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Hi, I'm planning on assembling a desktop pc, mainly for gaming but I'd like it to be able to perform good on editing programs like illustrator and photoshop.
My budget would be around 600€ (I live in italy) but I wouldn't mind staying on the cheap.. I know a good and cheap processor for gaming is the "new" intel pentium g3258 due to its great single thread capability and the fact it's overclockable but I'd like to go for a quad core like the i5 4690 so that I could get a nice multi tasking performance, another cpu I saw that had great price and specs is the amd fx 8350 but I am puzzled by it since I know it's very power hungry and perhaps 8 cores are wasted at the moment?
I am fascinated by compact pc builds, that's why I was thinking about building on a mini itx or micro atx mobo, but I'm pretty confused on what's best.
For a gpu I'd be opting for either a gtx 960 4gb or a similar amd card (r9 380?).
Unfortunately I am very confused on which mobo and cpu to go for, and that's what I was hoping someone would help me with. I wouldn't be playing anything at higher than 1080p but I'd like to be able to max out other graphic settings.
Every suggestion is very welcome, thanks :)
 
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I would definitely prefer a 'true' quad core CPU. The 4690 would be very good, the only downside is that you are stuck with the 'old' DDR3 ram, with the new skylake you can future proof a little by committing to DDR4. This will enable you to get more ram as needed in the future, which would be cheaper since DDR4 prices are going down, and DDR3 prices are going up as they are no longer being manufactured.
Also the skylake motherboard will allow you to upgrade at least 1 generation down the road, with the 4690 your only upgrade are the current available CPU's, which in a year or so will probably no longer be sold as new through regular channels.

A mini atx board is usually cheaper than a mini itx board, This build has simply the cheapest...
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Your budget is a bit tight for an i5 in my opinion, you can choose an i5 but you won't be able to get a decent GPU. The i3 is a dual core with hyperthreading, meaning it will have 4 cores available in your system.
This GPU will not enable you to play all games at the highest settings on 1080p, but it is the best you can get within this budget. It is still a bit more than 600 euros, if this is too much you can leave out the SSD.
If you want to max out all settings at 1080p you will have to get at least a GTX 970 or a R9 390, which will cost an additional ~150 euros above this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (€126.10 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€72.00 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€44.84 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€47.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (€193.96 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€26.92 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €631.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-18 19:04 CET+0100
 
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Thanks for the reply, this gave me a bunch of good options to choose from, the only thing is the i3, it's a very nice processor from what I read but I also read that newer games like dying light or far cry 4 sometimes fall behind or straight up won't work with 2 cores even if they're hyperthreaded..
I can probably go up to 700 to ensure a nice quad core processor perhaps as a sort of "future proofing" (would the 4690 be fine or is there better performance/price?).
If it's not asking too much can I also know why you would go for a micro atx and not a mini itx board?
 
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I would definitely prefer a 'true' quad core CPU. The 4690 would be very good, the only downside is that you are stuck with the 'old' DDR3 ram, with the new skylake you can future proof a little by committing to DDR4. This will enable you to get more ram as needed in the future, which would be cheaper since DDR4 prices are going down, and DDR3 prices are going up as they are no longer being manufactured.
Also the skylake motherboard will allow you to upgrade at least 1 generation down the road, with the 4690 your only upgrade are the current available CPU's, which in a year or so will probably no longer be sold as new through regular channels.

A mini atx board is usually cheaper than a mini itx board, This build has simply the cheapest mini atx board with a B150 chipset.
 
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I found the i5 6600 at the same price with virtually the same specs, having 3.5GHz - 3.9 turbo, maybe I'll go for that.. I doubt I'll ever get into overclocking and stuff but do you think I should spend the 20 more € for the k version just in case?
 
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