27" i3 or 27" i5? which is better for me?

[redapple99]

hi guys i am looking at getting the 27" i3 or 27" i5? will i notice a difference if i game? a little photoshop? web-browsing? movies? BUT NO VIDEO EDITING?

thanks

 

[Hellhammer]

Gaming is the only thing that can take advantage of the better CPU and GPU but it depends on what games do you play. Older games will run fine with both machines but newer games benefit from the faster GPU.

It's only 300$, it gets you better CPU and GPU so IMO it's worth it

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[dexthageek]

There is another thread started this morning that covers the same topic.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/977950/

 

[alent1234]

anandtech had benchmarks back in january and the i5 was slightly faster in most games. but only a few FPS