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I would go with the i5 unless you are planning to edit video or work with 3D.

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i7 has 4 cores/8Threads, so it will do better in multi-tasking areas. If you do a lot of rendering then i7 will excel in that as well. If you have the $$ then future proof by getting the i7 

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i7 has 4 cores/8Threads, so it will do better in multi-tasking areas. If you do a lot of rendering then i7 will excel in that as well. If you have the $$ then future proof by getting the i7 

so and i7 has better mutitasking? i have and i3 right now and when i open up more than 2 windows it starts to lag

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Typically this means that Hyperthreading is the difference (between i7 and i5).  I don't do either of those tasks, but in theory, the Hyperthreading should improve performance by completing tasks faster.  This is because there are more virtual cores with Hyperthreading, allowing more tasks to occur simultaneously and complete faster.

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I like maxing things out so I would go for the i7 especially if you can get it from microcenter.

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so and i7 has better mutitasking? i have and i3 right now and when i open up more than 2 windows it starts to lag

I have an i3, i can play crysis 3, while on skype and watching a youtube video in HD. Are you sure that there isnt some other problem like slow ram or a crappy gpu.

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the i7 will help a lot and i would recommend it, if you can then the xeon v3 which has the 1150 socket is great haswell.

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so and i7 has better mutitasking? i have and i3 right now and when i open up more than 2 windows it starts to lag

Not necessarily but usually. The i7 is better than the than the i5 at programs that can take use of more than 4 threads. 

The i3 is a solid cpu. It's probably not your i3 that makes your windows lag. My guess is it's your hard drive. 

 

The only difference between the i5 and i7 is hyperthreading. Unless your program can take use of more than 4 threads, you're doing sophisticated sound editing and you're doing work that can make the money back, it's not worth it. 

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Not necessarily but usually. The i7 is better than the than the i5 at programs that can take use of more than 4 threads. 

The i3 is a solid cpu. It's probably not your i3 that makes your windows lag. My guess is it's your hard drive. 

 

The only difference between the i5 and i7 is hyperthreading. Unless your program can take use of more than 4 threads, you're doing sophisticated sound editing and you're doing work that can make the money back, it's not worth it. 

the i3 is in my laptop

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the i3 is in my laptop

It's probably your laptop hard drive then. I'm guessing it's a 5400 rpm hdd.

What about the i5/7? Are you talking about desktop or mobile?

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Your thinking of doing a new build, right? You can't replace the cpu in a laptop.

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Mobile and desktop cpus are not equal. A desktop i3 outperforms a mobile i5. 

 

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I would get an i5 since I use an i5 4670k for photoshop and I open lots of windows without any lag. The i7 would give you a faster processing time but the difference is very minimal: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7003/the-haswell-review-intel-core-i74770k-i54560k-tested/7

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so and i7 has better mutitasking? i have and i3 right now and when i open up more than 2 windows it starts to lag

i7's are multi-tasking beats with 8 cores to split the load with. Unless you're on LGA 2011 because in that case you have 6 Cores/12 Threads. But the starting price is around $500 for a 3930k and it goes up the to extreme edition which costs around a thousand bucks. So you should get the i7 because you WILL notice a difference if you stress the CPU. If you're on a budget then get the i7 4770k but if you're on a really tight budget then the i5 but either will be a great upgrade from an i3. 

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i5 2500k is a great cpu

my friend overclocked his to 5.3Ghz, I guess he got a really good chip. Unlike the new haswell chips that are so hot.

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