i3 or i5(ivy),which to choose

[pcocoray]

Hello,everybody:
I'm a designer,most of time ,I use Altium designer,CAD,etc. I don't play game.now I want to ask,i3 3220 and i5 34xx processor which one to choose.
Thanks!

 

[inf1nity]

the i3 3220 has 2 cores with hyper-threading
whereas the i5 has 4 real cores.

logically i5 should give better performance, but if image editing is all you do, and you can't spend a lot, i say go for the i3 (since W7 supports HT) and use the leftover money to get lots of (8 GB at-least) of hi speed RAM. 1866 or even 2k+ MHz.. Most image editing SW's that i know benefit massively from large amounts of RAM.

 

[NTMBK]

the i3 3220 has 2 cores with hyper-threading
whereas the i5 has 4 real cores.

logically i5 should give better performance, but if image editing is all you do, and you can't spend a lot, i say go for the i3 (since W7 supports HT) and use the leftover money to get lots of (8 GB at-least) of hi speed RAM. 1866 or even 2k+ MHz.. Most image editing SW's that i know benefit massively from large amounts of RAM.

Altium is for designing chip layouts, not magazine layouts. 😉

Take a look at the wiki for Altium: http://wiki.altium.com/display/ADOH/System+Requirements It states that they recommend the use of "gaming" graphics card for higher performance. If I were you I would go for the i3-3220, and buy yourself a decent graphics card like a HD7850.

 

[inf1nity]

OOps.. i didn't read this thread very carefully.. got it mixed with this one..
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2315398

I agree.. get the i3 and also get a card like 7850/650 ti boost

 

[pcocoray]

In fact,Altium Designer is not required a high performace graphics card,Now I use HD5750 is OK. I only want to ask, The performance of i3 and i5, is i3 + H77 support RST? I hope I will get a high disk performance . Thanks !