Upgrade Advice

[DoctorPanda]

I have roughly $220(USD) to put toward upgrades on my desktop. It's primarily used for Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, as well as running a small Minecraft server the rest of the time. I do light gaming on it but my existing graphics card is sufficient for that. I was looking to get an i5-3570k but I learned that Premiere Pro can take advantage of OpenCL on some ATI graphics cards(I had this one in mind). My question is, would it be best to just get that CPU(I do plan to overclock in the future but not immediately) or a cheaper compatible CPU and a new GPU?

[CwGoh]

What is your Existing GPU? But disregarding your GPU, your best bet is to sell off the 3570K and get a 3770K.

[Tmh85]

whats you graphics card right now?

Also welcome to the Forums

[DoctorPanda]

I currently have a GT240 and no CPU. I recently sold my 3220 to a friend which is the main reason I'm in the market for a new processor, and unfortunately $220(give or take) is the total budget after selling it, so a 3770k is out of my reach.

[Lord Pantaloons]

I currently have a GT240 and no CPU. I recently sold my 3220 to a friend which is the main reason I'm in the market for a new processor, and unfortunately $220(give or take) is the total budget after selling it, so a 3770k is out of my reach.

Protip: Don't sell parts your PC won't work without. Especially if you don't what what you'll be replacing it with.

[CwGoh]

Unless you need it urgently, your best option is to save up IMO. But if you need it now, grab an i7 and just live with that for now.

[Electronics Wizardy]

get the i5

[s3ns3]

intel xeon e3 1230 V2. its a non K i7 3770 ,without igpu. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286

[DoctorPanda]

Protip: Don't sell parts your PC won't work without. Especially if you don't what what you'll be replacing it with.

I use my laptop 90% of the time, so it's not a big deal being without a working desktop until I replace it

 

So the consensus is that Premiere Pro and Photoshop will prefer the 3570k(ignoring the GPU since Adobe doesn't support it) to any lower end CPU and supported GPU?

 

Also I didn't consider that a Xeon might work, I'll have to look further into that, s3ns3.

[s3ns3]

So the consensus is that Premiere Pro and Photoshop will prefer the 3570k(ignoring the GPU since Adobe doesn't support it) to any lower end CPU and supported GPU?

 

Also I didn't consider that a Xeon might work, I'll have to look further into that, s3ns3.

you just need a 1155 mobo. its better than any i5 for your work.couse its an i7. for your use it would be stupid to not get it.however what mobo do you have? what chipset?for that unlocked i5 3570K ? do you want to oc ? even so the xeon is better for work.

[DoctorPanda]

you just need a 1155 mobo. its better than any i5 for your work.couse its an i7. for your use it would be stupid to not get it.however what mobo do you have? what chipset?for that unlocked i5 3570K ? do you want to oc ? even so the xeon is better for work.

I've got an ASRock H77M which does use 1155. I'd consider overclocking in the future, though I've heard conflicting information on whether or not this board supports it. That said, overclocking isn't super important to me. Another question: considering Premiere Pro supports OpenCL acceleration, the E3-1230 v2 would still be faster for video work than, say, an i5-3350p alongside a 7770 GHz edition, right?

[s3ns3]

I've got an ASRock H77M which does use 1155. I'd consider overclocking in the future

well then getting an unlocked i5 K cpu is useless . you need a Z77 board. and i am pretty sure that only nvidia cards works with premiere pro.no amd . maybe you misread,its openGL ,not CL

[DoctorPanda]

well then getting an unlocked i5 K cpu is useless . you need a Z77 board. and i am pretty sure that only nvidia cards works with premiere pro.no amd . maybe you misread,its openGL ,not CL

It's more of a placeholder board, I'm going to be upgrading it regardless before long anyway. And nope, Adobe added support sometime this year it seems. This feature is called OpenCL. http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

[s3ns3]

It's more of a placeholder board, I'm going to be upgrading it regardless before long anyway. And nope, Adobe added support sometime this year it seems. This feature is called OpenCL. http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

oh ok.well don`t buy another board and later get an amd card couse you said that your pc is primary for photoshop and premiere pro so leave out the i5 and get the xeon its a stock i7 . in the long run you are set.

[WoodenMarker]

So the consensus is that Premiere Pro and Photoshop will prefer the 3570k(ignoring the GPU since Adobe doesn't support it) to any lower end CPU and supported GPU?

Also I didn't consider that a Xeon might work, I'll have to look further into that, s3ns3.

I've got an ASRock H77M which does use 1155. I'd consider overclocking in the future, though I've heard conflicting information on whether or not this board supports it. That said, overclocking isn't super important to me. Another question: considering Premiere Pro supports OpenCL acceleration, the E3-1230 v2 would still be faster for video work than, say, an i5-3350p alongside a 7770 GHz edition, right?

Ehh, unless you have the mobo already, you might want to go AMD for the 8 cores. If you want to stay with matx, go with the xeon. There aren't any mobo problems with the E3 xeons. Just pick a 1155 mobo and you're good. 

The 7770 with OpenCL would help rendering quite  abit more than the xeon though. 

What are your current specs? Is it $220 just for the cpu or for everything?

[DoctorPanda]

Ehh, unless you have the mobo already, you might want to go AMD for the 8 cores. If you want to stay with matx, go with the xeon. There aren't any mobo problems with the E3 xeons. Just pick a 1155 mobo and you're good. 

The 7770 with OpenCL would help rendering quite  abit more than the xeon though. 

What are your current specs? Is it $220 just for the cpu or for everything?

I do already have that mobo, and I'm sticking with Intel for this computer, though I'd be interested in something like the FX-8320 if I were starting from scratch. I currently just have that board with 8GB of RAM and a GT 240, among the supporting parts. The budget(I could justify up to maybe $250) is for just a CPU and possibly a new graphics card.

So you think an Ivy Bridge i5 with a 7770 would give better performance than the Xeon(and let's assume I can make Premiere Pro use the GT 240 with that GPU configuration hack)? Any guess as to how significant that difference would be?

[WoodenMarker]

I do already have that mobo, and I'm sticking with Intel for this computer, though I'd be interested in something like the FX-8320 if I were starting from scratch. I currently just have that board with 8GB of RAM and a GT 240, among the supporting parts. The budget(I could justify up to maybe $250) is for just a CPU and possibly a new graphics card.

So you think an Ivy Bridge i5 with a 7770 would give better performance than the Xeon(and let's assume I can make Premiere Pro use the GT 240 with that GPU configuration hack)? Any guess as to how significant that difference would be?

The 7770 would be better. You don't need to hack Premiere. Premiere supports OpenCL in which the 7770 will do much better than the GT 230's cuda. 

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/203iy

[s3ns3]

i would still go with the xeon and later add the hd 7770 somehow.

[DoctorPanda]

The 7770 would be better. You don't need to hack Premiere. Premiere supports OpenCL in which the 7770 will do much better than the GT 230's cuda. 

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/203iy

 

i would still go with the xeon and later add the hd 7770 somehow.

As appealing as the Xeon sounds, on my budget I'm having trouble justifying the extra cost compared to the 3350p, so I'm likely going with that and the 7770. I'll be ordering later tonight, so if anyone has any additional input, I could take it into consideration.

Thanks for the help, guys