i3 or i5 proccesor ?

[46 the goat]

Hello everyone, I have just received the parts for my first P/C build, they are as follows:
Asus P7H55-M-USB3 motherboard
Intel i3
4Gb Dominator DDR3 1600Mhz ram
Corsair VX550 PSU
WD 640Gb 6Gb HDD.
Antec 300 case.
My question is , before I actually begin to assemble, would it be more benificial to swop the i3 for an i5. The P/C will not be used for games, but for photo editing and internet etc. Would I notice an increase in speed or any other benifit if I did upgrade to an i5
Thanks for your help
46 fan

 

[stulid]

well heres a comparison for the i5 760 vs i3 530

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/118?vs=191

 

[02goswej]

For what I'm reading, editing photos and videos. I would stick with the i3, 2 physical cores and 4 threads. It should be more than enough for your needs.

However an i5 will perform better if the applications you are using supports more than 2 cores. But I don't think you would notice a huge difference if you are just editing photos, watching movies etc etc

/Johnathan

 

[cmndr_andi]

If you upgrade to an i5 700 series (750 or 760) then you would see an improvement in performance of your photo editing software, and other applications that make use of multiple threads will see performance improvements (have a look at this review). This is because you will be moving from a dual core (with hyperthreading) to a true quad core (no hyperthreading). However, the i5 700 series does not have an onboard graphics chip - so you would need a discrete graphics card (even a really cheap one would do).

If you are meaning the i5 600 series then I strongly suggest against the move. Its an expensive upgrade for not much extra performance (still a dual core with hyperthreading).

 

[Marine-RX179]

I would say best bet is to check if the application(s) you use for photo editing would benefit benefit from having the extra cores.

 

[Liampope]

As above - what i5 do you mean?

i5 6xx series is the same as your i3 just with turbo boost and wouldn't be worth upgrading to - you can just overclock the i3 manually. The i5 7xx is a quad core and will perform the same as your i3 clock for clock in single/dual thread apps, but up to almost twice as fast in properly multithreaded apps that can fully utilise a quad core.

 

[adrichardson81]

What are you using for editing? If it's a recent-ish version of Elements/Premier, you'll get better performance out of an i5 750 or 760. You'll need a dedicated graphics card, but you won't need to spend more than about £30.