Okay, this has probably been covered numerous times, but all users seem to have slightly different requirements! I am looking to get a new CPU (and motherboard) next month. I use my PC for both gaming and photo editing as I am a photographer by trade.
Programs I use for my photography are mainly lightroom and photoshop, usually working with around 30-50 images at a time. To be honest I never multi-task with the two programs, it's either one or the other.
Gaming, I want to be able to play pretty much all upcoming games, I have a GTX 970 and 16gb PC2400k memory. (I also only play at 1080p and don't plan to jump up just yet)
The difference in price between these two CPUs seems to be around £60, I am honestly not sure if i7 motherboards are also more expensive.
I am not fussed about squeezing out the very last frame per second on games, I just want them to run smoothly. This is mainly asking if the i7 will increasing my photo editing by a large amount?
I CAN afford the i7, but if we are talking tiny numbers in both game fps and speed of opening up batches of images then I would rather invest in the i5. I am also interested in OCing either CPU. I am also totally up to other suggestions regarding particular CPUs although I would definitely rather stick with intel.
Thanks in advance for any replies!
Programs I use for my photography are mainly lightroom and photoshop, usually working with around 30-50 images at a time. To be honest I never multi-task with the two programs, it's either one or the other.
Gaming, I want to be able to play pretty much all upcoming games, I have a GTX 970 and 16gb PC2400k memory. (I also only play at 1080p and don't plan to jump up just yet)
The difference in price between these two CPUs seems to be around £60, I am honestly not sure if i7 motherboards are also more expensive.
I am not fussed about squeezing out the very last frame per second on games, I just want them to run smoothly. This is mainly asking if the i7 will increasing my photo editing by a large amount?
I CAN afford the i7, but if we are talking tiny numbers in both game fps and speed of opening up batches of images then I would rather invest in the i5. I am also interested in OCing either CPU. I am also totally up to other suggestions regarding particular CPUs although I would definitely rather stick with intel.
Thanks in advance for any replies!