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So as the topic says, looking to upgrade from a i3 4330 to above said CPUs.

I'm mostly working in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, mostly image editing and exporting. As i was reading i see that LR and PS are mostly using multi threads. so my question is, do i need the more thread count from ryzen and is there a difference between these CPUs in overall performance.
Mostly thinking about it since i have to sell my whole build basically to switch to ryzen, which i might lose about 100~200 euros :|

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4790, hands down.

 

Does your motherboard support Haswell Refresh through a BIOS update? 

Is the rest of your system good with Photoshop, i.e. RAM, disks, etc.?

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I'd say Ryzen, as it's a 4c/8t CPU that's probs cheaper, and you can OC. 

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Just now, Zando Bob said:

I'd say Ryzen, as it's a 4c/8t CPU that's probs cheaper, and you can OC. 

keep in mind that he would need to change mobo and RAM too in that scenario.

 

i would definitely go for the 4790, it's  still a beastly chip!

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Just now, Zando Bob said:

I'd say Ryzen, as it's a 4c/8t CPU that's probs cheaper, and you can OC. 

how would that be cheaper as he would have to buy a new Mb and ram on top of a CPU ? 

 

Agree with @ARikozuM look around for a 4790, Don't get the 4790K as Im guessing you won't have a Z87/97 mb. 

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1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

keep in mind that he would need to change mobo and RAM too in that scenario.

 

i would definitely go for the 4790, it's  still a beastly chip!

Aaah. Didn't catch that. And yes, that CPU should still kick butt. 

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Just now, Zando Bob said:

Aaah. Didn't catch that. And yes, that CPU should still kick butt. 

Yeah people seem to treat CPU's like Graphics cards, hell my old 3770 is still kicking ass. 

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12 minutes ago, Stefan94 said:

So as the topic says, looking to upgrade from a i3 4330 to above said CPUs.

I'm mostly working in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, mostly image editing and exporting. As i was reading i see that LR and PS are mostly using multi threads. so my question is, do i need the more thread count from ryzen and is there a difference between these CPUs in overall performance.
Mostly thinking about it since i have to sell my whole build basically to switch to ryzen, which i might lose about 100~200 euros :|

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2 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Get 4790K if you want to stay in DDR3 ages

Poor me is stuck with DDR3 as well.... :(

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The 4790 over the 1600x, hands down. Significantly cheaper to just get a new i7 compatible with your current mobo and RAM, rather than having to buy a new CPU, Mobo, and RAM. Plus, you should be able to get a Haswell(Refresh) i7 fairly well priced, especially if you buy used. Get a 4770k or 4790k if you can though, since they have substantially higher clock speeds than the locked SKUs, which is definitely beneficial. Otherwise, just get a Xeon E3-1230 V3 or something instead of a locked i7. The Xeon will be cheaper than the locked i7, but perform EXACTLY the same, you just lose the iGPU.

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1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Poor me is stuck with DDR3 as well.... :(

Same, worse from me is Q9650 support DDR3

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On 5/17/2017 at 10:45 PM, Not_Sean said:

how would that be cheaper as he would have to buy a new Mb and ram on top of a CPU ? 

 

Agree with @ARikozuM look around for a 4790, Don't get the 4790K as Im guessing you won't have a Z87/97 mb. 

I  currently have a h97-plus MOB and I'm not even looking to OC the CPU, but I'll go for the 4790K since the price difference is like 30-50 euros :)
Thanks for the tips, looking now to order the CPU! :D

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58 minutes ago, Stefan94 said:

I  currently have a h97-plus MOB and I'm not even looking to OC the CPU, but I'll go for the 4790K since the price difference is like 30-50 euros :)
Thanks for the tips, looking now to order the CPU! :D

it would be wasted on the H97, as H doesn't allow any changes to the K. only Z.

 

But if you want it :) 

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