Intel i3 or i5 3570k ?? for gaming and general

xAdam · Mar 29, 2013

what should i get?
im on a tight budget, currently im working with about £300 BUT i will be adding more to that so the last thing im going to buy is my graphics card as im going to be using it for surfing the web and working on until summer when i can seriously game. So far im at

CPU: i5 3570k
MOBO: ASRock Z77
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb
PSU: Corsair CX600M 600W Modular

i dont know weather its worth saving alot on going for an i3.. i dont know the technical differences, so is it worth me buying an i3 or i5??

(my budget for a GPU will end up being around £130)

ive also got a case that can house the board so thats gonna be a late buy if i decide to get an i5

cmi86 · Mar 29, 2013

Unless you particularly like wasting your money dont buy an i3. 1155 platform is almost end of life and so are dual cores. Most softwares are beginning to be coded for 4+ cores so why invest in a dual when the market is moving away from them ?

burritobob · Mar 29, 2013

For gaming you will want to go with the i5 3570k, it is the definite sweet spot right now. The i3 is still a fine CPU to use but you will not get the same performance as the i5. I would recommend that you go for the i3 and pair it with a more powerful GPU if this is a gaming oriented build, you do not lose that much performance it just will not be the stellar performance of the i5.

Going for the i3 means you can get a cheaper board such as a b75, which means there is more room for a better GPU.

xAdam · Mar 29, 2013

fair, just wondered as there were no recent posts i could find on google

would you say its worth going for 8gb of ram also?

hapkido · Mar 29, 2013

i3 with a b75 mobo and 4GB RAM -- paired with a decent GPU -- is enough for gaming. However, if you're not going to really be playing games until summer anyway, I'd suggest saving your money and waiting.

strife_ff7 · Mar 29, 2013

You could save some and get an i5 3470 with an asrock h77m mobo.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£153.20 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£61.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £214.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-29 21:51 GMT+0000)

jameskater · Apr 1, 2013

if you are desktop device,i3 enough.

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