AMD A-series for design & rendering?

[KaizenFox]

Greetings to all the comunity,

I have to build a design/rendering pc (like a basic/entry workstation) to use the Adobe CS6 package, Corel & office programs. I know the best option is a firepro or quadro gpu, but the budget is really tight.

The APUs are a real option?

(Sorry for the bad english)

 

[geofelt]

Depending on your budget, the APU is a decent choice.
The main problem is NO real upgradeability.
What you get will be with you forever.

If you are looking at dedicated graphics, you will waste the main advantage of the APU.
For dedicated graphics, a nvidia card with CUDA cores can be helpful. Check Adobe for what you might use there.

 

[patrichpachich]

im a graphic designer too
what is your budget?

you dont need workstation card

APU will be fine here but its still depends on budget

you will need a workstation card if youre into 3d

 

[KaizenFox]

Thanks for the quick reply.

The budget is around the $500 U.S.

It will be 2D only (printing & graphics art industry).

 

[patrichpachich]

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.88 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $563.79

with this FX-6300 you can do multitasking and fast rendering for multiple filters
and you can do simple 3d cs6 has a 3d plugins or AI it has 3d
i use simple 3d for my mockups

and SSD is a good option for you

 

[KaizenFox]

Great build, but I can´t go above the budget (company's budget).

And the pc isn´t for me, is for a new scholarship holder.

Making numbers I got $6000 M.X.N. More or less 1 U.S. = 13 M.X.N.

Another issue is the energy consumption, that's why I wasn´t considering a gpu.

Thanks in advance.

 

[geofelt]

If energy consumption is an issue, look at a Intel haswell cpu. They typically are in the 53w area.
There are some slower and more expensive chips in the 35w rea.
By comparison, the apu chips are 65w for the slowest and 100w for stronger chips.
Haswell chips have decent integrated graphics for all uses except for fast action gaming.

 

[patrichpachich]

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 Quad-Core Processor ($182.79 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81N Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.88 @Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $473.13

geofelt do you have comments?
😀

 

[geofelt]

I like the build.
I think ram faster than 1866 is overkill and may not work without overclocking.

I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do feel so much snappier.
If you will store large files such as video's, then a hard drive is appropriate.
Usually, a 120 or 240gb ssd will be enough storage.

If you need to save a bit of budget, a I3 would be just as good.
A i3-4130 or 4160 would be stronger when only two cores are used.
That is what you will see in most desktop situations.
Use that savings for a ssd. Samsung evo would be my choice.

 

[KaizenFox]

Thanks for all the info, nice work guys.

Retaking the (cpu+gpu) title, a Intel core i5 with the integrated graphics will handle rendering & design?

I'm worried about the performance without a decent/entry gpu (integrated).

 

[geofelt]

It will be hard to beat the cpu performance of the i5-4460.
It included HD4600 graphics which is as good as it currently gets.
1866 ram will help too.
My suggestion is to plan on using the integrated graphics first and see how you do. I expect you will do better than you think.

If better graphics is in order, you need to plan on spending $100 for a discrete graphics card that is significantly better than the HD4600.

Intel also has quicksync, a video encoding/decoding technology that may be of help if your app supports it.
I am no expert there.
Here is a starting link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video

 

[KaizenFox]

The build is awesome, but I can't upgrade the pc later. It´s strictly one buy/build (no more budget later).

How about this:
Intel core i3 + Entry level GPU.


Could this beat the AMD Kaveri tech?

(Again sorry for bad english)

 

[LookItsRain]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($117.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($70.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB ACX Video Card ($99.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $514.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-13 18:18 EDT-0400

Very low power useage while maintaing great performence.

The AMD cpu alone uses 50% of the power this whole build would use.

 

[KaizenFox]

Thanks for the build, awesome job.

However is above the budget 🙁

I'm not in the U.S. prices are higher (+15%).
I got around $460 u.s. & it's for work(no upgrades/no more budget)

Right now:

*AMD = A10 7850K
*Intel = Core i5 - 4460

 

[patrichpachich]

Thanks for the build, awesome job.

However is above the budget 🙁

I'm not in the U.S. prices are higher (+15%).
I got around $460 u.s. & it's for work(no upgrades/no more budget)

Right now:

*AMD = A10 7850K
*Intel = Core i5 - 4460

mine is $473
cant you push your budget upto $13 ??
then go for 500Gb of HDD
so you can go $460 or less

 

[KaizenFox]

I just got the money 😀

I will go with the i5, thanks all for the help.