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i3 vs i7

Dayzed&Kunfozed said:
A dual core i3 4370 runs at 3.8ghz
A quad core i7 4770 runs at 3.4ghz

would the i3 be the faster of the 2 as it states in GhZs ?
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the clock difference is not big enough and for any software using more than 2 cores the advantage for the i7 is HUGE.

also the clocks you specified are not correct, the 4370 does run at 3.8ghz
but the 4770 runs at a higher clock than 3.4GHz, because it supports "turbo boost" which enables it to clock as high as 3.9GHz but I think normally around 3.7GHz under load
 
I got the info from the pcpartspicker site and wrote down what I saw on the list I didn't click on them individually and read specifics I guess would've showed about the turbo maybe.
 
I just build a amd 9590 system as the price of the chip went down to 200 bucks. I dont game much but I have been playing BF4 and its been real nice. I have a msi r9 285 video card to go along with it. Temps on the cpu have been real good also as I have Noctua NH-D15 as my cpu cooler. My system was build to be a vmware test far so I also have 32gb of ram but I am very happy with this build and the price was just right for everything I got. It really depends on what your looking to do with your system. Im doing vmware/video editing and some gaming so this was a perfect set up based on the cost. One thing that is nice is that if I want to upgrade to a z97 intel set up I can reuse all my parts and just get a new board and cpu.
 
A 9590 is just a hot waste of time attached to an obsolete chipset. Clock speed isn't as important as the CPU architecture and IPC. That 4770 can turbo all core to 3.9GHz consistently and would obliterate an i3 and come close to a 9590 with a fraction of the power and heat dumped.
 
escrow4 said:
A 9590 is just a hot waste of time attached to an obsolete chipset. Clock speed isn't as important as the CPU architecture and IPC. That 4770 can turbo all core to 3.9GHz consistently and would obliterate an i3 and come close to a 9590 with a fraction of the power and heat dumped.
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^Truth.
 
escrow4 said:
A 9590 is just a hot waste of time attached to an obsolete chipset. Clock speed isn't as important as the CPU architecture and IPC. That 4770 can turbo all core to 3.9GHz consistently and would obliterate an i3 and come close to a 9590 with a fraction of the power and heat dumped.
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While it's a little old to be building a fresh system on, that's a bit harsh on the 9590. To be as old as it is and to not have been leader of the pack even when it wasn't old, it's doing quite well. At least mine is. It's bloody fast for the sort of things I do on a computer (apparently).

OP should look into i5's, and try to control your desire to yell at Intel for not being able to name cpu(s)/chipset(s)/socket(s) in any intelligible fashion.
You'll figure it out eventually, keep reading.
 
^ Another vote for i5. It's $100 cheaper than the i7, and 4 true cores certainly beats 2 cores and two hyperthreading "boosters" if you will.

The $100 jump to the i7 is hard to justify...
 
Dayzed&Kunfozed said:
A dual core i3 4370 runs at 3.8ghz
A quad core i7 4770 runs at 3.4ghz

would the i3 be the faster of the 2 as it states in GhZs ?
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i5 & i7 have Turbo Boost but i3's don't, so the real load frequencies are:-
i3 4370 - 2C/4T = 3.8GHz 1-2C
i5 4690 - 4C/4T = 3.9GHz 1-2C / 3.8GHz 3C / 3.7Ghz 4C
i7 4770 - 4C/8T = 3.9GHz 1-2C / 3.8GHz 3C / 3.7Ghz 4C

"C" is the number of cores loaded excluding Hyper-Threading.
 
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