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what's better in gaming core i5 or core i3

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September 2, 2014 7:16:51 AM

What's better for gaming core i3 or core i5????

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September 2, 2014 7:27:02 AM

Assuming that they are from the same generation, an i5 is better.
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September 2, 2014 7:27:56 AM

I5 is about the sweet spot for gaming with 4 cores
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September 2, 2014 7:29:49 AM

An i5 is always going to be better than an i3 since it has 4 actual cores.
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September 2, 2014 8:06:44 AM

Of course the i5 gives better performance while gaming than i3
-i5 is quad core and has double cache memory
-Intel's processors have strong single core performance so 4 cores are enough
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September 2, 2014 8:12:05 AM

i5 is the best option, i3 are only good for normal usage like surfing the web
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September 2, 2014 8:38:51 AM

i3's are not that bad that you could use them for surfing the web
for surfing the web even core 2 duo's would do the job
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September 2, 2014 8:51:01 AM

JamesHeller said:
i3's are not that bad that you could use them for surfing the web
for surfing the web even core 2 duo's would do the job


Well that is true, but lots of multi tabs may be out of the question for an I3 but an I5 can handle it.
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September 2, 2014 10:28:19 AM

velo3100 said:
i5 is the best option, i3 are only good for normal usage like surfing the web


Flat out false on the i3 comment. They are still pretty good budget gaming chips. The i5 is just better.
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September 28, 2014 12:13:31 AM

I play bf4 on ultra with a r9 270 oc. CPU is an i3 4150 and I have to say its a beast. The i3 is only on 85% load. The r9 270 is 95-100% load while mid game. Getting at an average 70 fps. So I can't see the point of an i5 unless you are going to run higher then an r9 280.
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September 28, 2014 12:26:06 AM

Thestigg said:
I play bf4 on ultra with a r9 270 oc. CPU is an i3 4150 and I have to say its a beast. The i3 is only on 85% load. The r9 270 is 95-100% load while mid game. Getting at an average 70 fps. So I can't see the point of an i5 unless you are going to run higher then an r9 280.


Yep I knew already
my friend has i3 3240 and he played watch dogs with high preset with gtx 760
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September 30, 2014 10:48:14 PM

JamesHeller said:
Thestigg said:
I play bf4 on ultra with a r9 270 oc. CPU is an i3 4150 and I have to say its a beast. The i3 is only on 85% load. The r9 270 is 95-100% load while mid game. Getting at an average 70 fps. So I can't see the point of an i5 unless you are going to run higher then an r9 280.


Yep I knew already
my friend has i3 3240 and he played watch dogs with high preset with gtx 760


Sweet as bro, i3's are a brutal little chip, i love it when im playing BF4 and someone is bragging "oh i have and i7 this and a gtx 780 that and 16 GB ram this." playing at 120 fps or some shit. And im like well i have a rig that cost 1/4 of yours and im playing at 80 fps :)  and then they go silent.
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