FX 6300 vs i3-4130 for Photoshop?

[aragis]

Gonna build a budget PC mainly for Photoshop and occasional gaming.

Here's the list of the components I'm thinking of getting:

AMD FX-6300 + Gigabyte 970a-ds3 Motherboard

OR

Intel i3-4130 + ASRock Z77 Pro3 (may upgrade to 3570k later, that's why it's z77)

Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD7790 1GB GPU
Seagate SV35.5 1TB HDD
Silverstone Redline RL01 Case with 550w PSU
DVDRW


Question is, which CPU is faster with Photoshop CS5 and CS6? With light or no overclocking (4130 can't be overclocked, I know.)

 

[saint19]

Photoshop depends almost 90% of RAM, so, 8GB is perfect for any of those options. My question would be, How much time do you think that can upgrade to the i5-3570k? 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. Because I had use Photoshop with 8GB RAM and Intel Z77 and the performance is excellent.

 

[aragis]

Photoshop depends almost 90% of RAM, so, 8GB is perfect for any of those options. My question would be, How much time do you think that can upgrade to the i5-3570k? 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. Because I had use Photoshop with 8GB RAM and Intel Z77 and the performance is excellent.

Not sure, it may make more sense pushing my budget a little and just get an i5 3570k.

 

[logainofhades]

Bump the multiplier from 17.5 to 19.5, matching an FX 6350 and the FX 6300 pulls ahead of an i3. This graph shows Ivy, but Ivy to haswell is only 5-10% difference in performance. If you can up the budget a little, you could pick up an FX 8320, and multiplier bump it to an FX 8350.

Otherwise, save more and get the i5 3570k if going to overclock or a Xeon 1230v2 if not going to overclock. Buying an i3 and then an i5 will cost more in the long run.

 

[saint19]

Photoshop depends almost 90% of RAM, so, 8GB is perfect for any of those options. My question would be, How much time do you think that can upgrade to the i5-3570k? 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. Because I had use Photoshop with 8GB RAM and Intel Z77 and the performance is excellent.

Not sure, it may make more sense pushing my budget a little and just get an i5 3570k.

Yeah, the FX-6300 is an excellent CPU and performs very well in most daily task and games, but if you can go ahead and get the i5-3570k, I would do it.

 

[aragis]

Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to pass on HD7790 for now and get i5-3570k with the extra money. Better multi-threaded performance and much better single-threaded performance while spending less power is well worth the extra money I'll be spending on the processor.