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Which Intel CPU is best for gaming? i3 vs i5 vs i7 vs i9

Intel’s Core lineup can be confusing, so here’s a simple breakdown of what i3, i5, i7, and i9 CPUs are actually meant for.
Today Dominic is checking out a prebuilt system from Cyberpower. Priced at £899, it is targeting those looking for maximum bang for buck. But will the i3-12100F be a bottleneck for the rtx 3060 GPU?
I've populated the office with i3-3225s from last year, and find them to be as fast as I need for the office desktops. How do the new Celerons fare? Don't care so much about benchmarks as how do they ...
The GeForce RTX 4090 is a beast—check out our review—but it doesn't come cheap. Everyone loves to gawp at the top-end processors, but such mighty hardware is out of reach for the majority of ...
James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...
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 ...
If someone is going to use HandBrake on Apple Silicon then they are going to use an encoder that uses VideoToolbox. If Ars had used H.264 VideoToolbox the encode time would have been substantially ...
If you’re buying or building an ultra-budget PC, then two of the best CPU options around $100 are the AMD Ryzen 5 5600, and the Intel Core i3-14100F. These chips come from two different manufacturers ...
Laptop for everyday computing tasks like web browsing, video streaming and office-type work? All this is found in a laptop ...
Intel's desktop business is in something of a tight spot. While the company's mainstream 8th and 9th Generation CPUs offered very strong performance against AMD's Ryzen throughout 2017 and 2018, the ...