Question Which processor should I go for?

[Shubham Agarwal]

I am looking to build a new pc. Will be used mainly for heavy Autocad work and light gaming. Not looking to install a graphic card right now.

I have a 650W PSU, 500gb SSD and 6tb HDD which I will be using.

Should I go for i5 12400 or something from AMD?

Also pls suggest a suitable MOBO along with it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[white.a.drew]

I am looking to build a new pc. Will be used mainly for heavy Autocad work and light gaming. Not looking to install a graphic card right now.

I have a 650W PSU, 500gb SSD and 6tb HDD which I will be using.

Should I go for i5 12400 or something from AMD?

Also pls suggest a suitable MOBO along with it.

Thanks in advance.

Best CPU recommendes for cad work, Intel Core i5-9400F.
Best mobo
Asus prime z420-a

 

[rickypicky5]

Best CPU recommendes for cad work, Intel Core i5-9400F.
Best mobo
Asus prime z420-a

With all due respect, the i5-9400F is socket LGA-1151 and the Asus prime z420-a is socket LGA-1200.

 

[CompuGuy71]

Hard to make suggestions without a budget in mind.

 

[Shubham Agarwal]

Hard to make suggestions without a budget in mind.

I can spend 400-450 usd on processor+ mobo

 

[Nighthawk117]

I am looking to build a new pc. Will be used mainly for heavy Autocad work and light gaming. Not looking to install a graphic card right now.

I have a 650W PSU, 500gb SSD and 6tb HDD which I will be using.

Should I go for i5 12400 or something from AMD?

Also pls suggest a suitable MOBO along with it.

Thanks in advance.

If your not bothering with a dedicated GPU right now then I would go with an AMD Ryzen 5600G or 5700G and an MSI Mag B550 Tomahawk with 32GB of Corsair Vengeance 3600Mhz RAM. That brings you to $422 on Newegg. You might also want a CPU cooler to go with it if you don't already have one that fits AM4. The included ones aren't the best if your going to be running very intensive software. Something like the ARCTIC Freezer 34 for $40 would do the trick nicely.

The AMD integrated GPU's are significantly more capable than Intel UHD graphics available in Intel's desktop CPU's.

Bare in mind any integrated GPU is going to be limited in capability for gaming. However some light gaming is possible on a 5600G. I do a little bit of light gaming on an Nvidia MX150 which is not that dissimilar to AMD's integrated GPU's.

The Intel IGPU has benefits for Adobe software but for your use case I think your better off with AMD.

 

[CompuGuy71]

I can spend 400-450 usd on processor+ mobo

Then I would go Ryzen 5 5600X and a B550 motherboard. Should put you right at your price range and give you great performance. Note: you don't actually have to go with that MSI board, I just like MSI.

 

[Lev1n]

Then I would go Ryzen 5 5600X and a B550 motherboard. Should put you right at your price range and give you great performance. Note: you don't actually have to go with that MSI board, I just like MSI.

5600x doesnt have built in gpu.

 

[CompuGuy71]

5600x doesnt have built in gpu.

Ahh didn't realize they were looking for integrated graphics

 

[Flayed]

I am looking to build a new pc. Will be used mainly for heavy Autocad work and light gaming. Not looking to install a graphic card right now.

I have a 650W PSU, 500gb SSD and 6tb HDD which I will be using.

Should I go for i5 12400 or something from AMD?

Also pls suggest a suitable MOBO along with it.

Thanks in advance.

Something like this:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12500 3 GHz 6-Core Processor ($202.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($189.99 @ B&H)
Total: $392.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-08-05 10:46 EDT-0400

or AMD option:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($239.00 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard ($199.00 @ B&H)
Total: $438.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-08-05 10:49 EDT-0400

 

[logainofhades]

For IGP light gaming, you want either a 5600g or 5700g. Intel's IGP is terrible, in this regard. Personally, I would spend slightly more and get an R5 5600, motherboard, and maybe a 6500xt. Not a great GPU, but better than integrated, and autocad is not a well threaded program, so I highly doubt you would utilize all the cores/threads, of a Ryzen 7.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB Speedster QICK 210 Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $459.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-08-05 10:56 EDT-0400