i3 4170 or i5 4440

[Leirodov]

Hello,

Could you please help me to decide which one is better, considering also the price, for a home use (not gaming) pc?

Saw some comparisons, including this one (http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/417/Intel_Core_i3_i3-4170_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4440.html), that says the differences are minimal.

TY

 

[Trolazus]

i5 4440 has 4 CPU core and i3 4170 has 2 CPU core. I think i5 4440 better than i3 4170.

 

[Eximo]

i3 should be fine for home use.

If you are looking at OEM PCs you should track down an i3-6100 build, it will have better overall performance, particular in the graphics department.

 

[dextermat]

Since you won't be gaming (so I assume browsing web, email and basic stuff) get the core i3

 

[Eximo]

i5-4440 = 4 cores 4 threads 6mb of cache 3.1-3.3Ghz
i3-4170 = 2 cores 4 threads 3mb of cache 3.7Ghz

Per core the i3 is actually faster. The greater amount of cache on the i5 will be an advantage for predictive memory needs, so less RAM/Harddrive access. The i3 is hyperthreaded, so can still do 4 nearly simultaneous tasks like the i5.

i3-6100 has the same basic stats as the i3-4170, however the onboard GPU is much larger and faster. This may come in handy for video playback over time. Not really a noticeable difference right now.

 

[smorizio]

with pc if your doing just web and word a two core cpu is fine. go with the newer 1151 mb and skylake and ddr 4 ram. it give you an upgrade path if you want to game latter on.

 

[Trolazus]

i3 should be fine for home use.

If you are looking at OEM PCs you should track down an i3-6100 build, it will have better overall performance, particular in the graphics department.

I agree with you I dont see ''home use'' i3 better for home use but i think i3 6100 better than other i3 CPU. If your mainboard support Skylake CPUs you should buy a i3 6100 or i5 6400.

 

[Xtergo]

even a g3258 is allot for that get this one if you want to save a few more bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117374&cm_re=g3258-_-19-117-374-_-Product


this is basically an i3 without a feature called Hyperthreading for home usage the worst case cenario would be listening to music while playing a high quality movie and having powerpoint running with an antivirus scan in the background and some downloading and a bunch of chrome tabs open this CPU handles all that like a breeze and I have this one and would get this over an i3 especially in your case.

 

[Eximo]

Heck even for business. Pretty sure the all-in-one I got for my mother's store is an i3-4160 or i3-4170. That runs a local SQL database for inventory and a point of sale.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

I have a computer with an i3-4160 with 8GB RAM and a GTX960 video card and it even games quite well. For just browsing the web and E-mail you don't even need a graphics card.