I3 i5 or i7???

[Spudbilly]

I recently acquired a extremely cheap Ivy bridge system and threw some parts of my own into it. See my profile rig for details...But basically it includes

 

I3 3220

Gigabyte ga-b75m d3h

16gb ddr3 1600

Crucial 64gb ssd

1tb WD blue HDD

R9 270x

Thermal take 550w bronze 80+

 

I do casual gaming, heavy productivity, Photoshop, InDesign, light duty premiere work. 

 

Question is..Will the i3 be good enough. I have been scouring Craigslist and eBay for a cheap i5 like a 3470, but undecided whether the upgrade within the same architecture is worth it for what I do????

 

Thoughts????

 

[iRileyx]

An i5 would be better, especially for games like GTA V and BF1 if you play them. Would speed your editing up a bit too.

[LordofSavages]

9 minutes ago, Spudbilly said:

I recently acquired a extremely cheap Ivy bridge system and threw some parts of my own into it. See my profile rig for details...But basically it includes

 

I3 3220

Gigabyte ga-b75m d3h

16gb ddr3 1600

Crucial 64gb ssd

1tb WD blue HDD

R9 270x

Thermal take 550w bronze 80+

 

I do casual gaming, heavy productivity, Photoshop, InDesign, light duty premiere work. 

 

Question is..Will the i3 be good enough. I have been scouring Craigslist and eBay for a cheap i5 like a 3470, but undecided whether the upgrade within the same architecture is worth it for what I do????

 

Thoughts????

 

I'd say that if you can, grab the i7 3770 or something, because then you'll never have to worry. If you plan to upgrade the platform then stick with the i5 so you don't waste money

[The Sloth]

if you can afford it go for i7 but a i5 will do. 

[Elerek]

i9

[Elerek]

Actually I'd say try to upgrade mobo and go to most recent gen cpu. If you can't afford that wait and save till you can unless you just really need something now.

 

then you could relegate the old system to nas/server duty

[Spudbilly]

2 hours ago, RKRiley said:

An i5 would be better, especially for games like GTA V and BF1 if you play them. Would speed your editing up a bit too.

I play bf4, star Trek online, elite dangerous, lol and civilization games. It is my understanding that an i7 does not yield huge gains over an i5 especially with my 270x GPU. 

[Matias_Chambers]

It will be a pain to edit with an i3. Get an i5 at least preferably an i7. 

[Franpadi]

2 hours ago, Elerek said:

Actually I'd say try to upgrade mobo and go to most recent gen cpu. If you can't afford that wait and save till you can unless you just really need something now.

 

then you could relegate the old system to nas/server duty

There is almost no difference between old and new intel cpus. He already has 3rd generation compatible MoBo, so getting a newer cpu will mean replacing the MoBo and maybe RAM. If you are in college, stick with the core i3 or i5. If you are gonna make a living out of it, get the core i7.

[Spudbilly]

11 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

It will be a pain to edit with an i3. Get an i5 at least preferably an i7. 

The Adobe site lists some pretty low specs for the program's I use. I don't use Adobe premiere enough to justify an i7.

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, Spudbilly said:

The Adobe site lists some pretty low specs for the program's I use. I don't use Adobe premiere enough to justify an i7.

I've used an i3 4150 for editing. For 30 fps 1080p editing, it was okay... but for editing videos in 60 fps it wasn't easy. I would recommend getting an i5.

[Spudbilly]

Looks like I'm gonna go for an i5 and to get a 3570 for hopefully sub $100 CAN on ebay. We'll see....

[Franpadi]

4 hours ago, Spudbilly said:

Looks like I'm gonna go for an i5 and to get a 3570 for hopefully sub $100 CAN on ebay. We'll see....

Are you using your pc for work or college?

[Spudbilly]

3 hours ago, Franpadi said:

Are you using your pc for work or college?

Work. My wife does graphic work with Photoshop and InDesign as well as maybe a couple other Adobe program's for marketing and I use Photoshop and premiere for promotional content for a large youth program and social media publications. I also like gaming. 

[Franpadi]

11 hours ago, Spudbilly said:

Work. My wife does graphic work with Photoshop and InDesign as well as maybe a couple other Adobe program's for marketing and I use Photoshop and premiere for promotional content for a large youth program and social media publications. I also like gaming. 

I would strongly recommend getting an i7.

[Matias_Chambers]

13 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

I would strongly recommend getting an i7.

Yeah it would help. An i5 would get by though. 

[Spudbilly]

13 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

I would strongly recommend getting an i7.

Yeah...its just hard to justify paying what people are asking for an i7 3770. The I5's are more in my price range

[Matias_Chambers]

2 minutes ago, Spudbilly said:

Yeah...its just hard to justify paying what people are asking for an i7 3770. The I5's are more in my price range

How much? 

[Spudbilly]

6 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

How much? 

preferably $100 CAN or less. I find most on ebay for the $150 CAN range. I got the computer system for under $50 and would really love to keep the cost super minimal.