i3 or i5 gaming min

[macgyverfan]

I'm building a new gaming rig in the new year and want to know peoples opinions of 2 vs 4 core for gaming.

I'm looking at the i3 6320 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-588-in.html

The equivalent i5 (in terms of clock speed) is the i5 6600K https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-579-in.html

So the 6320 has hyper-threading so they both have 4 threads. Will I notice a difference in gaming for an extra £80?

 

[macgyverfan]

well unless it had a right good graphics card and loads of ram maybe then that might be a bit different (maybe).

Cheers for the reply. I have a GTX 970 and 8GB of DDR4 2400MHz RAM. My old CPU was an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE which clocks in at 3.2GHz. Pretty good gaming experience even with new games.

I figured the hyper-threading and high clock speed may be enough for what I need. May need to think more about a 4 core.

 

[macgyverfan]

Also now asking whether 8GB of RAM is sufficient for my needs. Which are pretty much only gaming.

It looks like the i3 6320 or i3 Skylakes generally won an OC3D - Gold award.

"So if gaming is the main area of use for your home computer, with some light every day tasks mixed in, you'd be foolish to spend more than you have to just so that the specifications read better than the actual results. These Intel Core i3s are both brilliant processors with plenty of performance at an affordable price."

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-588-in.html

Maybe i3 is the way to go.

 

[macgyverfan]

So it looks like the i3 can handle it at the moment but moving into the future the i5 would be a better bet. I guess it's only an £80 upgrade

 

[macgyverfan]

Yeah but is there any point of spending ~£130 now (i3 6320) and then spending ~£210 (i5 6600K) later to upgrade? May as well bite the bullet now.

I remember some people talking about DX12 reducing the need for more CPU horsepower. Thoughts?

 

[macgyverfan]

koolpc is that a reply to me? I'm the OP and am looking at the i3 6320.

 

[macgyverfan]

Sorry, i wasnt thinking

No worries. Had me confused they'd phased out the 6320 and replaced it with the 6100 or something

 

[macgyverfan]

Take the i5 6000k, or go for a devils canyon i5 and motherboard bundle for £250.

And yes 8GB is enough for gaming.

Cheers for the reply. I think I'll stick with Skylake and go with the i5 6600K (I guess that's what you meant).

 

[macgyverfan]

Thanks humbug. I'm going i5 for sure. Most other posters are saying the same thing too.