should I save money by buying an i5 instead of i7 ?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
F

Fraxure13

Honorable
Oct 24, 2013
258
0
10,790
I am looking at this two processor for my "Gaming" build

core i7 4770k
core i5 5670k

I don't know what to choose I mean i can buy both of them, but which one is the best for gaming ?
or should I wait for the next line up of haswell coming this Q2
 
Solution
A


BF4 takes advantage of more cores. The i7 will be better because of the threads.

You can save a little, go AMD with the FX-8350 and get slighter better FPS than an i5 and similar to an i7 3770k. But not in every game.

http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/
Sort by date Sort by votes
shortstuff_mt

shortstuff_mt

Glorious
Apr 1, 2008
10,191
24
43,965
The i5 is the better buy for a gaming system. Most games don't benefit from hyperthreading. If you plan on doing any video editing or other tasks that can benefit from hyperthreading feel free to get the i7, but you won't notice a difference between the two for gaming.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
TomTom111

TomTom111

Honorable
Nov 20, 2013
439
0
10,960


I agree with shortstuff_mt exactly. An i7 to an i5, there will be no difference in gaming performance for the foreseeable future.
As they pointed out, unless you are going to be doing some video rendering or editing, you basically will not benefit from an i5 to an i7.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Fraxure13

Honorable
Oct 24, 2013
258
0
10,790


how about the BF4 ?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

Alec Mowat

Honorable
Jan 8, 2014
3,244
0
13,460


BF4 takes advantage of more cores. The i7 will be better because of the threads.

You can save a little, go AMD with the FX-8350 and get slighter better FPS than an i5 and similar to an i7 3770k. But not in every game.

http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
TomTom111

TomTom111

Honorable
Nov 20, 2013
439
0
10,960


Sorry, but i must disagree with you to some degree.
Battlefield 4 does utilize more cores than previous releases, but as far as it utilizing more than 4? Or the hyperthreaded i7?
From an i7 to an i5, for 1080p gaming on single monitor, or dual monitor at that, i will go ahead and say performance gain will be minimal.
Not worth the extra cost to me.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom