Difference between these processors?

Although the frequency is Important the FM bus speed is just as Important and Motherboard

FM bus speed is how fast the Processer transfers the Information from the core to the Mobo

Of course with the correct Motherboard you can Overclock

What are you planning on using the computer for?

Josh

paulpp said:

The icore 3 processor is 3.2ghz whilst the icore 5 processor is 2.4ghz,

I thought the igher you go in temrs of i core the better the processor is,

Could someone explain the difference please,

The i3 is a dual-core cpu. The i5 is a quad core cpu. The i5, by virtue of having 2 more physical cores, among other things, is better.

If you are planning on multi tasking and some gaming then I would go for the i5 for the very reason as Fumz has mentioned about the quad core

But the choice is yours as the end of the day

Josh

Assuming you are talking about the 1st generation i cores. The i7 would depend on which one you are talking about. Some of the lower to medium end i7's are 4 cores but hyperthreaded. The high end i7s are quite expensive 6 core processors and can cost about $1000 US.

The difference between i5's and i7's is that i7's have hyper-threading. All i7's have 4 physical cores and then 4 virtual cores. This is advantageous if the applications you use hyper-threading. If you don't use anything that takes advantage of it, you won't notice a difference between the i5.

paulpp said:

This is what has caught my eye so far,

ACER Aspire Z5761 23" All-in-One PC at cheap prices | PC World

If you're getting an i3, then you want the i3 2300, not the 2100. Core i3-2120 and Core i3-2100 Processors Review - X-bit labs

paulpp said:

If i was going to go for gaming what pther requirements would i need to look out for?

A good graphics card.