Hi, you must be confused why im asking since the i3 is plainly a much better cpu. But when i upgraded, i noticed A LOT OF TIMES THAT MY SYSTEM IS HANGING. THE i3 is worse in my experience, as I use it with windows 8.1 and GT 730 nvidia card. When i was still using my core 2 duo i get a fast cpu response with alt tabbing and gaming but with the i3 its just shit. Btw i use the core 2 duo with winodws 7 ultimate. Whats your opinion? ;\
[SOLVED] Core i3 3220 3.30Ghz or Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93Ghz?
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synphul
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A lot of things can cause the system to hang, doubtful it's the cpu. The i3 is much better. Did you reuse the hard drive from the win7 machine and if so did you format and do a clean install of win8 or did you upgrade to win8 over the top of win7? Have you updated win8.1 with all the updates? How much ram do you have in your new system and what type of hard drive are you using (ssd, hdd - if hdd, is it 7200rpm, 5400rpm)? A full list of system components would help if you can post your system build.
Have you checked your task manager to see what all else is running, how much ram % is used, what your cpu usage % is? If cpu is at 100% because of gaming and other things running it can cause hiccups, if your ram is close to or 100% used it can force your system to use the swap file on the hard drive which is much slower and can make an otherwise fast pc feel like it's crawling in mud.
Have you checked your task manager to see what all else is running, how much ram % is used, what your cpu usage % is? If cpu is at 100% because of gaming and other things running it can cause hiccups, if your ram is close to or 100% used it can force your system to use the swap file on the hard drive which is much slower and can make an otherwise fast pc feel like it's crawling in mud.
Its an entirely new computer, my previous system was
Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93Ghz
4gb RAM
Win7 Ultimate 64 bit
GT-730 Nvidia geforce 1Gb 128bit
500GB HDD
and the new system:
Core i3 3220 3.30Ghz
Win8.1 64 bit
GT-730 (i just moved this from the other system
4Gb ram
1TB HDD
i formatted both, and both came with oem windows. I just get a lot of FPS drops and system hangs with this new system core i3, all of which my previous system have overcome, with the windows 7. What do you think? Should i switch back to win7 core 2 duo?
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Did you check your system resources in task manager to see how much ram was being used? Especially while gaming, not sure which games you're playing but 4gb of ram isn't really a lot for gaming much less multitasking. Win 8.1 could be a bit more heavy on system resources. What speed is the new hard drive? 7200rpm, 5400 rpm? If anything before going back to the core 2 duo I'd try reformatting the new hard drive and installing win7 on it. See how the old os runs on the new hardware before just going back to the old hardware.
I tried to install win7 ultimate on the partition but halfway through the system resets and fails the installation. I think that happens because im installing win7 on a gpt and i dont know how to install it. Id much rather have win7 ulti than 8.1 tbh
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I'm not sure how you're installing it, more complex installations involving various partitions, multi boot systems etc take more careful preparation. The most simple install is to format the hard drive, completely wiping it, having one partition and doing a fresh clean install. So long as the win7 is a legitimate copy it should work. If it continues to fail my next suggestion would be to try a new hard drive in the event there may be something wrong with that one preventing the os install. Win7 is one of the simplest and most effortless os's to install.
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