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What type of CPU?
What kinda CPU am i going to buy?
I am looking for a CPU that is going to be used in a workstation/hackintosh. I have a 250-300$ dollar budget on the CPU, because i think that is an important part of the build. I am going to to tasks as editing and producing music, and light video and photo editing. What should i get?

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October 17, 2014 10:34:41 AM

You are gonna need graphics card if you are taking Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 ... It doesn't have Processor Graphics, even if your board supports intel hd or has video port on it it won't give display without graphics card.
http://ark.intel.com/products/80909/Intel-Xeon-Processo...
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October 17, 2014 10:34:16 AM

LukaBoki said:
True,you don't need,but having a dedicated GPU can help.
Make sure that your MoBo has integrated GPU on it.


mobos still come with integrated graphics on the board? cant say ive seen one for a while. best bet is for the cpu you listed with a low power desktop gpu
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October 17, 2014 10:23:57 AM

True,you don't need,but having a dedicated GPU can help.
Make sure that your MoBo has integrated GPU on it.
October 17, 2014 10:20:46 AM

LukaBoki said:
Because it doesn't have an integrated GPU and because it's locked.That's why it's cheaper. ;) 

Dont need a gpu, not going to do any gaming anyways...
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October 17, 2014 10:19:45 AM

Because it doesn't have an integrated GPU and because it's locked.That's why it's cheaper. ;) 
October 17, 2014 10:18:58 AM

06yfz450ridr said:
LukaBoki said:
The Xeon E3-1241 V3 would be a great CPU with that MoBo.


Norwegian said:
06yfz450ridr said:
what is your total budget that way you can price a cpu/mobo accordingly

Budget is around 850-900$. And i want the Hackintosh to be free of application crashes :) 


not a bad idea with that one basically equal to the 4770k


But the Xeon is a bit cheaper?

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October 17, 2014 10:17:31 AM

LukaBoki said:
The Xeon E3-1241 V3 would be a great CPU with that MoBo.


Norwegian said:
06yfz450ridr said:
what is your total budget that way you can price a cpu/mobo accordingly

Budget is around 850-900$. And i want the Hackintosh to be free of application crashes :) 


not a bad idea with that one basically equal to the 4770k
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October 17, 2014 10:12:58 AM

4670k or 4770k or non ks if you dont plan on doing any sort of overclocking which i wouldnt recommend on that board anyways
October 17, 2014 10:12:14 AM

06yfz450ridr said:
what is your total budget that way you can price a cpu/mobo accordingly

Budget is around 850-900$. And i want the Hackintosh to be free of application crashes :) 

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October 17, 2014 10:12:12 AM

The Xeon E3-1241 V3 would be a great CPU with that MoBo.

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