which is better 4th gen i5 or 4th gen i3, for basic use with slight gaming?

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jaguarskx
The Core i3 is all you need for general "stuff". Also most games still only use one or two cores. Casual games will definitely fall into that category. Even a few "AAA" games only use one CPU core like the Assassin's Creed series. The integrated Intel HD 4600 is also fine for casual games, and you can always install a graphics card for better performance if necessary.


The Core i5 is a great CPU. But if you know you are doing fairly basic things like surfing the internet, watch movies, use MS Office / Open Office, then the Core i5 is more or less overkill.
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The latest generation of pentium G is more than enough for normal use , and what do you mean by basic gaming ? - like flash games or cards or...?
From the aforementioned ones the i3 is enough.
 
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The Core i3 is all you need for general "stuff". Also most games still only use one or two cores. Casual games will definitely fall into that category. Even a few "AAA" games only use one CPU core like the Assassin's Creed series. The integrated Intel HD 4600 is also fine for casual games, and you can always install a graphics card for better performance if necessary.


The Core i5 is a great CPU. But if you know you are doing fairly basic things like surfing the internet, watch movies, use MS Office / Open Office, then the Core i5 is more or less overkill.
 
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