Core i3 or core i5 which?

Mohsen_qom · Mar 25, 2016

Hi i buy a motherboard & now I need to cpu ...
In benchmarks
intel i3 6320 is powerful
by frequency-( 3.9 ghz )
But core i5 6500 is biger cashe and more core. 3.5 ghz
I3 6320 or i5 6600
For this system

Motherboard asus z170 pro. Gaming
Asus strix 970 4gb
G skill vangerge ddr5 16 gb
Ssd 850 pro 500gb Samsung

.Which is good for 60 frame
crisis 3 and gta v battlefield.

I play all game in 1920 × 1080 resolution
And medium graphic ( never play ultra )

teknobug · Mar 25, 2016

They're both roughly the same in real world performance but the i3 has a faster IPC (instruction per cycle) speed however the price of the i3 6320 is fairly close to the i5 6500 that the automaic response is just get the i5 6500.

RCFProd · Mar 25, 2016

There is really no reason to consider the i3-6320 over the i3-6100 for gaming. You'd be spending 40-50 dollars too much. 4 physical cores or more is still the recommended option for gaming, and that's an i5 processor.

plaintuts · Mar 25, 2016

Get an i5 since your computer is probably geared towards gaming

Some and probably future games will require a quad-core core cpu

RockyPlays · Mar 25, 2016

I5 6500

SofosVoutsas · Mar 26, 2016

I5 6500 for sure mate.It more future proof than the i3 and has 2 more cores which is a big difference in many heavy in specs games..i d go with the i5.

st3v30 · Mar 26, 2016

Hope it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDquxBK-biU

I5 all the way.

AreH · Mar 26, 2016

Well mohsen,

Don't consider i3 at all in combination with gtx 970. It would be a waste of money.

Best luck!

bentremblay · Mar 26, 2016

RockyPlays :

==

SofosVoutsas :

I just peeked NewEgg.
Wouldn't it be worth US$25 more to get i5 6600? Down the road, plow money into GPU and RAM. or heck, $50 more for 6600K and he gets to play around with overclock!

http://newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i5+6600&N=-1&isNodeId=1

p.s. FWIW I usually spend as much as I can on one part so down the road I don't need to upgrade //everything//.

RockyPlays · Mar 26, 2016

There is going to be little to no noticeable difference between the 6500 and 6600. If the OP is interested in overclocking, than that is a viable option, but if not, the i5 6500 is the best choice for the money.

bentremblay · Mar 27, 2016

RockyPlays :

Yup. Makes good sense. I trust you've crunched the numbers.
So, as an alternative, 2 steps up? to 6600K.

Gotta luv rationality!

RockyPlays · Mar 27, 2016

Like I said, if the OP is interested in overclocking, than the 6600K will be a great choice and would work great in gaming. But if the budget is limited, and overclocking is not a huge interest, the i5 6500 will still perform very well. Keep in mind that with a K series processor comes the additional cost of a better cpu cooler and overclocking motherboard. It comes down to preference and whether overclocking is worth the cost to the OP, as a 6600K at stock speeds is not worth the extra cash over the 6500.

bentremblay · Mar 27, 2016

RockyPlays :

Nice point.

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