Hey guys,
When I last built a system a few years back (C2D e6750) I decided to go with a dual core. Simply because, 2 cores running at a faster speed was generally better than 4 cores running slower.
What's the deal now? Are all the games multi-core?
Another thing that confuses me is i3 and i5 (sandy). Have I read it wrong or do both chips have 2 cores and 4 threads total? So what's the difference? Just the HT and whatever?
I'm pretty confused at the moment and if you guys could recommend the best CPU I would be grateful! I'm going to be playing BF3 and Rift.
Cheers.
When I last built a system a few years back (C2D e6750) I decided to go with a dual core. Simply because, 2 cores running at a faster speed was generally better than 4 cores running slower.
What's the deal now? Are all the games multi-core?
Another thing that confuses me is i3 and i5 (sandy). Have I read it wrong or do both chips have 2 cores and 4 threads total? So what's the difference? Just the HT and whatever?
I'm pretty confused at the moment and if you guys could recommend the best CPU I would be grateful! I'm going to be playing BF3 and Rift.
Cheers.