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Core i3 and core i5 processors. What is the difference? What do I choose?
I am planning to buy an HP desktop, all the features are nice as far as I know but it doesn't have the latest i7 processors instead it has the Intel Core i5 quad-core processors.
Well, I am not an electronics guy so I would like to know does it really makes a big difference if I don't go for the i7 processor.
based on the differences between these two processors, is buying i5 going to be a bad idea as compared to i7 considering the performance of the PC.
@Omu Get the best quad core you can afford (i5 desktop/i7 mobile), or if you can afford a more expensive desktop i7 with similar clock speed, get that. – markfknight – 2017-07-25T13:51:24.453
+1I would just say perfect answer to my question.thanks – munish – 2011-06-03T15:30:00.307
i5's and 7's have hyperthreading. – Moab – 2011-06-03T18:48:26.267
The mobile dual-core i5s do have hyper-threading, not the quad-core desktop i5s. Link -> http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei5/index.htm
– markfknight – 2011-06-03T20:04:06.860what would you recommend for visual studio ? – Omu – 2012-04-09T09:52:20.237