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i3 w/ 8GB ram vs. i5 w/ 4GB ram?

by Jul 19, 2014 5:07AM PDT

Can anyone help and tell me which of the above is 'better'?

I realise that it isn't clear cut, so I'd appreciate if you could say which would perform certain tasks better. Both are 4th gen.

Thanks for any help (I'm new to laptops so I kinda need it!)

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i5.
by Forum moderator Jul 19, 2014 6:30AM PDT

Why? I rarely see folk change up a CPU. RAM? Many do that.
Bob

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by funksideorder Jul 19, 2014 7:12AM PDT

Ah, much appreciated. So go for the i5, and upgrade ram if needed. Thanks a lot!

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