Threaded perofrmance multi vs single

[YakityYak]

Hi, I am curious what is more important for the speed of the things i do on computer, i mostly do a lot of web browsing as well as light gaming, my web browsing is very image and video intensive ((Not porn) lol Im curious if i should get a chip with higher thread speed or more threads as i dont know what tasks use one thread or multiple threads. Thank you!

[Arika]

for your "workload" it literally does not matter, what ever is cheaper within your budget

[Firewrath9]

Just get a cheap quad core between 80-120$.

i3-8100, 2200G, 1400 or 1300X all work well.

[YakityYak]

Hey thanks guyss so you saying for web browsing with the stuff im doing such as viedos it wont matter, i also just want the fastest possible navagting in windows like pulling up task manager the fatsest possible and just simple stuff like when opening application them being pulled up instantly 

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory-

[Mira Yurizaki]

Which one you should get depends on if your apps are mostly I/O bound or mostly CPU bound. Most consumer apps are I/O bound and therefore are more sensitive to per-core performance than having more cores in general.

 

So basically in your use case, a higher per-core performance processor is better. But effectively it doesn't matter.

[YakityYak]

and like i know that what im doing isnt very intesive but like is internet browing a multi threaded task of only uses a single thread because if its single thread then i should get one with a little bit higher clock speed and lower cores but if its multi threaded should i get a multipthred one that might be a bit slower in clock speed but more cores 

[YakityYak]

im just use to a mac where eerything seems to open and load ridiculously fast compared to my new pc which on paper is a better computer

 

[YakityYak]

Hi, I am curious what is more important for the speed of the things i do on computer, i mostly do a lot of web browsing as well as light gaming, my web browsing is very image and video intensive ((Not porn) lol Im curious if i should get a chip with higher thread speed or more threads as i dont know what tasks use one thread or multiple threads.and like i know that what im doing isnt very intesive but like is internet browing a multi threaded task of only uses a single thread because if its single thread then i should get one with a little bit higher clock speed and lower cores but if its multi threaded should i get a multipthred one that might be a bit slower in clock speed but more cores im just use to a mac where eerything seems to open and load ridiculously fast compared to my new pc which on paper is a better computer

 

[m0k]

doesnt sound like you need more threads at all

 

ex. if you had to decide between i5-8400 and i7-8700 - you should get the i5 8400

 

if anything you may want to just get an nvme ssd that will overall make everything much snappier and quicker

or even memory with really tight timings like DDR4 2400mhz @ CL13

[YakityYak]

well im basically trying to decied between i5  and ryzen 7 cause there are some ruyzen 7 in same price point

 

[m0k]

4 minutes ago, John Love said:

well im basically trying to decied between i5  and ryzen 7 cause there are some ruyzen 7 in same price point

 

sounds like your i5-7400 is more than enough for your needs tbh

if you dont already have an SSD that should be your first upgrade

[Jurrunio]

storage speed, latency and 16GB of memory matters most. Everything else, CPU core count (as long as you have 4), frequency, memory frequency and timings matters very little.