The Intel Core i3-7350K (60W) Review: Almost a Core i7-2600K
by Ian Cutress on February 3, 2017 8:00 AM ESTAlien: Isolation
If first person survival mixed with horror is your sort of thing, then Alien: Isolation, based off of the Alien franchise, should be an interesting title. Developed by The Creative Assembly and released in October 2014, Alien: Isolation has won numerous awards from Game Of The Year to several top 10s/25s and Best Horror titles, ratcheting up over a million sales by February 2015. Alien: Isolation uses a custom built engine which includes dynamic sound effects and should be fully multi-core enabled.
Aside from a small dip by the Core i7-2600K when using the R9 285, the i3-7350K matches the other CPUs in Alien Isolation.
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allanmac - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
G4600T HD 610 ⬅ TYPO: HD 630G4560 HD 630 ⬅ TYPO: HD 610
Ian Cutress - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
Updated :)KLC - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
I have an 8+ year old Q6600 desktop and am thinking about a new build. I do mostly office work and photography with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, no gaming at all, I'll use the integrated graphics. Both LR and PS seem to not utilize multiple cores very well and respond mostly to clock speed. I'm wondering if my best bet is to buy one of these i3K cpus and mildly overclock. I will get the highest clock speed at a price lower than an i5K or i7K. What do you think?t.s - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
Me: $168 is way to overpriced. I'll get i3 7100. Or go with i5 7500.KLC - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
i3 7100 is not a bad alternative. Like I said, most photography oriented tests show LR and PS to perform better with just a higher clock speed, not to multiple cores or anything else. With this cpu with a mild overclock up to say 4.5ghz I'm faster than an i7 clock for hundreds less. I'm wondering if that is worth $50 over the 7100. I'm thinking it is, $50 more factored into a complete new build is not much. Thanks for the comments.CaedenV - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
Dude... you are coming from a Core2Quad. Even the weakest i3 is going to blow your mind!Seriously though; the CPU you buy essentially does not matter. If you are running on the iGPU then just get a chip with the best iGPU you can afford and call it a day. Pair it with a SSD (does not even need to be NVMe), and you will be absolutely blown away with the performance gains!
You should probably look at a simi-custom build like an Intel NUC, or Brix, or other such system where you just add ram, SSD, and OS. There is little to no point in building a whole tower PC unless you are doing something heftier than lightroom.
For that matter, look into a laptop with a decent dock. You can do most of your work in the field while taking pictures, and dock it to a nice color correct screen for the fine-tuning end of work.
Elsote - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
"just get a chip with the best iGPU you can afford"Are you talking about AMD?
Michael Bay - Saturday, February 4, 2017 - link
He said "best", not "the only reason anybody will even look at this case heater".Iris Pro.
KLC - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
Oh, I know anything I build will be a big step up from what I have. I am going for a desktop but probably a mini ITX mb maybe in a nice Lian Li case, definitely an SSD. I'm still thinking about the details.fanofanand - Friday, February 3, 2017 - link
I am still on a Q6600 at home and a Skylake CPU at work. The difference isn't as "mind blowing" as some would suggest. It depends on what you do, and yes things that are IPC dependent will be much faster on newer systems, but the Q6600 is still no slouch.