Is a Quad Core Necessary?

[ghssovereign]

So, I have a LGA1155 motherboard lying around and I need to find a cpu for it. I was wondering if a dual core would be fine for running applications like word and regular google chrome usage. Currently the PC has a Dual core Celeron (at like a 2.8 ghz speed I think?) in an LGA 755 socket. It isn't cutting it anymore. Thank you.

[Hackentosher]

I ran an i3 3225 for awhile, it's perfectly fine for word processing, web browsing, and even some light gaming. However, web browsing (especially if you're a tab whore) will use more RAM than CPU. But for most low intensity applications, a dual core i3 is fine.

[ghssovereign]

1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

I ran an i3 3225 for awhile, it's perfectly fine for word processing, web browsing, and even some light gaming. However, web browsing (especially if you're a tab whore) will use more RAM than CPU. But for most low intensity applications, a dual core i3 is fine.

Awesome Thank you

 

[Shahnewaz]

Yeah, for usual day to day tasks, dual core is enough.

[T3X4SP1AYA]

yeah an i3 should be perfect for those simple tasks

[demonix00]

For general use a dual core CPU is just fine, and even then you'd only need a quad core (or dual core with hyperthreading like the core i3) if you start playing games that actually require that many cores to run.

[Streetguru]

18 hours ago, ghssovereign said:

So, I have a LGA1155 motherboard lying around and I need to find a cpu for it. I was wondering if a dual core would be fine for running appli

Pretty much any CPU could do that, only time you really want a quad core is for running newer games