i3 6th Gen vs i5 6th Gen Question HELP !!!

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

Hello ,
I want to buy a new budget CPU for 1151 socket and I can't decide ... (I Only want to play GTA V Online nothing else)
I am thinking about i3 6100 , in my country this cpu has 136 Euros or i3 6320 .
On the other hand i5 6400 has 207 Euros but I don't know if it is worth it
Help Please
Thanks for your time ,

cdabc123 · May 30, 2016

get the i5 it will be much better and last much longer without the need for a upgrade

superninja12 · May 30, 2016

for gta 5 the i5 will give you a very big difference

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

ChrisTsall99 :

It's worth it ad GTA V is CPU intensive and can definitely use 4 cores, especially while gaming online. Go for it without a doubt adn also go for the i5 6500. teh price difference is minimal and the 500Mhz frequency difference is definitely worth it. No-brainer.
I also might have an even better option for you. Where do you live btw and how much can you find an Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 tehre for?

rayzaldy · May 30, 2016

If you're really on a budget the pentium g4400(which is skylake btw) is a good option to choose from either i5 or this cpu. overclocked g3258 is still pretty good though.

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

Hlsgsz :

ChrisTsall99 :

It's worth it ad GTA V is CPU intensive and can definitely use 4 cores, especially while gaming online. Go for it without a doubt adn also go for the i5 6500. teh price difference is minimal and the 500Mhz frequency difference is definitely worth it. No-brainer.
I also might have an even better option for you. Where do you live btw and how much can you find an Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 tehre for?
277 Euros I live in Greece

cdabc123 · May 30, 2016

rayzaldy :

why would he get a pentium when he is capable of getting a i3 or i5?

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

cdabc123 :

It's wishful thinking from rayzaldy's part.
Man, please stop giving bad advice.

superninja12 · May 30, 2016

Hlsgsz :

cdabc123 :

It's wishful thinking from rayzaldy's part.
Man, please stop giving bad advice.

peformance /price wise cdabc is right the i5 6400 is really worth the monies for gta 5

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

ChrisTsall99 :

Well this would be the absolute best you can get for your money for GTA V Online.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $301.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-30 09:52 EDT-0400

It's equivalent to an i7 4770.
But if you can't afford it, don;t sweat, the i5 6500 will do. Just don't go loweer than that for that game.

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

superninja12 :

Hlsgsz :

peformance /price wise cdabc is right the i5 6400 is really worth the monies for gta 5

i5 6500 is significanly better in the price/perf department

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

Hlsgsz :

ChrisTsall99 :

Well this would be the absolute best you can get for your money for GTA V Online.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $301.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-30 09:52 EDT-0400

It's equivalent to an i7 4770.
But if you can't afford it, don;t sweat, the i5 6500 will do. Just don't go loweer than that for that game.

Okay really thanks for your help . So i5 6500's performance is going to be much better than the i3's ?

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

ChrisTsall99 :

Hlsgsz :

ChrisTsall99 :

Well this would be the absolute best you can get for your money for GTA V Online.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $301.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-30 09:52 EDT-0400

It's equivalent to an i7 4770.
But if you can't afford it, don;t sweat, the i5 6500 will do. Just don't go loweer than that for that game.

Okay really thanks for your help . So i5 6500's performance is going to be much better than the i3's ?

Definitely

rayzaldy · May 30, 2016

Don't take my word but take a look at the benchmarks. People that value their money would understand my post

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

Hlsgsz :

ChrisTsall99 :

Hlsgsz :

Okay really thanks for your help . So i5 6500's performance is going to be much better than the i3's ?

Definitely

Okay

So I am going for i5 6500.
One more question , saw a video on youtube and a guy was testing i3 6100 vs i5 6400 with gta v and they haven't got so much difference with the FPS . Why ?

cdabc123 · May 30, 2016

rayzaldy :

no. it is a dual core cpu with no hyper-threading that will struggle to run anything but a VERY small amount of games. it is only a viable option when they cant get their budget past a certain point or they only want to do afew things on the pc. that cpu dosnt meet the minimum reqs for 75% of games . additionally its single core isnt very high and i could recommend a 70$ xeon that games better

rayzaldy · May 30, 2016

Because they do don't have a lot of fps difference. If you browse around benchmarks across the web there rarely more than 10fps improvement going from an i3 6100/g4400 to an i5 6400

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

ChrisTsall99 :

Hlsgsz :

Okay

So I am going for i5 6500.
One more question , saw a video on youtube and a guy was testing i3 6100 vs i5 6400 with gta v and they haven't got so much difference with the FPS . Why ?

Maybe they were limited by the GPU. Look, the difference should be between 20 and 30% medium FPS in offline gaming, and even more while online(these figures are obtained on test benches. real world, with other stuff runnign in the background, the difference might be more).
But here's a pro tip: medim framerates are alot less important that minimim ones, and that's where the i5 really proves it's worth. Less annoying frame dips/stuttering etc. This is valid for any game.

cdabc123 · May 30, 2016

@ChrisTsall99 it could be a large amount of things the settings, the res, the gpu

cdabc123 · May 30, 2016

rayzaldy :

an i3 and a Pentium are not in the same category the i3 can run games fine and it a MUCH better cpu and since you like benchmarks so much here ya go

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G4400+%40+3.30GHz
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-6320+%40+3.90GHz

rayzaldy · May 30, 2016

cdabc123 :

rayzaldy :

an i3 and a Pentium are not in the same category the i3 can run games fine and it a MUCH better cpu and since you like benchmarks so much here ya go

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G4400+%40+3.30GHz
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-6320+%40+3.90GHz

No offense. But that's a PassMark benchmark

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

rayzaldy :

Hlsgsz :

ChrisTsall99 :

Maybe they were limited by the GPU. Look, the difference should be between 20 and 30% medium FPS in offline gaming, and even more while online(these figures are obtained on test benches. real world, with other stuff runnign in the background, the difference might be more).
But here's a pro tip: medim framerates are alot less important that minimim ones, and that's where the i5 really proves it's worth. Less annoying frame dips/stuttering etc. This is valid for any game.

cdabc123 :

Okay

ChrisTsall99 · May 30, 2016

cdabc123 :

Thanks for your reply ... Oh I didn't say that I am going to play at 1280x720 and not at 1920x1080

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

rayzaldy :

Please do not take offence, this is just a piece of advice: rather than flaunting your poor understanding of hardware, gaming and how benchmarks work, you'd do well to learn a few things on this forum.
No knowledgeable and in their right mind indovidual would pair a pentium g with a 970 or 390 unless all he wanted was to play CS:GO and otehr such games. Ask around.
Like i said, please don't take offence.

Hlsgsz · May 30, 2016

ChrisTsall99 :

Teh lower teh resolution, the more you will be limited by the CPU and not the GPU

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