Productivity CPU under 120?

[EntAsia]

Any cpu out there for mainly editing, thinking of i3, or 6300 for music production, photo, and video using adobe. also what are stream vs cuda?

[79wjd]

Stream and cuda cores are gpu cores, Stream cores are AMD and Cuda cores are Nvidia. 
 
Whats your total budget, location, and parts parts do you already have? Also, what programs do you use?

 

For productivity: 4790k > Xeon E3 1231v3 > 4690k > FX8 > FX6 > i3 

[Sauron]

Any cpu out there for mainly editing, thinking of i3, or 6300 for music production, photo, and video using adobe. also what are stream vs cuda?

 

no cpu under 180$ is remotely sufficient for video editing. stream and cuda are whan amd and nvidia respectively call the processing cores on their gpus. Stream cores are faster in openCL whereas cuda cores use, well, CUDA.

[EntAsia]

Stream and cuda cores are gpu cores, Stream cores are AMD and Cuda cores are Nvidia. 

 

Whats your total budget, location, and parts parts do you already have? Also, what programs do you use?

500. most are adobe programs

[79wjd]

500. most are adobe programs

Do you have any other components that can be reused? what about gaming? Does $500 include monitor/os/peripherals? Location? 

[Briggsy]

if its for light work you can probably snag a 5800k for $100 or so. couple that with fast ram and you are good to go. No Intel processor will touch it on the graphic side unless you are going to get a graphic card as well, but with a budget of $120 dollars it doesn't sound like it.

[EntAsia]

Do you have any other components that can be reused? what about gaming? Does $500 include monitor/os/peripherals? Location? 

i have monitor,keyboard, and os. i don't game besides csgo, and league. virgina united state. first build

[SoftenButterCream]

if its for light work you can probably snag a 5800k for $100 or so. couple that with fast ram and you are good to go. No Intel processor will touch it on the graphic side unless you are going to get a graphic card as well, but with a budget of $120 dollars it doesn't sound like it.

I don't think you can snag a X99 platform CPU for $100 bucks.

[Opcode]

Any cpu out there for mainly editing, thinking of i3, or 6300 for music production, photo, and video using adobe. also what are stream vs cuda?

"Streams" and "CUDA" are the respectable names of the shaders in each GPU.

[79wjd]

i have monitor,keyboard, and os. i don't game besides csgo, and league. virgina united state. first build

I'd say bump up your budget if you can: 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($181.09 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.79 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($131.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $528.68 ($560~ before rebates) 

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 19:24 EST-0500

 

Or what might be a better option (I'm honestly not sure how cpu performance vs. gpu acceleration is in Adobe): 

Go with an Intel Xeon 1231v3 + R7 240/250/250x/260 -- a Xeon E3 is an i7 without integrated graphics; so if those 4 extra cpu threads are more powerful than the extra gpu power of a 270, then a Xeon E3 would be a better choice. 

 

And along the same lines as the previous questionable option, you could also go with a 4790k + z97 board + hyper 212 and no GPU as integrated graphics is perfectly fine for CSGO/LoL-type games, and the speed advantage of an overclockable i7 over a Xeon E3 might also yield highly beneficial results. 

 

EDIT: If I had to take a guess, I would say the Xeon E3 1231v3 build would be the best option (for editing):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($252.00 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.79 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 240 2GB Video Card  ($59.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $527.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 20:19 EST-0500

 

[harrynowl]

Try a 1231V3 and a low end card like R7 250X (which will handle games like cs and league fine).

[Sauron]

Debateable. Definitely depends on how heavy the editing is. My 6300 is definitely sufficient for what I do which is light to moderate (no more than 10 tracks at a time) editing.

 

fair enough, he's looking for a build that's dedicated to editing though.

[Briggsy]

I don't think you can snag a X99 platform CPU for $100 bucks.

 

not talking about x99 lol. he's got a budget of 500 bucks for the system, so an APU is really a good option.

 

*edit* after looking at some pcpartpicker builds above I take that back... 

[Opcode]

You can work around something like this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($138.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $496.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 20:55 EST-0500

[SoftenButterCream]

not talking about x99 lol. he's got a budget of 500 bucks for the system, so an APU is really a good option.

 

*edit* after looking at some pcpartpicker builds above I take that back... 

OOHHH... The AMD chip lmao. I feel stupid.

[i_build_nanosuits]

500. most are adobe programs

This is very good for what you do...good CPU with lots of threads...you will need to buy an aftermarket CPU cooler as soon as possible

the stock one is fine to use but it will get loud under heavy load...just get a cooler master hyper 212 it's only 30$ and it performs great.

As you can see theres a shit ton of mail-in-rebate with this machine so you'll have to work if you want to get it at good price...

i'd let go the 10$ rebates personaly but i suggest you do the two 20$ and the 30$ for the PSU:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($138.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $487.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 20:37 EST-0500

 

 

 

 

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Price is 549$ before rebates...487$ if you do them all...505$ or so if you do only the interesting ones.