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I've read various opinions on this but none that exactly settle it for me... If I can get a combo AMD FX-4350 Vishera Quadcore and an EVGA GeForce GT 740 for roughly the same price as an Intel Core-i5 4590 (w. Intel HD 4600 graphics), which would be better? This will be for an all-purpose home computer not often used for gaming but which the owner would nonetheless like to have decent graphics and modest gaming capability (for visitors' use).
 
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For all purpose home use, I think a I3 of some sort is optimum.
Two very fast threads plus two slower threads.
And... for a all purpose home pc, my critical component would be a ssd for windows and a few apps.

If you want, you can try out intel integrated graphics first, and later buy a discrete card if you really need one for fast action gaming.
 
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Oh, so the two cores in an i3 hyperthread into twice as many virtual cores now? Guess I'm a bit behind on things! The only other build I've ever done was 4 yrs ago and at the time I thought only i5's and i7's used hyperthreading.

The SSD will definitely be in - I put one in that other build and never regretted it.

Thanks for your input!
 
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