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XtraSweat

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Hi,
I am planning to upgrade my pc so before I do, what do you think of these:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£215.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£99.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£360.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.46 @ Dabs)
Total: £861.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 20:12 BST+0100)

My current pc is:

amd fx6100
8gb ram
asus m5a97 mobo
amd radeon hd6870
1tb hdd
450w 80+bronze psu
(I know, pretty crap)

I will be using it for gaming but I want it to last for as long as possible so I went with the 4770k over the 4670k.

Is it worth waiting for 5th gen cpu's or nvidia's/amd's next cards?

Thanks!
 
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tiny voices
I would just stick with the i5. It will easily max all games. Unless you plan to encore or render video, there is no need for the i7. Watch Dogs is already known to be a badly coded game and most all games will not benefit from the i7. If you have the money to waste, go for it. But, there will be no real difference.

"recommended specs" are poorly speculated at best. They usually don't mean anything.
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I would just stick with the i5. It will easily max all games. Unless you plan to encore or render video, there is no need for the i7. Watch Dogs is already known to be a badly coded game and most all games will not benefit from the i7. If you have the money to waste, go for it. But, there will be no real difference.

"recommended specs" are poorly speculated at best. They usually don't mean anything.
 
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tiny voices

Titan
Sep 6, 2012
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I mean look at the official stated system requirements for BF4: "Dual core CPU (Intel Core i5 or AMD “Bulldozer”)". Neither of those are even dual core CPUs. Some chump just writes some stuff down and they roll with it.

Another example is Metro Last Light. Under "optimal system" they list an i7, but I can easily max it with my old sandy bridge i5 2310 (basically the worst i5 you can buy) and my CPU usage never even goes above 60%.
 
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