4th or 3rd gen intel processor ?

[Jacob Mathew]

should i buy a 4th gen i5 processor at a higher price or a 3rd gen i5 at a lower price ??

 

[LookItsRain]

4th gen, faster and it is not a dead socket.

 

[ff6shadow]

Depends on the amount of money. If you see a 3rd gen processor on sale for like $25-50 less and you are ok with slightly older tech, then do it. If the difference is very small (10-20$) then I would just get the 4th gen.

 

[woworwow]

If you have the money to buy 4th gen then go get that one but the 3rd gen will be good enough for gaming and other things.

 

[kenghtt]

If you already have a motherboard, check what kind of socket it supports because 3rd and 4th gen cpu goes to diff sockets.
But if you are building from scratch, then def go for the 4th gen.....I kinda regret getting a 3rd gen because if i ever want to upgrade to 4th gen, then I would also have to buy a new motherboard. Hopes that help.

Oh yea forgot, if you are on budget, 3rd gen will still do just fine. It will last atleast another good 5 years before you need to really upgrade it, because if you are a big gamer, Graphics Card is what you will be needing to upgrade most

 

[Ravi Gagan]

If you're a hardcore gamer whose enjoying stunning graphics then in my opinion, core i5 would not do any good; but for casual gamer enjoy just time killing games for now and then. My suggestion is the 3rd generation Core because gaming speed is more important, while the 4th generation used lesser energy (system less hotter on extensive performance).

Turbo boost allow the core to process faster than its minimum, that why sometimes computer get extremely hot because of the turbo boost due it requires more energy to process the system data.

 

[CaptainTom]

If you're a hardcore gamer whose enjoying stunning graphics then in my opinion, core i5 would not do any good; but for casual gamer enjoy just time killing games for now and then. My suggestion is the 3rd generation Core because gaming speed is more important, while the 4th generation used lesser energy (system less hotter on extensive performance).

Turbo boost allow the core to process faster than its minimum, that why sometimes computer get extremely hot because of the turbo boost due it requires more energy to process the system data.

The 4th gen is faster. Period. Get the newer one always. This is coming from someone who has and does own both 3rd and 4th gen CPU's. The 4th is better.

 

[Ravi Gagan]

"Without get very technical, the primary differences for the average person are relatively small.

-Haswell(4th gen) consumes very less power; such It can run a new MacBook for more than 12 hours (full day).
-Slightly more processing power. On average with the same clock speeds Haswell CPUs are faster than 3rd generation CPUs.

Haswell is just perfect, Perfect computing, Perfect Battery life and Perfect inbuilt Perfect Graphics."

http://blog.techzost.com/283/difference-intel-4rd-generation-3nd-generation/2013/06

 

[JOOK-D]

If you're a hardcore gamer whose enjoying stunning graphics then in my opinion, core i5 would not do any good

Well, Haswell i5's are basically the best choice for gaming. So I'm not sure what you're talking about.

 

[LookItsRain]

I7s are a waste of money for gaming purposes, 4 very strong cores is more than enough. The i5 is the fastest for the money.