New CPU only for Office

[sunilyo]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a new CPU for office.

OS to be used

Win 7 premium

Following apps will be used

MS-Office 2007

Corel Draw X13

Photoshop CS5

Budget: around 15k

Looking for the following config:

Components Description Price (INR)

Processor AMD Athlon II X3 440 (3Ghz, 3 cores, 1.5MB Cache)

Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M LE

RAM Corsair 1 x 2GB RAM VS2GB1333D3 G 1333MHz

HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12

Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 310

PSU/SMPS SeaSonic S12II 430W SMPS

ODD L.G. / Samung / Sony OEM SATA DVD-Writer

Total

Alternate config with Intel processor and compatible motherboard

Components Description Price (INR)

Processor i3 - 540 (3.06 GHz, 2 cores, 4MB Cache)

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H

Could you please let me know the current prices. Or if you can a better VFM config that can smoothly handle the above apps for at least the next 2 yrs.

Another questions. Will adding a cheap GPU be of any help?

Sunil

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Any idea guys. Loha garam hai so I want to maro the hatoda before it is too late. I need this new system.hyeah:

 

[ALPHA17]

^^

Processor AMD Athlon II X3 440 (3Ghz, 3 cores, 1.5MB Cache) ~ 3.3K

Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M LE ~ 2.7K

RAM Corsair 1 x 2GB RAM VS2GB1333D3 G 1333MHz ~ 1.5K

HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 ~ 1.7K

Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 310 ~ 1.7K

PSU/SMPS SeaSonic S12II 430W SMPS ~ 2.6K

ODD L.G. / Samung / Sony OEM SATA DVD-Writer ~ 1K

Total ~ 14.5K --- 15.5K < inclusive all taxes >

prices from Bangalore, hope this helps , one more thing adding a GPU will not do anything until you do something like HD movies, but for gaming a more powerful solution is needed, best buy for you'll be ATi HD 5450 ( if only movies ) or ATi HD 4670/ 5670 ( for added gaming on a 19" monitor with low or medium settings ) prices are

3.5K/ 5.5K ( approximate prices of 5450 and 4670/ 5670 )

 

[de.das.dude]

CPU AMD Phenom ii X2 550 3.1GHz, 6MB - Rs. 4260. you dont need 3 cores however the extra cache will help in photoshop.
Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M LE ~ 2.7K
RAM Corsair 1 x 2GB RAM VS2GB1333D3 G 1333MHz ~ 1.5K
HDD 500GB W.D. Rs. 1700
PSU Frontech 450W - Rs. 500(yes thats right, my gaming rig has it and is awesome, no need for useless costly sh*t)
DVD Drive LG/Samsung Rs 1000
Cabinet:- Something from Zebronics, around Rs. 1.5K

total Rs. 13000/- all atxex inlcuded.

GFX inbuilt is more than enough for a litle bit of gaming at not so high resolutions and full HD viewing. Only if you have intel's sucky mobos do you need gfx card for watchin HD movies
Athlon X3 would haave had one core wasted. your tasks need more GHz and cache rather than cores.

and try to avoid things made in CHINA just a tip they tend to screw up faster.

when buying the CPU this is etched on the heatsink, visible from outside the package

 

[DarkAngel]

CPU AMD Phenom ii X2 550 3.1GHz, 6MB - Rs. 4260. you dont need 3 cores however the extra cache will help in photoshop.

PSU Frontech 450W - Rs. 500(yes thats right, my gaming rig has it and is awesome, no need for useless costly sh*t)

Athlon X3 would haave had one core wasted. your tasks need more GHz and cache rather than cores.



and try to avoid things made in CHINA just a tip they tend to screw up faster.

when buying the CPU this is etched on the heatsink, visible from outside the package

Bench - CPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

Dont write c@p in public forums and mislead members :| And yeah god save ur rig.

 

[de.das.dude]

mine has a 600W, buy anyway frontech does fine. tho i modded it by adding a bottom fan.
and i dont see what the cr@p is you are talking about dear.
benchmark results arent everything. if it did, then he should have a phenom ii x6 if he goes the amd side, does that make sense to you?
its all about what you need. why pay for more when you hardly need it?

i judged this based on the fact that office and corel draw wont need 3 cores. so photoshop is the only one requiring 3 cores, thats why i laid emphasis on a 2 core with higher cache.

and also, with a higher cache, in general repetitive jobs you will have better results.
i guess it can be said that an athlon will not show improvement if given the same task over and over again, but a phenom may do it better.

 

[DarkAngel]

mine has a 600W, buy anyway frontech does fine. tho i modded it by adding a bottom fan.

and i dont see what the cr@p is you are talking about dear.

benchmark results arent everything. if it did, then he should have a phenom ii x6 if he goes the amd side, does that make sense to you?

its all about what you need. why pay for more when you hardly need it?

i judged this based on the fact that office and corel draw wont need 3 cores. so photoshop is the only one requiring 3 cores, thats why i laid emphasis on a 2 core with higher cache.

and also, with a higher cache, in general repetitive jobs you will have better results.

i guess it can be said that an athlon will not show improvement if given the same task over and over again, but a phenom may do it better.

U do realise that he has a budget of 13k and its not possible to fit in a 1090T. Office/ Corel Draw may not utilize all 3 cores but having an extra core will let u multi task better and as u can see the Athlon has the upper hand in Photoshop. Also in the recent batches the Athlon II X3 has higher probability of unlocking to a Athlon II X4 quad than a PhenomII X2 550 to a PhenomII X4.

Reg. PSU it may have worked for u but these generic PSU's are cr@p. They do not provide the rated wattage and outputs unclean power with no over voltage or over current protection what so ever and so refrain from promoting these in public forums.

And what is this comment saying avoid made in China!!! There are huge amount of h/w and accessories made in China and one cant get an electronic item if he avoids made in China parts.

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

and try to avoid things made in CHINA just a tip they tend to screw up faster.

Good advice!

Now can you suggest a good alternative for the designed & made in China Frontech?

yes thats right, my gaming rig has it and is awesome, no need for useless costly sh*t

Awesome based on what parameters? Merely the fact that its 'working' is not a valid reason.

You need to hook up a 'scope at the very least and have a look at the voltage ripple before certifying it as good.

 

[de.das.dude]

my frontech says made in India
and i meant dont get the proc made in china.

when buying the phenom ii x2, if you can look for the D in the CPU instruction set, which is printed, when that means its a deneb and can be unlocked to a x4. everyone knows that!. and my friend in canada was successful too!
got an x4 out of a 85$ x2

 

[ALPHA17]

mine has a 600W, buy anyway frontech does fine. tho i modded it by adding a bottom fan.

and i dont see what the cr@p is you are talking about dear.

benchmark results arent everything. if it did, then he should have a phenom ii x6 if he goes the amd side, does that make sense to you?

its all about what you need. why pay for more when you hardly need it?

i judged this based on the fact that office and corel draw wont need 3 cores. so photoshop is the only one requiring 3 cores, thats why i laid emphasis on a 2 core with higher cache.

and also, with a higher cache, in general repetitive jobs you will have better results.

i guess it can be said that an athlon will not show improvement if given the same task over and over again, but a phenom may do it better.

Read DarkAngel's post before shooting your reply + in your argument you fail to note something called budget you cannot compare a Core i3 560 to a Phenom IIx6 1055T on any basis apart from price < and the fact that the AMD hex-core quickly butchers the Core i3 in all benchmarks and real-time situation >

Frontech is a hopeless company like Intex < half of its stuff is made in China > ~ I have personal experience with their awesome UPS felt super that I almost blew up my RIG cause I skimped on the UPS.

Corel Draw and MS Office are not GHz intensive they are 64-bit threaded operations which execute better with reference vis-a-vis number of cores, I've seen it real time I am an animation student and have to work with MAYA and Photoshop on three different systems and it really shows ( 2 college rigs < 1 MAC >, and one personal RIG )

Higher cache has not been able to propel either the Core i3 or the Phenom IIx --- ahead until supported by real-time better clock speeds or higher number of cores

Bench - CPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News ~ Athlon IIx3 440 vs. Phenom IIx2 565 Black edition, even at the stock settings Athlon has a firm lead in all multi-thread applications

Bench - CPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News ~ Core i3 vs. Athlon II

Listen China doesn't have diffusing facilities on any processor company except am hazarding a guess ARM based ones for their cheap phones, also all processors are fabricated in Dresden/Singapore < AMD > for Intel processors are diffused in Costa Rica and Singapore