i5 VS i7

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photonboy
There's no right answer. To be clear, we should discussing:

a) i5-4670K, or
b) i7-4770K

There's no good reason to get the previous gen CPU's.

Last I checked the i7 was about $100 more. If you can find a good deal, get it. In MOST games it doesn't matter. In multi-threaded apps like Handbrake you can theoretically get up to 30% performance out of the i7 but that's a maximum so 20% might be more realistic.

Future games will use the i7 better. Some can already by as much as about 10%.

BUDGET:
That $100 can go somewhere else as well such as a better graphics card. If budget isn't too much of an issue, get the i7. If it factors into buying a better card, monitor, speakers or anything else I'd argue more towards the i5.
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There's no right answer. To be clear, we should discussing:

a) i5-4670K, or
b) i7-4770K

There's no good reason to get the previous gen CPU's.

Last I checked the i7 was about $100 more. If you can find a good deal, get it. In MOST games it doesn't matter. In multi-threaded apps like Handbrake you can theoretically get up to 30% performance out of the i7 but that's a maximum so 20% might be more realistic.

Future games will use the i7 better. Some can already by as much as about 10%.

BUDGET:
That $100 can go somewhere else as well such as a better graphics card. If budget isn't too much of an issue, get the i7. If it factors into buying a better card, monitor, speakers or anything else I'd argue more towards the i5.
 
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This is true but he was looking at the 3570k, and that wouldn't be fair because he said Low end i7, and high end i5, a low end i7 would not be a 4770k
 
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Andy11466

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Nah, I haven't seen much problems with them.
only that they run a bit hotter.

and you should get the Haswell-E if you're going to wait for a better cpu. :D
probably going to be overpriced like crazy though.
 
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