QUADRO or GTX for designwork?

[mkhaliq]

My budget is GBP 350 / $500.

Main use will be PS and AE (CS6). My pc build is likely to be:

i7 4770K or i7 4930K
RAM: 16GB ...is 32GB overkill?
SSD for OS

pls recommend best MBOB too.

GTX is more flexible i.e. multi use, so will i be limited with a Quadro?

Can i get similar performance from both types with the above budget?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ak47jar3d]

I would advise you to go amd in your case. Their opencl that amd cards have will come in handy for after effects. Otherwise, quadro cards are way too expensive (as much $5000 usd) and very little Bang for buck. I would advise you to get r9 290x and that should be enough for all your design needs. As for photoshop, it will be even easier than after effects in gpu so no worries there. I don't know of any particular uses for 32 gb of ram. Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131981

 

[AMD Radeon]

definitely Radeon card because of OpenCL acceleration

use this template as your design pc build reference

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£231.98 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£81.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£229.78 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.65 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £972.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-19 08:36 GMT+0000)

 

[sora]

If you prefer NVIDIA the QUADRO is meant for workstations. I'd go for the GTX if you plan on doing gaming in the future, otherwise, just the Quadro will be fine.