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To: Sweet Ol who wrote (80554)1/1/2013 4:09:48 PM
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Core i3 has two cores with hyperthreading so it runs 4 threads simultaneously. Core i5 also runs four threads simultaneously but using four physical cores yielding higher performance. Intel now has integrated graphics. The higher the number, the better the graphics core. Core i3-3225 with HD 4000 graphics is probably the best value in the Intel line. AMD processors in general have slightly lower CPU performance, but better integrated graphics performance and are much cheaper.

Unless you are doing CAD or 3D gaming, almost any processor you buy today is going be a great improvement over one from three years ago and you will not be CPU limited in any normal computing task. One area where you would see an extreme increase in day to day performance would be if you had an SSD instead of a HDD. SSDs make your computer seem much faster especially in boot time and program startup.
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