Core-i3 8100 with 1050ti or R5 2400G with integrated vega 11 for illustrator PC

[Avinandan]

Hello, I am looking forward to building a new PC for myself. I'll mainly do Illustrator, Photoshop and some lite blender modelling. Even if I game, it'll be low 1080p but that's not my main focus. I am from Bangladesh, very few parts actually ship here.

I can't decide whether to go for-

1. An i3-8100 on Gigabyte B360M DS3H paired with 1050Ti OC - 4GB and Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz 4GBx2 which in total would cost me 43500BDT

or 2. A Ryzen 5 2400g on Gigabyte B450M DS3H with Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz 8GBx2 which in total would cost me 39500BDT. (no 3200MHz 4GB sticks available here.)

Now can anyone help me choose? I may upgrade my build with a 1060 6gb a few months later.

[Toshi_141]

Hello Avinandan.

 

I don't know much about Illustrator or Photoshop but I do own a Ryzen 5 2400g. My friend owns an I5 with a gtx 1050ti and after comparisons I can give you some information on performance.

 

My system is perfect for everything I do on it (Mostly gaming and youtube). Its the fastest computer I have ever owned and I have no problems with it so I would recommend it but the gtx 1050ti has a noticeable increase in graphics performance even if not by much but it is better for graphics tasks but my CPU is much better then that I3-8100 and my friends I5-4570. So the question is what do you need more, graphics performance or CPU performance? If it is graphics performance I would go with the I3 / gtx 1050ti. If it is CPU performance I would go with the Ryzen 5 2400g.

 

I just want to ad that the graphics performance on the Ryzen 5 2400g is in no way bad and with the motherboard you chose for it you would have a nice upgrade path and you can get something like a gtx 1060 6gb or a rx 580 later to boost graphics performance but do note to get the best out of a graphics card on that system you will need to upgrade the CPU as well. Also its cheaper right of the bat.

 

Also as a side note you can only dedicate 2gb of RAM (it's not VRAM because you use your actual RAM, in your case it would be the Corsair Vengeance LPX, but it works the same essentially) to the 2400g so if you need more than 2gb of graphics RAM the 2400g will not work for you.

 

I hope this helps.

[Avinandan]

2 hours ago, Toshi_141 said:

So the question is what do you need more, graphics performance or CPU performance?

That's exactly my problem! I came here hoping to find the answer....

[Princess Luna]

Intel handles Photoshop significantly better, you realistically won't need more than a GTX 1050 for hardware acceleration, if you won't game and will focus on your content production I'd go i5 8400 + GTX 1050

[Avinandan]

22 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Intel handles Photoshop significantly better, you realistically won't need more than a GTX 1050 for hardware acceleration, if you won't game and will focus on your content production I'd go i5 8400 + GTX 1050

Thanks, I know that an i5 is more powerful. But the fact that intel handles photoshop better is quite interesting though. But my budget you see, is not really accepting an i5. It would be a huge help for me if you (or anyone else) could tell me, which can do the job better: R5-2400G + 16GB ram with igpu, or the i3-8100 + 8GB ram with 1050ti (price difference between a regular 1050 and a 1050Ti is very low here, so I opted for the Ti)