percent of the time I am just streaming Amazon for Netflix or Hulu. I was going to get the 4670k without a separate graphics card. But it's 200 bucks. Should I just get amd fx 4350 for 120 and an hd 7770 graphics card for 80 bucks...total 200 as well.
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WhiteSnake91 · Jan 30, 2014

just get a haswell i3 the built in graphics are enough for that or haswell i5 and use built in graphics, if you're not going to ever game then no point in a gpu to me you'd think. I don't use photoshop but I'm always streaming /multitasking alot online, and on my a8 llano 1st gen 1.8ghz quad core apu with slow 5400rpm 500gb hdd, 6gb ram, I never had a problem , so AMD can get the job done too, you could get an APU too

davio · Jan 30, 2014

So an a10 - 6800k is going to be great? And intel i5 is overkill?

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 30, 2014

yea the a10 would be fine, You'd have a very fast snappy system simply by getting an SSD and putting your OS and programs on it

davio · Jan 30, 2014

Okay. But my orignal question about 180-200$
Pick one in your expert opinion:
Option:
1. Fx4350 + hd 7770 =200
2. I5-4670k alone = 200
3. A10-7850k alone = 180

Which is best solution?

Traciatim · Jan 30, 2014

davio :

Personally I would pick none of those, and go with a Haswell based i3 if you play absolutely no games. It will use less power, run cooler, and will run the things you requested with no issues. An i3-4130 would be 130 bucks, which you can sink the extra money in to an SSD to have a quiet disk or to more RAM for photoshop, or more space for extra storage or backups...

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 30, 2014

yup, I would get a Haswell i3 and use the saved money on an SSD to put your OS and Programs onto

Haswell i3 is VERY stout, I was very surprised seeing how well it does in benchmarks for gaming, it holds up in 64man battlefield 4 on ultra 1080p

davio · Jan 30, 2014

Okay. So which i3 model is the fastest?

Also a side question:
How is it that an i5-4670k rated at 3.4 speed is faster than an a10-6800k rated at 4.0 speed?

Traciatim · Jan 30, 2014

CpuBenchmark.net:

Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz - 7,172
AMD A10-6800K APU - 5,005
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz - 4,863

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 30, 2014

i3 4330 , but 4130 i3 is 20bucks cheaper and just 100mhz slower, has hd4400 graphics instead of the hd4600

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