What I need for next-gen?

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Hello,
I want to play next-gen games on full details in 1080p. I have 7970ghz and need rest of PC. Should I wait for i7-3910k or maybe some equivalent ivy bridge-e or buy 3570k (maybe 4670)?, since new consoles have 8 cores games can use more cores than 4 or it will be enough for 3 years?

AMD relesed new drivers for crossfire (fixing microstutering), so should i buy better motherboard with crossfire or its not worth it and my 7970 will be enough?

Memory - how much CL stuff and frequency affect fps?

Thanks for answers :)
 
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manofchalk
Get an i5 CPU, really any of them will do for gaming. Might as well go Haswell.
The new consoles have 8 cores, but rember they are particularly weak cores compared to desktop processors. Based on frequency alone they will far under perform something like an i5, never mind the fact that they have far higher power and thermal limits.

Memory, capacity is more important than speeds, and even then it doesn't matter once you have much more than 4GB of it. Get 8GB of 1600Mhz CL9 RAM, you wont benefit in gaming from more or faster memory.
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Get an i5 CPU, really any of them will do for gaming. Might as well go Haswell.
The new consoles have 8 cores, but rember they are particularly weak cores compared to desktop processors. Based on frequency alone they will far under perform something like an i5, never mind the fact that they have far higher power and thermal limits.

Memory, capacity is more important than speeds, and even then it doesn't matter once you have much more than 4GB of it. Get 8GB of 1600Mhz CL9 RAM, you wont benefit in gaming from more or faster memory.
 
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hashter

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I live in middle europe and budget is around 400 euro. I planed to buy 3570k, msi z77 g45 and some good 8gb ddr3 memory half a year before but i had som problems with money and now i dont know if something changed, if z87 motherboard are cheaper etc. Im not sure if i need better components like 3910k, good motherboard for crossfire or 3570kwith some cheap motnerboard will be enough and later i can buy better components.
 
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