Upgradation

Hi All, We are working are on a 12 year old DELL Laptop to run our newly built POS Billing system (Point-of-Sales) built through Ms Access Database. The Software Requirements are not so stringent but at least office 2016 should be installed. If Office 2021 could sit it's well and Good. I know...

Planning to upgrade my CPU from i5 2400 to i3 10100F, as I know its a good upgrade but there is Hexacore processor i5 -10400F, and cost 100$ more. Little tight on budget. Need suggestion: Is i3 10100F Quadcore, a good future proof according to Gaming, as I don't change hardware like Motherboard...