Is it worth paying more for a slightly better Haswell i3?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
D

domdomrys

Distinguished
Nov 25, 2011
55
0
18,630
I will be upgrading my PC very soon and I'm thinking about what CPU to buy. A Haswell i3 fits my budget, but there are many models of the i3, each one a tiny bit better than the last. My question is: is it worth paying a bit more for a bit faster i3?

The CPUs I'm looking at are:
i3-4130
i3-4330
i3-4340

Which one would be the best? And is there a big difference between the 4130 and 4340? Thanks in advance!
 
Solution
hunter315
All you really get is tiny clock speed bumps and a better IGP, if you are not planning on using the IGP don't factor that in.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/77480,77769,77771

PC Part picker shows the difference in price being far more than the difference in clock speed really justifies so its not really worth it, and if you really need extra CPU performance an i5 4440 is about $20 more than an i3-4340
Sort by date Sort by votes
hunter315

hunter315

Champion
May 12, 2009
10,653
3
51,960
All you really get is tiny clock speed bumps and a better IGP, if you are not planning on using the IGP don't factor that in.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/77480,77769,77771

PC Part picker shows the difference in price being far more than the difference in clock speed really justifies so its not really worth it, and if you really need extra CPU performance an i5 4440 is about $20 more than an i3-4340
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
D

domdomrys

Distinguished
Nov 25, 2011
55
0
18,630


After some consideration and those figures, I guess I will just go with an i5. Thanks!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom