Will the i5-4670k be okay in the coming future.

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Well So I am building my first PC and in the build right now I have a i7-4770k. I wanted to save some money so I was deciding to go with the i5-4670k but then I thought that in the near future more games will be optimized for more cores like Watch Dogs so would the i5-4670k be 0kor not. Here are some system spcs:

CPU: i5-4670k or i7 4770k
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Extreme 4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (Black) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost (planning on doing SLI in the future)
Chasis: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2
PSU: XFX 650 W
OS: MIcrosoft windows 8.1 64-Bit
 
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Right now, if you're not on the 2011 socket CPU's, the 1150 i5-4670k and the 1155 i5-3570k are usually the CPU's I hear that people have if they aren't going to i7's, or 2011 socket. I own the 3570k, and it's running very well, I've ran it at 4.6GHz, had to tune it down to 4.2GHz until I get a better CPU cooler. If you're doing a lot of video editing, i7 for sure, with hyperthread support. In gaming, very few games even support it, Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are some of the few, and it doesn't add that much of a increase to make-or-break your decision. I would say go with the 4670k, save that money and put it towards your GPU. I own a EVGA SC 760 and it runs BF4 on max settings @ 65-70FPS paired with my CPU @ 4.2GHz.
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The i5 will be fine for watch dogs.
Also, the i7 has 4 cores, just like the i5, the only advantage is that it has hyperthreading. -that is, it handles multithreaded operations better.
In the vast majority of games right now, the difference between the i5 and i7 is 1-2 fps- in most situations.
 
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So would you say in the near future the fps difference could be around 10 fps to at max 15 right? So i guess its not THAT big of a difference so I will just go with the i5-4670k. Oh also I will be doing SOME light video and photo editing so the i5-4670k wont be to terribly bad at it right?
 
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Right now, if you're not on the 2011 socket CPU's, the 1150 i5-4670k and the 1155 i5-3570k are usually the CPU's I hear that people have if they aren't going to i7's, or 2011 socket. I own the 3570k, and it's running very well, I've ran it at 4.6GHz, had to tune it down to 4.2GHz until I get a better CPU cooler. If you're doing a lot of video editing, i7 for sure, with hyperthread support. In gaming, very few games even support it, Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are some of the few, and it doesn't add that much of a increase to make-or-break your decision. I would say go with the 4670k, save that money and put it towards your GPU. I own a EVGA SC 760 and it runs BF4 on max settings @ 65-70FPS paired with my CPU @ 4.2GHz.
 
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Well then with that said I think I will go with the i5-4670k. Thanks a lot.
 
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If you can wait, the newer Z97 motherboards will be released in a week, and the new i5 4690K in a month or so.

My main point is that Z87 is essentially a dead chipset, whereas Z97 will support next year's Broadwell release. Moreover, the i5 4690k is likely to overclock much further than the 4670k.

I'm not yet aware whether the i5 4670k will be compatible with the Z97 motherboards. If it is, then you could grab a Z97 motherboard and 4670k if you don't want to wait longer for a 4690k.
 
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Well I am not getting this PC any time soon so I can wait. And about these Z97 boards and CPU. What do you think will be the price for a decent Z97 board with SLI capability with the 4690k. Also do you think there will be a price drop on the i5-4670k and the i7-4770k with the release of the Z97 chipset?
 
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It's likely that the CPUs and motherboards will be priced similarly to those of this gen and previous gens. If you're interested, Newegg already have some Z97 motherboards listed with their prices, ready for pre-order. Just search Z97. For SLI capability you'll want a board that can run two cards in SLI at at least x8 speed.

Intel don't tend to drop prices on older hardware.
 
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