i5 vs i7?

NuclearMuffin · Dec 29, 2013

Okay so I am upgrading my processor from an i3-2120. The two cpus I am looking at are the i5-3570K, and the i7-3770. I mainly use the pc for gaming and want the best quality while playing modern games. If I buy the i7 I will be broke haha. If I get the i5 I have some more money to upgrade my RAM, and other components. Which one should I go for?

leo2kp · Dec 29, 2013

i5 and RAM. i7 won't give you much of a boost in gaming vs the i5.

pit_1209 · Dec 29, 2013

I5 all the way , leave those i7 for rendering and working with heavy cpu bound programs which you´re not going to do anyway, invest what´s left in the graphics card.

jay2577 · Dec 29, 2013

The i5 will be more than enough to play the newest of games. The i7 is only usually recommended if people do lots of video encoding.
Buy the i5, it's a great CPU

Rambizz · Dec 29, 2013

The biggest difrence between the I5 series and the I7 series, is multithreading.
But there is not many games which supports multithreading. 'YET'
Some populair games which supports multitreading:
Warframe
The secret world
Arma 3
PlanetSide 2
Hawken

In the future nearly, every game, should support multithreading.
I think it will take about 1-2 years before it happends.
Hope this is help enough:3

REMEMBER
Your CPU has to be compatible with the motherboard you're using.

IF NOT COMPATIBLE
Buy a new motherboard which is compatible with the CPU you are planing to buy.
(You can find a cheap motherboard for about 75$)
Or you could wait untill you have enough money to buy both.

CTurbo · Dec 29, 2013

What motherboard do you have?

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