I have a dilemma... Im a freelance web developer and I mostly work all day like 10-14hrs on my machine. Multiple applications running like eclipse+dreamweaver+photoshop+chrome,firefox,internet explorer, plus another browser testing tool. Then, at my free time, I also play games on my free time(get rid some stress), games like batman/AC/Dota/- plan on getting titanfall. Please not that i prolly just play like 2 hours a day max, or not even a game on a busy day.
fx6300+r9 270x OR i7 4770k +noGPU. Im not sure If im going to consider FX8350 because im in the Philippines and according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_pricing, Philippines electricity price is 36.13 UScents/kWh and US is only 8 to 17.
My main question is really about efficiency. Should i go with fx6300+r9 270x?
I have an FX6300. Fantastic for my needs (Gaming and light video editing) Thats all I'm qualified to say. Let Logan tell you more about FX vs I series.
Also I'm running that FX6300 with a GTX760 on only a 500w PSU. I cant overclock AT ALL because I'm using almost ALL of my PSUs capacity.
If its $50 a year, Im definitely going with 8350 but how did you come up with that? I was looking for one of TS' video where Logan made a chart with power consumption thing....
Yep, Ive seen this video many times. And Im not really into overclocking but Im getting aftermarket cooler though coz its way too damn hot here in Philippines and for some reason, my landlord keeps turning the AC down.
To game you really need more than the onboard intel can offer. If you can live with lowest settings for a bit and save up for a GPU then maybe Intel is an option. AMD CPU and a GPU is best if you are doing a final build.
Lets assume you ran the FX-8350 for 14 hours a day at 100% load. Average power consumption for full load would be 215 watts.
14 hours a day @ 215w = 3.01 kW/h a day.
3.01 x 36.13 USC/kWh = $1.0875 a day to run.
1.08 x 365 = $396.94 (17886.12 Philippines Peso's) a year, IF you run at full load for 14 hours a day.
My guess is you won't be running at full load all day as that would be insane. My guess is you will probably average somewhere around 25% average load for the whole year.
So... you could realistically assume that you would be paying somewhere around $99.23 (4471.30 PHP) a year with an 8350.
This of course does not include your GFX, mobo etc.
But remember, the 8350 has better performance when used with programs and games that use multiple cores then Intel's price equivalents. IE video rendering, raytracing, Photoshop etc...
Awesome and thanks for the links! I'll play around with good combo on gpu and check consumptions. Im thinking the 8530 is too fast for me so might check with the 6-core fx6300.
Should the A10 KAVERI enough for me? I mean, it saves me a lot of power since I may not need GPU. Looking at KAVERI's clock speed though only quadcore, with higher clock speed.
If I may get a gpu, im thinking lucid mvp can still be a great help switching to which in demand. hmmmm...."?.."."...
I would at least get the FX 6300, I got it myself and its doing pretty good at gaming. If possible get the 8320, so you have 8 cores. And a r9 270. The A10 is okay, but not that powerful.
I actually considered the FX6300, im thinking at Kaveri having a higher clockspeed but lesser cores and how it fares in terms of performance-not onlyin gaming but mostly in my work.
If you are getting a dedicated GPU, then I wont recommend going with an APU.
Clockspeed and core-count are not the huge factor, it saddens me when that is the only thing listen, but everything that is important is to complicated for the general consumer to understand.
Get the fx 6300 with the r9 270x.
Or you could consider the cheaper solution as a xeon 1230 v3 which are far better price, and you can get a cheaper mobo. It doesn't have an IGP, so you would need to buy a GPU.
Clockspeed is not a good thing to use when comparing cross architectures. It doesn't tell anything, really. It only helps when comparing the same architecture. Kaveri is a different architecture than Vishera.
First of all, gaming on an i7-4770k with Intel's HD 4600 is doable for old games, but any half decent dedicated GPU will be much, much better.
It appears you do some light gaming, along with some coding and art. I would rather get the FX-6300 and R9 270. If you can stretch it, get an appropriate motherboard and FX-8320.
Of course, for efficiency, the i7-4770k by itself will be the most efficient. For a graphics card, you may want to look into the GTX 750ti, which is pretty efficient for it's gaming performance.
well considering I didn't mention all of my other hardware how can you say I don't know what I'm talking about? What it comes down to is the quality and efficiency of parts. None of witch have anything to do with my rig. I went for the cheapest witch means I said forget efficiency. I have a low end PSU (paid $30 for the damn thing) I have an old pos motherboard and my CPU alone (FX6300) draws 95w Add my fans (7), Mechanical drives (4, one of them is IDE), usb devices (9, I like my accessory's), my GTX760, and optical drives and some LEDs. Plug that into ANY PSU calculator it will say MINIMUM 500w (give or take a few) and saying as I have a (cheap) 500w it makes since that I cant overclock. Now I would take this guys video with a grain of salt, if he had tested multiple configurations using different brands and quality's he would likely find that what he is saying is only half true. At least that's my hypothesis.