Pentium g4560 or i5 4440

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maanurom

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I'm building a budget pc for gaming at 1080p and some work on solidworks, matlab, premiere and autocad. Want to know which option is better. The one with the g4560 is new, and the one with the i5 4440 is used. Both at about the same price (I'm form Argentina, the prices are crazy).

Intel Pentium G4560
Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H
Gskill Aegis 8gb DDR4 2400MHz 
Price: $ 5.678,00 pesos, $ 360,51 usd

Intel Core i5 4440 (used)
MSI H81M-E33 (used)
2x 8Gb Kingston HyperX DDR3 CL10 1600Mhz (16Gb) (used)
Price: $ 5.849,00 pesos, $ 371,37 usd

The psu will be a Seasonic S12ii 520w. The gpu i'm not sure yet, something between gtx 1050 and 1060, not more than that.

I want the pc to last a few years before i upgrade it. I know that with the 7th gen cpu i'll have a better upgrade path than with the 4th, but maybe with the i5 4440 i will have more time before the upgrade is needed.

Thanks for your time and sorry for my english.



 
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I would go for Pentium G4560. It has less cores, but the things you want to run won't require quad-core. The G4560 is faster but with less cores.
 
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The i5-4460 has at least 30% more processing power (sometimes more depending on type of task) It's a 4-core processor (4C/4T) whereas the G3258 is hyperthreaded (has an extra thread per core but it's still just a 2-core processor).

Ignore HT and just think the i5-4460 is noticeably faster especially in some games that use a lot of CPU.

The USED system also has more system memory which may or may not help you (can't hurt at least).
 
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What you said is correct, but the reason I would go for the G4560 is that it can hypterthread and he wants his PC to last a few years so why would he buy a used CPU? It would be better to buy a new CPU so he wont have to upgrade within the first or second year.
 
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The i5-4440 is only 5% faster (in effective speed) than the G4560 (http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4440/3892vs1993). This is due to the fact that the 2-Core Kaby Lake (7th-gen) Pentium G4560 (despite being a Pentium), now has Hyper Threading Technology (unlike in previous gen Pentiums) where the 2-Core works at 4 Threads -- similar to an i3. Note to mention better IPC/architecture.

The best advantage the G4560 offers is the motherboard/socket platform -- being the B250 (Kaby Lake/Skylake support) motherboard you will pair it with. It offers better upgradability in the future than the H81 motherboard for that older i5-4440 platform. The Kaby Lake upgrade gives you the opportunity to go for an i5-7500 or i7-7700 in the future (should you choose to do so and should your budget permits).

Also, the G4560 build is cheaper but new parts; while the i5-4440 build is more expensive and already used.
 
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I know that for gaming I will be ok with the pentium. However I dont know if solidworks or matlab will be fine with the g4560.
In terms of upgrades, i tought the i5 would give me more time before the upgrade is needed. Since it is more powerful than the pentium in heavy workloads.
Also im afraid of possible new games using more cpu cores.
 
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