i3 4130 vs i5 4460?

[Zangato88]

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[_I_]

if its an oem board and looking for an upgrade
4770/4771 should be cheap, if you can find them

but the mobo will be the limiting factor, many oem do not have vrm config or cooling capable of running them upto their max tdp or turbo speeds

id really look into upgrading the cpu/mobo/ram and case if its oem

[Shodan]

That hardware is ancient and pointless. If you want an authentic retro build for some reason, 2014 hardware is too new for Windows XP and games older than 2005. I had a Core 2 Duo E8200 in 2007. Anyway, the i5 is clearly better.

[Illusion of Progress]

I feel like a Core 2 Duo (like the E8x00 as mentioned) would be perfect for the task.

It's slightly newer than what you're going for (Conroe debuted in later 2006, and the Wolfdale refresh was throughout early 2008), but unless you're specifically trying to be "time period correct", most people usually do go with something a bit newer to ensure they always have great performance, and the Core 2 was a big step up at the time, especially if comparing it to Intel's own predecessor. It was a bit less of an increase from what AMD had and an Athlon 64 X2 would be another consideration, but you'd probably also limit your choices (and end up with something a bit slower) if you wanted to go with that one. A Core 2 would be perfect for a really late Windows XP or Windows Vista/7 PC. It'll even run Windows 10.

I'd really only go older (like AMD Athlon XP, Pentium 4, etc.) if you wanted to do an mid-Windows XP time period build with AGP.

But if it's strictly between between those two, either one honestly. The games from then are all going to be single core, so the extra cores won't matter, but (didn't look it up) the Core i5 probably has a bit of an advantage in cache and clock speed, so you still may as well go with it. I'm presuming cost difference is very low. Also, the Core i3 having Hyper-threading may introduce the odd performance impact in some games. Back then, it didn't always play so well with everything.

[Shodan]

Like, either go with actual retro hardware if you're into that sort of thing or go with modern for much better dependability and performance, old games will be perfectly compatible on Windows 10, I know because I play tons. But to go with 10 years old hardware that is neither modern nor retro just sucks.

I still got my E8200 PC and it works pretty nicely on Windows 10, but I wouldn't rely on that hardware because it can all die any day and it's not too fast, it just gets the job done.

Hell, I even got a Windows 95 laptop which actually came with that Windows 95, it's that old. It wasn't turned on for at least 10 years and a few months ago I was wondering if it still works. I turned it on the moment I plugged it in and it booted up instantly, everything worked perfectly.

So, if you like retro stuff, go with proper retro stuff, but only as a side thing just for fun, always have an up-to-date PC with Windows 10 or 11 when 10 becomes obsolete.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Also to mention, Steam won't install on older OS than W7, so have to look towards GoG, or consider getting disk version of the game.

But like others said core 2 is good ideal, but still most games works outside of Xp, so if not after games that have huge problems to work outside of Xp, then not worth the trouble, unless doing it for the experience that the only thing I can think of why you might want to do it for.

[Haruspex]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Zangato88:

Sorry i forgot to mention im building older pc to play games from 2005 and downward.

If you're looking to make a genuinely period accurate PC, then those chips are too new. I would get yourself a Pentium 4 672. Less than $10 on Ebay. A good matching GPU would be the PCIe version of the ATI Radeon X800XL. About $40 on Ebay. Get yourself a CRT monitor and an early 2000s era horribly ugly 1337 h@Xx0r PC case and you're gaming like it's 2005. Load up some FEAR or Quake 4.

[Illusion of Progress]

I'd go with the Athlon 64 if you're actually going time period. But I'd probably forget time period and just go with a Core 2 as it's not like playing games a few years older isn't time period accurate. Picking a Pentium 4 is like picking Bulldozer, sure it MIGHT be time period correct for an era but it's still the worst choice you can make (and yeah the later Cedar Mills were "decent", you could overclock those well with a good board and RAM).