Can't decide between i3 or i5

fonetic

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Hello everyone, I can't decide between two CPU's i3 4170 or i5 4460.
So I will be using it for gaming, as I look at the benchmarks i3 seems to be good with games like GTA 5 and Fallout4 (those are the games I would like to play) and I want to know if there will be big difference with i5? I know i3 has 2cores and 4threads, and I've read that Intel G3258 with 2cores and only 2threads have shuttering, like big fps drops at some times, and I want to to know if i3 will have drops like that, i've watched some youtube videos and i3 seems good enough for me, medium/high settings 1080p 60fps.

And I can also get i3 3245(for very cheap price) wich is older CPU, but I can't find any newer game benchmarks with this cpu, does anybody know if this CPU will perform almost like i3 4170, then I would definitely get i3 3245.

Thanks.
 

fonetic

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Yeah I know it will perform better, but I don't need it future proof, I need it only for GTA 5 and Fallout 5, and my question is, will i3 have fps drops?
And also does i3 3245, could run these games in medium settings?
 


Well i just took out my CPU cooler which is the stock one and cleaned it and the CPU up. I checked the socket pins weren't bent which they were not and i reinstalled it the CPU and cooler.

I now get 30 temp at 3% usage when idle which was no different than before but while gaming my CPU now sticks between from 30-50 round about instead of the old 70 temp that i use to get.

So a major improvement thou i will update this if anything changes.
 

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