Intel's dumped its Core 2 range and busted out some brand-new processors, known as Core i3, i5 and i7, which are designed to simplify the task of choosing a laptop and ensure whichever PC you pick is ...

Core i3 and Core i5 processors target different performance levels, balancing efficiency, multitasking strength, and processing power to suit everyday use, professional workloads, and varied laptop ...

When building a new computer, price is often the factor that dictates which components you buy. Setting a budget is usually the easy part while picking the right hardware to meet that cap is the real ...

Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for a few years now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their own systems and are forced to choose among the ...

Looking back at silicon innovation over the past decade, you'll notice three primary design targets that tend to dominate industry motivation and trends - power consumption, price and performance. As ...

They may not be as glamorous as the high-end Core i7 and Core i9 CPUs that we enthusiasts love, but Intel's Core i3 and mainstream Core i5 models certainly make up a much bigger portion of the market, ...

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Intel sells its best processors under the Core brand. Core processors come in three categories of performance: i3, i5, and i7. The Core i3 processors round out the low end of the Core series. They ...

The Intel Core i3-4330 is currently in the sweet spot for those who want strong CPU performance and low power consumption, but are on a tight budget A 54W TDP means this core never runs hot, and the ...

I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every kind of computer gear—from the 386SX to 64-core processors—in my long tenure as an editor, a writer, and an ...

Wrap Up: What Do You Get by Spending More? Each Core series is separated by about $100: the i3-4160 costs $120, the i5-4690 is $215 and the i7-4790 is $310. Jumping from the i3-4160 to the i5-4690 ...