is an good i3 better than some i5?

[impala123]

hey guys,

I as wondering if the Intel® Core™ i3-3220 Processor (3.30 GHz, 3MB Cache, with Hyper-Threading Technology) is better than some of the older i5s? and if so is this cpu worth getting?

 

[cool3r]

Probably Yes if i5 has the same number of cores and cache memory same than yes i3 is better ! 😀 Cheers ! and yes i3 is cheaper so it's better fore sure !

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yes, it'll beat out some of the older i5s, though you'll likely need to go back to Westmere days to find them.

 

[impala123]

Yes, it'll beat out some of the older i5s, though you'll likely need to go back to Westmere days to find them.

ahaha oh right I see, cheers

 

[Supernova1138]

The i3 3220 would be better than the first gen i5s that were dual cores eg. i5 6xx. It might be slightly better than the quad core first gen i5s (i5 7xx) in single threaded tasks. If comparing the i3 to an older quad core i5 in a multithreaded task than can use more than 2 cores, the older i5 would be faster though.

 

[Guest]

I would say so, but look at the specs. If the ghz, cache and number of cores is better than the i5, than the i3 is better.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Not so much, because of differing architectures. That approach would imply that a FX-6350 is superior to an i7-4770K, which it's not.

 

[Supernova1138]

Ivy Bridge is faster than Nehalem, but Nehalem is still much faster at single threaded workloads than AMD's current offerings, so an older quad i5 would beat out an Ivy Bridge i3 in multithreaded workloads, while being fairly competitive in single threaded workloads once you figure in the i5's turbo boost.

If you already have the older i5, there is no sense in moving to a newer i3 unless you are budget restricted and desperately want features only available on the newer chipset. If you're building new now, you might want to go with the i3 to get the newer chipset and its features, and have an upgrade path to an Ivy Bridge quad core later if you want it.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Even if you want new features, PCIe expansion cards are an option. Then upgrade all at once.

 

[Intel God]

3220 is a great gaming processor for 110 dollars.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Not necessarily enough better to make it worth upgrading to over an i5-750 or -2400.

 

[karlsanada13]

What's your PC specs anyway? You'd better off with Haswell if you're coming from Athlon II/C2Quad.

 

[impala123]

ok thanks guys,

basically I'm stuck between getting either the alienware x51 with i3 processor(as listed above) for £599 or same computer but with with i5 4430 for £750. they both come with NVidia GeForce gtx 645 and first comes with 6gb ram, the second with 8gb ram.

My question now is this: Is it worth me paying another £150 just to get the i5 processor and slightly more RAM or is it not really worth it as the i3 can perform just as well?

Cheers,

 

[karlsanada13]

Wait, I don't really recommend buying a prebuilt PC. How much is your budget? You can get a better specs for £750.

 

[impala123]

Wait, I don't really recommend buying a prebuilt PC. How much is your budget? You can get a better specs for £750.

yeh that was an option: to use a website like cyberpower to customize my own and they build it for me? and my budget is around £700. also I had someone else say to actually buy the parts and put it together myself, however i'm not too keen and would prefer to use cyberpower

also any websites similar to cyberpower that you would recommend?

thanks

 

[karlsanada13]

Well, is that pounds? I don't know any UK sites since I use newegg for my pricings when suggesting builds.

It's basically $1053. Is monitor included?

 

[impala123]

Well, is that pounds? I don't know any UK sites since I use newegg for my pricings when suggesting builds.

It's basically $1053. Is monitor included?

yeh that it is pounds and monitor not included as I have a spare but is the monitor that significant as if it is I might try and get one

 

[Someone Somewhere]

You really want a faster GPU (assuming you intend to game on it). i3 is usually enough though.

 

[impala123]

You really want a faster GPU (assuming you intend to game on it). i3 is usually enough though.

sorry is a GPU the same as a video/graphics card?
I'm a bit of a newbie aha

thanks

 

[karlsanada13]

Price may vary there but this is what I suggest:

atx: Corsair Carbide Series 400R $90
cpu: Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell 3.2GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core $200
ASRock H87M Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel H87 $88
hdd: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB $70
ssd: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III $140
ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $72
powersupply: SeaSonic M12II 750 SS-750AM 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular $100
graphics card: MSI Gaming N770 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit $400

$1160.

This doesn't have an OS.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yep, GPU/Graphics card/Video card/VGA card/Graphics Processing Unit all mean the same thing.

 

[impala123]

Price may vary there but this is what I suggest:

atx: Corsair Carbide Series 400R $90
cpu: Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell 3.2GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core $200
ASRock H87M Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel H87 $88
hdd: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB $70
ssd: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III $140
ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $72
powersupply: SeaSonic M12II 750 SS-750AM 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular $100
graphics card: MSI Gaming N770 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit $400

$1160.

This doesn't have an OS.

Ok thanks will take this into account

 

[impala123]

Yep, GPU/Graphics card/Video card/VGA card/Graphics Processing Unit all mean the same thing.

thanks glad I got that cleared up

 

[karlsanada13]

Wait for people to post theirs, I'm sure mine isn't that optimized.

 

[jessterman21]

Short answer, yes for gaming. It's better than any of the old i5-6xx dual cores, but it only matches the i5-760 in games, and loses to it in most productivity and content creation.

Get the more expensive x51, you won't regret it in the future. Then you can just upgrade the video card when you want higher settings or faster framerates.