Boyfriend's Work Computer

[dacj610]

Hello Everyone,

I don't have much experience with adobe products.  I need your help.  I want to work on building my boyfriend a new computer that he can use to do his work efficiently.  Right now he has a ok system that he uses to game and do some of his work. My goal is to build him a system that he won't have to worry if it's going to do what he wants to do fast.  I am very limited in finances so i will have to cut cost where i can without hurting his build.  My recent thought is to get him a i5-4690k processor and use my MSI pc mate z97 board his ram, hard drives, video card, power supply, and case.  but i have been fighting in my head should i get him a i7 or even a xeon processor...  i don't know.  anyway any incite would help.  feel free to message me directly on facebook, on here, or email.  

 

BTW here is some of his videos take a look...  https://www.youtube.com/user/uberfeeser

 

and this is PCPP link https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/VKG323/the-boyfriends-work-build

 

Current System

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor 

Motherboard: Biostar A960D+ Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB STRIX Video Card
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

Spare parts

G3258

msi pc mate z97

[YameteSenpai]

Instead of getting a Z97 board and a 4690k, go for a H97 board as it's much cheaper and get a Xeon E3-1231v3. around the same price but has hyperthreading is still pretty decent for gaming.

[Castdeath97]

I would avoid the V300, since Kingston replaced its NAND with cheaper quality ones which made it very slow.

[dacj610]

1 hour ago, YameteSenpai said:

Instead of getting a Z97 board and a 4690k, go for a H97 board as it's much cheaper and get a Xeon E3-1231v3. around the same price but has hyperthreading is still pretty decent for gaming.

YameteSenpai thank you for the post i already have the Z97 board and the xeon E3-1231v3 Will work in it.  would the Xeon be better for his work?  

 

1 hour ago, Castdeath97 said:

I would avoid the V300, since Kingston replaced its NAND with cheaper quality ones which made it very slow.

Thanks for your info castdeath97.  he already has a v300 in his system.  are you saying upgrade his current ssd?

[Castdeath97]

6 minutes ago, dacj610 said:

Thanks for your info castdeath97.  he already has a v300 in his system.  are you saying upgrade his current ssd?

He can stick with it as long as he is fine with its speeds.

[YameteSenpai]

26 minutes ago, dacj610 said:

YameteSenpai thank you for the post i already have the Z97 board and the xeon E3-1231v3 Will work in it.  would the Xeon be better for his work?  

Yes, because it has 8 logical cores that would work really well for his work. It's much better in comparison to a non-hyperthreaded 4 core such as i5 processors.

[Aytex]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $603.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-25 10:06 EDT-0400

 

redid your parts with some of the advice from others

[dacj610]

37 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

He can stick with it as long as he is fine with its speeds.

i will probably upgrade to a 850 pro later down the road his birthday is coming up in aug i just want to get his core system going

[dacj610]

22 minutes ago, YameteSenpai said:

Yes, because it has 8 logical cores that would work really well for his work. It's much better in comparison to a non-hyperthreaded 4 core such as i5 processors.

in that respect would a i7 4790k be better?

 

[dacj610]

21 minutes ago, Aytex said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $603.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-25 10:06 EDT-0400

 

redid your parts with some of the advice from others

Thank you Aytex for your help.  the parts listed are parts we already have in his current system

[Aytex]

1 minute ago, dacj610 said:

the parts listed are parts we already have in his current system

oh lol, nvm then

[YameteSenpai]

Just now, dacj610 said:

in that respect would a i7 4790k be better?

 

Yes, but I honestly can't justify the $50-100 markup on the 4790k unless overclocking is a must. But I doubt he would need to overclock for maybe a 1% increase in workflow speed.

[dacj610]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

oh lol, nvm then

no thank you for your incite im trying to work on some ideas to update his current system with spare parts and little money (kinda broke saving for pax east)  

[dacj610]

2 minutes ago, YameteSenpai said:

Yes, but I honestly can't justify the $50-100 markup on the 4790k unless overclocking is a must. But I doubt he would need to overclock for maybe a 1% increase in workflow speed.

ok good point i will consider it so 8 physical cores vs 4 physical cores and four hyper threaded cores huh which is better?  i am currently running this https://pcpartpicker.com/b/dYRG3C

[dacj610]

18 minutes ago, YameteSenpai said:

Yes, but I honestly can't justify the $50-100 markup on the 4790k unless overclocking is a must. But I doubt he would need to overclock for maybe a 1% increase in workflow speed.