I'm not 100% hip on the hardware side. I'm a full stack javascript developer.. I'm not a hard core gamer either. Though I imagine I wouldn't mind playing a game here or there.
I need help picking out hardware for a PC build with a 1200 MAX budget. I'm not saying I want to reach that budget, Im just looking for a good deal. What should I get?
Since ur not doing full 3d rendering or multi core processing like video. Any quad-core computer made in the last 10 years would do fine. I would suggest a $100 dollar HP Z400 workstation off ebay.
Yeah you should be fine with an i5. You could also wait for Zen and see how it performs and/or hope for a price drop. But as @Streetguru mentioned, an i5 should be fine.
Its over kill and i love it! I put this together (Partially because I've been neglecting this site for a while) I would honestly go to micro center like they said and get any quad core and go from there, you can get great deals there and places like it. Anyway here is my put together
TL;DR I do not recommend building a system with a 6700/6700k. Not only will the processor alone cost almost as much as a whole system (HP Z420/Dell T3600), the 6700/6700K will have a worse multi-threaded performance, and similar single threaded performance to a Xeon 1650. Save your money, buy a used workstation with a Xeon 1650, and either save the money or buy new/better peripherals. Intel's been sitting on their ass with a lack of competition, so they have not improved their CPU performance much since second gen.
Personally, I don't think getting sixth gen skylake is worth the price (made a rant about it recently...), especially for your needs. I feel as though you'd be much better off saving some money and getting something like an HP Z400 (currently use as my server, upgrade it to something like the X5670 with 16GB RAM and you'll be golden, you need mod the system a bit to support standard atx PSU's, which I did easily), or buy a new/used HP Z420/Dell T3600 with a Xeon 1650 (around 500USD used). The Z420 and T3600 both have 600W PSU's with Gold efficiency (the Dell can have a lower wattage PSU, so know what you're buying), and with the 600W PSU, you can easily upgrade to almost any GPU that you'd like, and still have headroom.
With that spare amount of cash, you can get some nice peripherals (better monitor's, keyboard, mouse, desk, etc), or just save the money for other things.
I personally do not recommend getting a sixth gen i7. Not only will the multi threaded performance be worse than something like a Xeon 1650, but the single core performance will also be very similar. For your usage, the single threaded performance difference WILL NOT warrant the price difference, because the application/games that you will use will not be severely bottlenecked by the ~15% slower single core performance.
Edit: Just realized that my TL;DR is not much shorter than my other 3 paragraphs. Oh well.
omg, this is exactly why I came here. I never heard of Microcenter either. These systems are awesome. You cant build these for that price. I have 2 dell 24" monitors.
@Joseph_Chambers If you get lucky, you can find Z420/Dell T3600 with 1 year warranty's, along with the Xeon 1650, AND 16GB of ram, all for under $500 USD, which is a lot cheaper than what you were originally planning, and would probably suite your needs a lot more.
TBH, I've actually been really looking at buying one of the 2 systems as well, and just selling my i5 6500 rig. The motherboard and PSU will be of such higher quality than my current rig, much faster, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised to have the components lasted longer as well.