i5 3570k or i7 3770k for 7970 vapor-x Crossfire please PLEASE help

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am getting a new pc with crossfire 7970 vapor-x 3gb ghz edition
i was just wondering if i should get an i5 or the i7 for it because on some other threads i saw people saying it bottleneck with the i5 even if it's OC, i really need an expert openion on this
other components for my setup : xfx 850 watt power supply, Noctua d14 and a z77 motherboard, all am asking is few seconds of your time please help me experts
 
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I would reccommend you nvidia gpus as sli is much better than xfire due to better driver support and scaling.I would suggest 2 x gtx 760 - really great bang for buck.

AFAIK i5 3570k @ 4.3-4.6ghz will able keep up with gtx 760 sli.while i7 is minimal performance difference over i5.i would go with i5 3570k + 760sli
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just got with i5 3570K.

if you're only gaming, you won't see a difference. and honestly if the i5 bottlenecks anything, the i7 WILL NOT get you better performance in a game, you'll have to wait for next year or the year after to see if Intel releases anything faster
 
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The i5 is more than capable to support xfire 7970. Overclocking will yield better results only in cpu intensive games.
 
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I would reccommend you nvidia gpus as sli is much better than xfire due to better driver support and scaling.I would suggest 2 x gtx 760 - really great bang for buck.

AFAIK i5 3570k @ 4.3-4.6ghz will able keep up with gtx 760 sli.while i7 is minimal performance difference over i5.i would go with i5 3570k + 760sli
 
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hey ASH just one question, i know about sli being better i was just taking a risk of getting crossfire since amd will update their drivers on 31 july for crossfire and beta testers so far say it's good, also because am getting a samsung s23a700d one of the best 120 hz monitors out there since it produces 17.7 million colors which the benq doesn't what do u think shud i risk it ?
 
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also thanks for the info
 
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