Intel I3 6100 vs Intel I5 6400t?

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Intel I3 6100 vs Intel I5 6400t? Im looking to build a new gamer pc so I was wondering which one is the best ( I will overclock them after, I know I could get in the i3 upto 4ghz but the i5 is clocked at 2.2ghz stock but I dont know how much it could get) The ram I will use it will be ddr4
 
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I imagine it isn't terribly difficult to get the old BIOS from some of the overclocking forums.

This is an interesting subject though. The T chips clearly work quite well at low voltages and might be very stable when overclocked without needing excessive cooling.

I would probably take the i5 over the i3 just for the quad cores.
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Neither of those CPUs can be overclocked.
 
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http://overclocking.guide/overclocking-non-k-intel-skylake-cpus-performance-tests/ I know isnt overclocking is about the bclk tuning or something like that
 
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I imagine it isn't terribly difficult to get the old BIOS from some of the overclocking forums.

This is an interesting subject though. The T chips clearly work quite well at low voltages and might be very stable when overclocked without needing excessive cooling.

I would probably take the i5 over the i3 just for the quad cores.
 
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It isn't just ASRock mobos that allowed you to overclock non-k CPUs. So did MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte. Not sure if the BIOSs that allow it are still posted on the products websites, but it shouldn't be too hard to find them somewhere online.
 
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Yeah, but even with turbo boost, that i5 is running 1 GHz slower than the i3, about 25% slower. I don't know if I'd say that i5 is a clear winner. Than being said, I'm not sure why the OP is looking at that CPU rather than a regular i5 6400.
 
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more cheaper xD. Im looking to gaming, I dont have the best setup right now (old 8200 and 8gb ddr2, r9 270 gpu) so I was thinking to upgrade my cpu, motherboard and ram for now and then when I get more money get a newer gpu
 
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Did you end up getting the 6400T? I'm curious to see how it OC's, can't find anything on it. I've heard that the 6400 and 6500 hitting 4ghz.
 
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For those who ask about what I decided to buy, I got the i5 6400t and is running great since I posted the question (around that date I bought it). I managed to overclock it to 3.6ghz (I didnt want to get more because Im using a micro atx) with 8gb ram. Also, is running w10 without any problems
 
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Yeah, but that would cost around 400$ with ram, and this get up would cost 300$ with ram, found a good deal for the i5 6400t that's why. Thank you though for the fast reply.
 
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Asus Z170M- Plus
 
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