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Building custom PC need some help deciding on the spec.
Hi All!
So hopefully this month or next I will build a new PC for around £600-700 ($984.66 - $1148.77). Now my main tasks with this PC are:
Gaming (High-end BF3, BF4, GTA etc)
Programming & Web Development
Possible Video Editing
Unity 3D Work
Blender 3D Work and rendering
Game recording
The main thing I want to know is what CPU I should go with, in my current PC I have AMD Athlon X64 (Good CPU but now old), I am not a CPU fan boy or want to start a flame war here, I need something reliable.
Now I have looked back and forth at the Fx Bulldozers, (8 cores), but they seem to be high on power and bench marks don't put them any forward as the Intel I5 I don't need a PC which is going to heat up as hell and water cooling is a kinda no for me lol.
I am thinking about the 8 core as it is cheap, but some games like CS:GO and Motherboards will need updating I don't want to get into that hassle, so this makes me want to get an I5 instead (i7 goes out of budget ). I5 seem good anyway and I think it will be years before games will go over 4 cores, every game released only needs a quad-core CPU and that's it.
The PC will have around 8-12GB RAM
and probs a 7790 or higher GC.
An SSD drive to speed stuff up.
Advice please.
cheers.