i3 sixth gen or i5 4th gen ?

madhukannan

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I am planning to buy a cheap mini PC from Amazon for general purpose use and will be using it for some Audio related measurements and some web-based programs like easy eda .I saw some options like

Lenovo ThinkCentre M93P Mini PC (Intel Core i5 4th gen, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro,​

Lenovo (Renewed) Thinkcentre M700 Desktop Mini Pc (Intel Core I3 6Th Gen,8 Gb Ddr4 Ram,256 Gb Ssd,Wifi,Windows 11​

both cost almost the same which would be a better choice?
 
In offline market you will get better Configuration Laptop at same price then with any online sellers. Just a month before my friend bought i3-12th Gen Lenovo (15.6 inch) just for 21.5K (Refurbished with 1 year warranty), the same laptop cost 30-32k Brand New.

i5-4th Gen will be better than i3-6th Gen in day to day work (at least for office work)
In either Gen you MUST have at least 16GB RAM without it your laptop work/uses (experience) will be very very slow.
The work you do with any Laptop is important for you (important data) than Windwos11 is better from Future update (as from Oct.2025 Windows10 will stop providing FREE security Updates and you need to Pay to Microsoft with Windows10 updates after Oct.2025)

PS: I upgrade to i3-6th Generation and really missed Work SPEED enjoyed with i5-2nd Generation.
 
In offline market you will get better Configuration Laptop at same price then with any online sellers. Just a month before my friend bought i3-12th Gen Lenovo (15.6 inch) just for 21.5K (Refurbished with 1 year warranty), the same laptop cost 30-32k Brand New.

i5-4th Gen will be better than i3-6th Gen in day to day work (at least for office work)
In either Gen you MUST have at least 16GB RAM without it your laptop work/uses (experience) will be very very slow.
The work you do with any Laptop is important for you (important data) than Windwos11 is better from Future update (as from Oct.2025 Windows10 will stop providing FREE security Updates and you need to Pay to Microsoft with Windows10 updates after Oct.2025)

PS: I upgrade to i3-6th Generation and really missed Work SPEED enjoyed with i5-2nd Generation.
i am looking for a desktop( i have the monitor and other peripherals ) the above ones i posted costs around 6k looking some thing in that budget ,
 
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