i3-4130 Vs. i5-4430

[JakeTheITGuy]

So I am aware this isn't really a "fair" comparison but I am on a budget and was wounding how much of a difference it would be between the two. I am working with a EVGA GT 640 GDDR5 SC. Would it be bottle necked at all?
Any other CPU picks would be appreciated.
Cheers,
JakeTheITGuy

 

[rolli59]

No bottleneck but of course the I5 is better but the I3 will give acceptable performance, I would though not buy I3 but go FX6300 for its better multi thread performance which becomes more and more important. Then again I would always get an I5 over the FX.

 

[doubletake]

Your best bet to find out the "difference" is to check out performance benchmarks. A low end card like a GT 640 would not be in any way limited by either processor; in probably 99% of all 3D workloads you run on the system, that GPU will become the limiting factor well before the processor ever would.

 

[Tzn]

get the i3 since is has only 10% lower performance than that i5 and you save 60$ to invest in a better gpu like hd 7790.

 

[AnEwG]

The EVGA GT 640 is a low end card, you should invest your money in a better GPU.

 

[JakeTheITGuy]

The EVGA GT 640 is a low end card, you should invest your money in a better GPU.

I got it for $50, it will work for the moment.

 

[JakeTheITGuy]

So I guess the smart thing to do would be to save the $$$ and get a i5?

 

[Tzn]

So I guess the smart thing to do would be to save the $$$ and get a i5?
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well i5 is more future proof maybe one day games will require 4cores to run just like the new games start to require only 64 bit OS.

 

[AnEwG]

If you can use the price difference and add some cash to it and get a better GPU with the i3, then I highly recommend that you do so if you are gaming on this PC. If you want something really future proof and you don't care about graphical performance, Get yourself a k series processor with an unlocked multiplier.

 

[rolli59]

So I guess the smart thing to do would be to save the $$$ and get a i5?

What I would do.