Hi
I'm driving myself nuts trying to workout which processor to go for between these three. The new PC will be used for image processing (Lightroom on large RAW files), gaming and running databases for home use.
I would like to future proof the new build as much as is possible i.e. goog mobo, overclocking, USB3, Sata 6Gb/s, 6G or 8G RAM, etc.) and my preferred graphics card is the Nvidia 1Gb GTX460.
Unfortunately, a new job situation means that I need the PC really quickly i.e. within 3 working days and this rules out the Overclocked i7 because of the Asus motherboard availability, and the Next Day system (which is also i7 based) is not overclocked and only has an HD5770 graphics card.
Which seems to leave either the overclocked i5 (approx £1076) or AMD 1090T (approx £1024) based systems. The prices are pretty similar (and about £150 more if I went for the HD5850 based AMD build). Obviously I'd rather spend as little as possible.
Either the i5 or 1090T would be fine for the database work but what I can't work out is which processor would be best for the image processing and gaming. (I think that the i7 would be best but I can't get it within my tight build time constraints).
Any help and advice would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks!
I'm driving myself nuts trying to workout which processor to go for between these three. The new PC will be used for image processing (Lightroom on large RAW files), gaming and running databases for home use.
I would like to future proof the new build as much as is possible i.e. goog mobo, overclocking, USB3, Sata 6Gb/s, 6G or 8G RAM, etc.) and my preferred graphics card is the Nvidia 1Gb GTX460.
Unfortunately, a new job situation means that I need the PC really quickly i.e. within 3 working days and this rules out the Overclocked i7 because of the Asus motherboard availability, and the Next Day system (which is also i7 based) is not overclocked and only has an HD5770 graphics card.
Which seems to leave either the overclocked i5 (approx £1076) or AMD 1090T (approx £1024) based systems. The prices are pretty similar (and about £150 more if I went for the HD5850 based AMD build). Obviously I'd rather spend as little as possible.
Either the i5 or 1090T would be fine for the database work but what I can't work out is which processor would be best for the image processing and gaming. (I think that the i7 would be best but I can't get it within my tight build time constraints).
Any help and advice would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks!