i3-6100 or i5-3330

[Gaming_Groove]

First time poster, so please be gentle. =) 

 

I'm working on putting together a mini-itx personal rig to replace a 7 year old laptop. I'll be using it for browsing, media, and light gaming. I have a desktop pc that is never used, so I'm trying to decide if I should reuse the i5-3330 and 8GB of DDR3 from it and buy a mini-itx board, or if should spend the extra money on an i3-6100 with a board and DDR4. I'm looking at getting a 1050 or 1050ti if that matters. 

 

Any thoughts on this? It's about $100 USD cheaper to use my existing components, but it seems to be pretty slim pickings for lga1155 boards. I also don't know what would be better from a performance perspective either.

[SoloDolo]

Wait for Ryzen. It will drop prices of all CPUS. 

[3 Lions]

The i5 will be better. 

[Ashiella]

3 minutes ago, Gaming_Groove said:

First time poster, so please be gentle. =) 

 

I'm working on putting together a mini-itx personal rig to replace a 7 year old laptop. I'll be using it for browsing, media, and light gaming. I have a desktop pc that is never used, so I'm trying to decide if I should reuse the i5-3330 and 8GB of DDR3 from it and buy a mini-itx board, or if should spend the extra money on an i3-6100 with a board and DDR4. I'm looking at getting a 1050 or 1050ti if that matters. 

 

Any thoughts on this? It's about $100 USD cheaper to use my existing components, but it seems to be pretty slim pickings for lga1155 boards. I also don't know what would be better from a performance perspective either.

If you could find a mitx x58 or x79 board and get an X5650 or 1650 v1

[charvey2000]

i don't know but i would assume that an i3-6100 would be a better performer than an i5-3330, it depends on what "light gaming" you are planning on doing

[Guest]

Performance difference will be small but seemingly in the i3 6100's favor. I would take whichever option is cheaper.

 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw&t=407s Note that the i5 2500k can boost up to 3,7Ghz so im assuming i5 2500k>i5 3330.

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by Guest

[Blackhole890]

2 minutes ago, HydraGaming said:

Performance difference will be small but seemingly in the i3 6100's favor. I would take whichever option is cheaper.

 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwB1KRMpFdw&t=407s Note that the i5 2500k can boost up to 3,7Ghz so im assuming i5 2500k>i5 3330.

 

but you would need a z board, which means that you will spend more money 

[Bidon]

Reuse the i5 and grab a 1050ti.

[Blackhole890]

12 minutes ago, Gaming_Groove said:

First time poster, so please be gentle. =) 

 

I'm working on putting together a mini-itx personal rig to replace a 7 year old laptop. I'll be using it for browsing, media, and light gaming. I have a desktop pc that is never used, so I'm trying to decide if I should reuse the i5-3330 and 8GB of DDR3 from it and buy a mini-itx board, or if should spend the extra money on an i3-6100 with a board and DDR4. I'm looking at getting a 1050 or 1050ti if that matters. 

 

Any thoughts on this? It's about $100 USD cheaper to use my existing components, but it seems to be pretty slim pickings for lga1155 boards. I also don't know what would be better from a performance perspective either.

also, which is your budget?

 

[Gaming_Groove]

Thanks for all the feedback so far! For the budget, I'd like to spend around $600 or less PRE-OS not including monitor or peripherals. As for what I mean by light gaming, mostly rhythm games, 2d fighters, and older single player stuff like Dark Souls. I'll be building a proper gaming rig on a $1000 budget for the living room at a later date.