What's the difference between an Intel Core i3, i5 and i7?

can u help me to buy computer which is the best

Great explanation, just the simplelist and best explanation i could find :D

Exactly the overview I was Googling for. Clear, concise and understandable. No one else has put this in plain terms. Thank you PC World, good article.

Really good explanation. I understood the difference well now. Thanks ;)

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Thanks for the explanation - I think I see it all now!

great explanation - until I found this outline I was starting to think that I would never find a useful overview.

i like your explanation. Very usefull for beginers,
Thx alot

Concise, if all cores active, can turbo boost increase clocks still? amd turbo core will only initiate when less than 3 cores active on their hex chips 1055t 1090t.
if maxing out the processor on all cores, for extended periods, would there be any difference between the i5 dual and an i3 similarly clocked?

just purchased a dell i5 notebook - 17.3 inch screen for $850.00 from qvc is this a good deal?

just wow. now i fully understand what to buy now, tnx for this great explanation

This is a nice explanation . Great Work .

which computer would be best for gaming but is also cheap because my price range is 250 to 350 dollars

Apparently no one proof reads these articles. Why do you say that someone interested in performance is better of buying an i5 than an i3 when you cleary state that the i3 supports hyperthreading and the i-5 doesn't? There is nothing that clearly indicated the benefit of an i-5.

Hey, This is good post for me. Now I can have idea of i3,i5 & i7 concepts. Thanks

INTERESTING EXPLANATION,TELL US SO MORE ABOUT THESE INTEL CHIPS

"However, the Internet browser you use to access Netbank or your email client is not"

Sorry, that's just plain wrong. Any app that does more than one thing at once (e.g. a web browser that loads multiple images simultaneously; a mail program that gets mail from more than one account at once) is extremely unlikely to NOT be multithreaded.

I'm on OS X (and any other modern OS will be similar) on an 8-core machine and right now I can see that my IDE is using 66 threads, Aperture is using 45, Firefox 26, Safari 13 (and another 9 content threads), iTunes 17, Skype 23, Mail 16 and many, many others for a total of over 800 threads in 175 processes. As you can see, any one of those everyday apps will happily spread their work across all the cores I have available. What matters is how much the CPUs are actually being utilised for this workload - on my system, I run out of disk bandwidth long before my CPUs get choked up, so I'd be better served by an SSD upgrade. I suspect this is common - I'd expect an i3-based system with an SSD to run rings around an i5 with a regular HD for everyday tasks.

Does the core i7 processor have 8mb memory?

Thanks for making that clear as day!!!!!

Nice article, but you can this info off intel's website or even the CPU box in some cases. Technology really is making people less intelligent. A lot of the comments here reflect that, but not being able to remove the battery cover off a phone is priceless. Seriously PC World, please look at the comments being posted on your site.

In reference to Synchro's comment: I'd expect an i3-based system with an SSD to run rings around an i5 with a regular HD for everyday tasks.

Please get your head out of your anus, you are likely to suffocate.

The reason you have so many threads running, is that you have quite a few different apps running. Web browsers are typically single thread apps. Sure, they load quite a few items very quickly. But, it is linear data transfer. Not raw processing power.

Simple and great explanation.. Thanks.

The explaination was great. Help me decide which computer to buy that will last a while. Thanks

Great article. Really well explained in clear, simple terms. Definitely gave a good insight into what laptop to decide on. Thankyou!

How many hours can i used continiously Toshiba core i7?

@Steve Holanov Glass Houses and stones.

4 full native cores in an i5 are more powerful than the i3's 2 hyperthreaded cores (which can only run simple instructions in parallel some of the time).

That and the i5 has turboboost and 6mb cache compared to 3mb cache.

i just wanna buy new laptop can any onehelp me which one is best for me , my oly purpose is for surfing , little bit gaming ...advice me a affordable laptop it sholud be of hp ....

You can get the Asus U46e at bestbuy

Asus u46e is a good buy and comes in i5 or i7. I have two of them!!

As a headteacher and a prospective purchaser of 10 new laptops for staff you have just saved us about £750, so many thanks!

According to me i7 is the best. I have i7 which is of 2.8Ghz and is quadcore and I compared it to my friend's i5 which was of 3.33 Ghz and was dual core. In my windows experience index I had 7.4 for the processor where as my friend had 7.0 anly for his processor.

I don't get it. Im looking to buy a 13 inch mac with i7 and it says it's a dual core. Only the 15 inch is a quad core.

Simple and precise. thanx

Thanx for the explanatn u gave...so dual core processor n core-i3 processor's the same..jst name differ...rite?

Thank you for the simple explanation.Now I'm thoroughly clear why an i3 is not an i5 and why an i5 is not an i7.
Happy computing!

I was in a large electronic store yesterday shopping for a new computer. My old one has 3MB memory and when I buy I like to upgrade. I have been looking at computers with 6 to 8 MB. The salesman said that if I purchased one with i7 that it would run hotter and burn out faster. Is this true or was he just blowing smoke?

In reference to AntiSynchro:

"Please get your head out of your anus, you are likely to suffocate." How pleasant - starting your comment with an (undeserved) insult.

"The reason you have so many threads running, is that you have quite a few different apps running. Web browsers are typically single thread apps. Sure, they load quite a few items very quickly. But, it is linear data transfer. Not raw processing power."
Very few non-trivial applications operate in a single thread - I haven't worked on one professionally in my entire career in software engineering. To suggest that IE is processing all that Javascript, downloading, rendering text & images, collecting user input and protecting you from malware ALL IN ONE THREAD is fanciful. How is it that I can interact with a webpage whilst elements of it are still loading? Because separate threads are handling the user input & rendered output. I don't usually bother to respond to inane threads like this so, I guess congrats are in order for you - I have been successfully trolled by your post into responding...

hi! im looking to buy a very good and high speed laptop 16.4 inches for a simple use at the present and maybe in the future i will use it for something more advance.. can you help me find something?? and also could u tell me what do u think about the sony vaio VPCF22M1E/B ...

hwllo sir, i need some information,first one is:what is improve of i5then differend between i3 and i5,plz reply me

good explanation.i just thought i3 have 3 cores,i5 have 5 cores and i7 have 7 cores wrongly.thanks for the explanation and difference in intel cores

Thanks for your explanation.This is very useful to learn the new comers.

Just what I was looking for, clear, simple yet informative. Thanks!

That was really helpful as I am considering buying a new PC. Thanks!

i need a laptop with core i5,..which will be best in that case with lowest price but best quality..

Good explanation !!!

Very well explained.

Thank you so much for the break down. I now understand about i3, i5, and i7 Intel Cores.

i3 has 4 processor
i5 has 8 processor
i7 has 16 processor

Short, concise and to the point. Thanks for the easy to understand explanation. You've now helped me rule out the i3 process for my laptop computer selection. Now I just need to decide between the i5 and i7 mobile chips...and then each chipset thereafter under i5 and i7...

I finally get it. Thank you so much!

ahh haa! now i understand all the hoopla is about. my pc usage is well below i3s. but still good to know for future reference. THANK YOU.

Tanq nw i m clear abt hyper threading,boosted and all...

Just wanted to say thanks for the advice on differences in i3 to i7... For a lay person with a little knowledge on computers this has helped greatly.

Concise explanation. Thank you.

Very nice explaination. It helped me a lot to decide what I should buy.

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WOW, This article is AMAZING, I'm a computer engineer and I find it very useful, THANK YOU!!

Okay guys,
I don't know the meaning of core i3, i5, or i7
what does the i mean here?

I heard that i3 means (4 cores) i5 means (6 cores) and i7 means (8 cores) is it true?

please if anyone knows help me thank you in advance

Okay. Whether is it good or well suited to buy these processors in laptop or PCs in performance wise?
Please anyone of you illustrate this..

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Wow, what a thorough, clear, and easy to understand explanation! Thank you so much.

nicely explaned i dont quite understand the part where u said that all i3 are duo core i have a toshiba core i3 with a quad core please help am lost! happy computing

Perfect - thanks for the clear and useful explanation! I don't usually stop to say thanks, but this was great.

W()W You're a great 1 in IT field Parkinson...........!

For every day needs like email , web , a movie any one of them is ok . When buying the extremly fast computer , processors unless you have a need for this you are often paying extra for things you wont use fuly most of the time . I am using a core duo E4300 still. It dos every think plays HD movies ,web , emails ,every day things .

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Tons of help i loved it! Just one thing what is the difference?

great explaination !!! thank u !!!

Actually. I'm not a 100% sure about the rest but i do have a Vaio VPCCW21fX with an I3 That does infact have 4 Cores. I have also seen a couple I5 with dual cores. can you explain this?

Hi im planning to buy a laptop can i ask something which is better??

Acer 4755 - i7 and 8GB ram
Or
Sony Vaio S Series i5 8GB ram?

Of course sonny is a little expensive than acer but what do you think might be the one i need? Will use it for games and ordinary downloading on the go

Many thanks

THANK YOU PC WORLD!!! THAT WAS NICE AND SIMPLE!!!! Geesh everyone else i looked up was giving like super detailed like i understood any of it..smh.

Thanks Again PC world for making that simple.

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Thanks for the insightful article. Simple and to-the-point - finally!

I agree with Rich: this has been an extremely lucid, focused and user friendly explanation, of great relevance to consumers of the new computers. As a technical illiterate who does not keep up with what is often incomprehensible (and who has in the past been incorrectly advised because I tend to underestimate what I actually end up doing on my computer!), I struggle with so much: but even I understood this and can apply it to my next purchase. Thank you so much!!

in i3 or i5 , i stands for what? as p stands for pentium i stands for?

Insight view; so helpful, but could you please shed light on the turbo side of it. thanks

The comments on this page are some of the stupidest things I have ever read.

Yeah hitting the point pap! on the head. Thanks.

I have the i5661, stock speed 3.33ghz, but now running at an overclocked speed of 4.60ghz. Air cooling with a mux120 push/pull fan setup.Very stable with core temps around 40ish deg celcius, love it.

I still use a i5 750 and a GT460 for gaming and can play Skyrim and Mass Effect 3 with no problems even though I only have 4GB of Ram

Wow! I actually got it!

Thank you for making it simple. :)

you have enlighted me,than for the good work

Sheesh...I have a headache from reading some of these idiotic questions: "...I would like to know what is the best chip for my computer? I want to play killer games but only spend 150.00? How much ram does the I7 have? What is the best computer to buy? How fast will my computer go with one of these? Will this make my disks run faster?"

Some people should just stay away from computers altogether...

seriously i didnt understant.....

thanks clearned alot of my doubts and filled alot of grey areas! great article :)

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i7 processor is so good

Thanks for the explanation. Well, I'm off to order an alienware with an i7 processor... cheers :D

Thanks, you explained something so complicated in such simple terms. It makes it a lot easier to understand

Very good article. Concise, informative, and easy to be understood. Thank you!

My laptop's i5 (560M) has both Turbo Boost 2.0 AND Hyper-Threading (I can see 4 graphs on Task Manager). But still with only 3MB cache.

I wanted to buy core i3,is this good for enjoying internet????

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WRONG!
i3 = dual core
i5 = dual core + dual threads + turbo
i7 = quad core + dual threads + turbo

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If you go into Device Manager and click on Processors you can count how many CPUs you have
I have Core i7 and it reveals that I have 8 CPUs

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Thank you very much for this overview I've been researching for months about processor's and nowhere else has explained it as well as this. I spent months researching when I could have spend 5 minutes right here and know all I need to know about what I need to get that fits me best so again I say thank you very very much.

The best way to gauge processors is to run a benchmark test on the competeing processors, that way each processor is tested at the same level. Unfortunately each benchmark has it's own strengths and weaknesses so to get a true comparison you would need to run several benchmarks that exploit or test different aspects of the processor. That being said, as a rough gauge download this comparison sheet and use it to see if that outstanding buy opportunity is exactly that or not. I'm not sayin this is the end all be all of benchmarks but it is a fair description of processor performance. For streaming video look for benchmarks between 2000 - 3000; for gaming at the low end don't go below 3000 of course for serious gamers the top end would be infinity; to actively edit video and do graphics rendering you need to have something from 3000 to 5000 for amateur work; industrial grade video and 3D work requires from 5000 to infinity.
PassMark - CPU Benchmarks - List of Benchmarked CPUs http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php If you already have a system and want to gauge it's capability graphics and CAD wise google search for SPECview and download their free graphical benchmarks. If your just the average computer user don't buy anything less than an i3 in the 2.5 GHz range and higher cause anything less is ancient history before you clear the door at Best Buy. For quality manufacturers Asus is the clear winner so shop for the bargains. For feature packed low cost computers Gateway / Acer are ok but you need to screen them as soon as you get them home ... any sign of a defect and race back to the store to exchange them.
I hope this has helped. BTW I do tend to be an Intel bigot, as an engineer I find them difficult to work with but their stuff does what they say it will do.

Thank you for giving details to share with us.

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I've been sufficiently enlightened with your explanation about the differences of the Intel processors. Thanks!!!

Great explanation, cheers!

crysis 3 will be able to operate in pentium dual core

Great Expalanation. Help me a lot.

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a really good proccessor; intel core i5 3ghz_with turbo 3.3GHZ.a good 2TB hard drive,nvidia GEforce, 8gb ram and much more < AND ITS JUST FOR 550 EURO

This is a really excellent description of the differences in the technology. Great work, thank you.

Wow, I've always figured that I7 was better than I5 and I3 but now I know why. Although I have a 2nd Gen I7 2.2 GHz with 8Gig Ram @ 1600Mhz it still seems slow compared to my old Intel DualCore 2.1 with 4Gig Ram @ 800MHz. What gives?

Should I buy you of those Mini Laptops for my business?

this has clear my concept easily

pls help, what is the main diffrence between core i3 & i5

I use a computer for email, searches, facebook, general reading. The programs I use are 2010 versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Access, Printmaster. I also use Gimp and other photo editing software and Bible study software. Sometimes I have 2-3 programs running. Do I need an Intel Core i5 processor or will an i3 series be fine?

the whole derivative of the article to understand it, is the last line!!

its fentastic.

Can you help me to buy a best laptop in today in the lowest price ?

i like your explanation. Very usefull for beginers,
Thx alot

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF I3 CORE PROCESSOR

can u say what is the difference between dual core and core i7

great explanation i hope other guise are easy understand single core, dual core, and multy core

i3=mom or grandma
i5=student or small business owner
i7=Gamer or Power User of High Performance apps (i.e. Photoshop)

nuff said.

Thankyou.....very resourceful article for a young computer science student like me who is looking forward to buy a laptop

Johhny Cakes cook rite on i3 but not i7 so i3 better be

Good article. Well explained. Easy to understand and appreciate eevn for a beginner. Thank you!

Can you suggest me to buy right processor for average server ? what ihave decided is i5 according to my budget? What you say?

Not so fast i5 4 cores not all example:http://ark.intel.com/products/53449/Intel-Core-i5-2415M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-2_90-GHz\\

look specs re read: and

http://ark.intel.com/products/53428/Intel-Core-i3-2130-Processor-3M-Cache-3_40-GHz

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This was a great article. You should be a teacher.

i want to buy a new laptop in range 35000.
Kindly tell me, which laptop would be best in this range.

Very simple and informative indeed. :))

thanks a lot

This is a well written article that explains the difference between the Intel processors but...There are many factors that determine how well a computer performs. The processor is only one of them. The amount of RAM, its speed, the video adapter, its RAM and speed, hard drive, software, the chipset used, how well the drivers are written, operating system, manufacturer,anti virus software and more are all factors that affect performance. In a side by side comparison of my old Core 2 Duo laptop and a new i5 laptop using Windows 7, I have found that most apps run equally as fast until pushed to their limits. Some apps actually start faster on the older laptop. I recommend for most to get the best computer you can afford so start with a budget.
A couple of comments:
a dual core computer with hyper threading will show in the operating system as using 4 processors. That is not equivalent to a quad core processor with no hyper threading.
An application that runs with multiple threads will not necessarily allow for the processing of those threads simultaneously. Meaning that even if you have multiple cores, some applications can only use one of them at a time and in many cases only one thread can be processed at a time. The thing is, computers operate so quickly that it seems that many things are happening at once.
For those of you who browse the web, use email and post to Facebook just about any new computer will do. Gamers, engineers, graphics folks, etc. will want to go for the high end. For the rest, the choice is yours.
And, steer clear of Asus if service is important to you.

... Because none of the Core i3 CPUs have Turbo Boost...
... Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which all of them have...

They seem contradicting statements to me.

Good Piece of information for those who gets into lot of confusion, while choosing the Intel i-core family of processors... Thanks to Mr. David Parkinson.

You missed an important point about hyperthreading: 1 Core, Hyperthreaded looks like 2 CPU cores. At best, it will perform as 1.3 CPU cores. This is a significant advantage of i3 over i5.

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At a rough guess, the " i " in this case would stand for Intel.

In the same way the original i-Pod BAPI (Before Apple Pinched It.. the name)
Who had I-Pod as a registered business name in Brisbane
before Apple even had their I-Mac Back in 1995.
In that case the " I" stood for Information or Internet. and the " Pod" was used
with an inference to a seed pod Full of new life, information and ideas,

This is a really excellent and helpfull description on this technology. Great work, thank you.

Sandy
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Does the core i7 processor have 8mb memory?

You helped me understand the difference between these processors with ease.This was very enlightening for me thanks.

currently I m a computerscience student,so I want to buy a new laptop ,can any one help me with approperate answer

Hi David,
thanks for the explanation. Now I know that I need to buy a desktop with i5 or i7 processor. What other features I should concentration on when choosing a computer for business use. I use accounting software but I keep the data on the external hard drive?

Hi David, I forgot to mention that I have to buy a computer with Windows 7 since all my programs work with Windows 7, I have tried Windows 8 it did not worked with my accounting programs and Microsoft Office that I have

better information i got from this site.
thank you.
i use i5 but i really like i7
:-)

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@Tommy "Nice article, but you can this info off intel's website or even the CPU box in some cases. Technology really is making people less intelligent. A lot of the comments here reflect that, but not being able to remove the battery cover off a phone is priceless. Seriously PC World, please look at the comments being posted on your site."

Getting the facts off of a site that has an economic interest in pushing product? Why would anyone trust their opinion of their product? When you search for explanations, they give you infotainment. I went to Intel's website and saw their explanation of TurboBoost. It's a CGI cartoon of jet plane. Even when they cite "facts" they substitute their own commercial language for honest descriptions (for example, look at how HD TV's have substituted out MHz, which is a generic term for such abominations as "clear vue 120" to describe a 60 Mhz television). So, no, we won't be looking at the manufacturer's sites for clear and honest explanations of their products, we'll be looking to the sites of more neutral parties.

good

Only one word can describes it, and it's a "WOW",
great job for a straight to the point explanation.

its a very good computer

what about i9 processoR?

2 pages, and still no explanation of why it's called i3 i5 i7? 3 what? 5 what??

Thanks so much for writing this!

Very informative article! Now I know..

First of all, great article. Has pretty much everything you need to know if you're looking to buy a new computer. Just to clarify...although i7 is much more expensive, the i5 can do almost as much as the i7. I'm currently in the process of buying a pretty beast desktop computer. I've done a ton of research on this subject, and you could easily buy the i5 and still have an amazing computer. I'm in my Freshman year, (college) and am getting into computer programming and computer engineering. I'm also a big gamer. You really only need and i5, as long as you even out the power with some strong other components, such as a higher amount of RAM, and a decent graphics card. (If not two) Anyways, GREAT article. This really helped me out, even thought there's a bit more you could add. Thanks!

A very good explanation. At least I've learned something today.

Thanks a lot to David Parkinson.

Hyper Threading and Turbo boost are not new technologies that came out way back in the day

could some one recommend for me what the next CPU is I should buy- and do I need to upgrade considering what I have: I have a desktop Duo core 2 E8500 @ 3.16GHz, 2 cores, 5GB RAM (ddr2 I think). Presently I use the computer for Facebook, surfing the net, reading the SMH etc ( watching video clips using online media which seems to me a bit slow), uni, occassional emails, the odd youtube clip and I do not download or watch movies but I may want to do this in the future (in descending order of usage). I am thinking of getting a dSLR camera and doing some basic to medium photographic work on the computer but nothing intensive. I guess I am asking for what sort of new motherboard, CPU and amount of RAM to upgrade to. I have a Dell 2413m screen and would like to upgrade to a 27inch model which I may pair with what I already have. I am happy to spend money but mostly I am asking for the sweet spot that will last for 2-4 years until the next upgrade cycle kicks in. And is it more sensible to but bits and pieces or just a whole new system. Thanks.

I just wanna buy new laptop can any one help me . Which one is the best for me. My only purpose is for surrfing, little bit gaming and programming because i am a student of computer science. Advice me a affordable laptop.

I'm surprised so many comments here from people who have very little experience in pc's say its a great article, it clears up all the mysteries, great article, I understand it all now, and the compliments go on and on. I suppose thats great for the inexperienced (and even the few so called "experienced" pc engineers & programmers, who raved about its concise and very helpful explanations) to continue down their paths of the blind leading the blind. But I would rather know the truth so I don't continue to waste my hard earned money on buying crap.

I'm very experienced with both hardware and software and I promise you the article is vague at best and misleading at worst. It leaves out valid comparisons between Intel cpu models. He gives some good info on Cache, but it ends there. Vague info on Turbo-Boost, poor info on Hyper-threading and even worse wrong info on Number of Cores. He leaves out a very important facts and the multitude of variations that effect his so called "simple" explanations.

Just one example, he says: "Remember that all Core i3s are also dual cores"

Absolutely WRONG. i3's are essentially the same as the Core2 duo microprocessors which simulated 2 cores (well that was their claim anyway but it wasn't and still isn't the truth). i3's use "virtual" cores called hyper-threading which supposedly act as separate cores. But the reality is that neither of Intel's Core duo's or Dual Core's Hyper-Threading handle speed and efficiency as real non-virtual cores do and more importantly some websites and applications don't support virtual cores or hyper-threading so both types of architecture are useless as far as giving you more speed and effenciency. In fact it handles duties slower than single processors in some cases.

There are also many issues with the Sandy Bridge versions which is the 2nd generation of icores. At the very least I would advise all intel cpu users to be sure its the Ivy Bridge series (3rd generation) because some of the issues in the Sandy Bridge versions were fixed.
I could go on but I'm sure this sounds boring to some. Bottom line is this article isn't worth the "virtual" ink its printed with. If you want the truth or real facts don't rely on a magazine article that's written by someone who is PAID by intel to promote their products. Go to Wikipedia or a tech forum and read the different opinions by truly knowledgeable techies.

And btw, this also is not the proper venue to ask questions like what pc to buy, or how much ram does the i7 have (it doesn't have ANY ram. RAM is a completely separate piece of hardware that is NOT built into or a part of a CPU) Its just an article people its not a Q and A forum ok?

I want buy pc but i dont know which is better for me i3 or i5, i want to use of graphics work, like corelDraw, photoshop etc, can u suggestion to me

very nice

Well I am a Computer Science Student and I can tell you there is some false information in this article. All i7 don't have 8MB Cache and in fact I am working on an i7 3610QM processor and it has 6MB cache and so do more than a few other models of i7 chips. Your description is also outdated as you are only talking about Sandy Bridge and didn't mention the new processors all running Ivy-Bridge. I'm going to go ahead and say that your section on Cache is just wrong....

gud post friend/////

thank's a lot for sharing your knowledge.. very usefull

very simple yet very very useful, thanks for sharing, readers (@187) may check the date of the article; its May 2011 so obviously some info will appear outdated to them. Nevertheless, its a very article to get started. Hope to see you come up with revised one as well :)

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Can you help me in finding a best laptop with i7 processor

Great article... horrible posts. I have just lost a certain percent of faith in the collective intelligence of the world.

Hi All,

I am using a I7 QM laptop and I can tell u guys the practical observation over it...
Somebody asked that whether I7 will get hotter n all ....definitely it'll be more hot that a I5 so if u really wants to some complected tasks like extreme gaming then only go for a I7 else I5 would be great option....For a normal user like me (Though I does lots of thing at a same time) I5 would have been a great choice!!

Hey i am buying a pc next week..plz tell me which core should i buy becuz i am just 13 and want to use mostly MS office , internet and Skype for my skool projects,,,,plz tell me what should i buy, i have no range cuz i have money

thanks know i learned difference between i3,i5, and i7

Dude u r d man... Great Knowledge ... Served :)
thanks.

can u help me to find information about core i7.....
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mine is an i3 but keeps me satisfied everytime..proper maintenance is a key.

The article is simply worth reading. it is really helped me a lot in buying my own laptop and Now i am even suggesting some of my friends as well as....

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Most of these comments are "great explanation, now I know what computer to buy" and to all the people who said that, you're all stupid. Don't buy a pre-built PC, make your own because you can make it however you want and because it will usually cost almost half of what a retail PC would cost, yet keeping the same preformance.

Good Explanation,Thanks a lot.