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Hey I finally decided to go with the I5-4670K with the asrock z87 killer and Gigabyte gtx 760 but then i was thinking i can push my self a little bit and get the I7-4770K is it worth it? I only play games bf4, wow... ect or its better if i go with the 770 gtx instead of upgrading the cpu ? Or i should stay with my build and save the money as its not worth spending more money?
 
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Stick with the i5-4670K. Look at this:

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i3s, i5s, and i7s perform nearly the same in Battlefield 4 (just one game out of many). They won't be a bottleneck to even the best video cards.

Spend the extra money and get a GTX 770.
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You won't see a lot of difference between those two chips in most games

Are you gonna overclock? If not you can save some money by not getting K-series chips. If you are gonna overclock, you need to consider your cooling
 
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Stick with the i5-4670K. Look at this:

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i3s, i5s, and i7s perform nearly the same in Battlefield 4 (just one game out of many). They won't be a bottleneck to even the best video cards.

Spend the extra money and get a GTX 770.
 
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I'd agree, go for the i5 and put the extra cash toward a better card. Then you'll be set for a few years b4 needing to upgrade again.. GPU will show much larger gains than i5 v i7 difference. You could also opt for the haswell refresh i5 as most z87 boards are getting bios updates for compatbility..but you should check the model to make sure first.
 
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If you can, get a Z97 motherboard, and get an i5-4690K. Then you will be able to put in a Broadwell CPU next year.

If you have the money, it is a worthwhile futureproofing investment.
 
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True, you could also go for z97 ...it seems like the price difference between z87 v z97 for the same models are around $10-30 difference which is certainly worth the investment. However, since broadwell will still be on LGA 1150 it wouldn't surprise me to see them release a bios update for support as well. (Assuming you have a higher end board)
 
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The 4770K can have a small performance increase in games that will use 8 threads, but it largely comes from not causing a bottleneck as quickly. On extremely demanding engines paired with very high-end video card setups (such as SLI GTX 780s) a 4770K would be better able to juggle the data needed for the video cards. With just a single GTX 760, GTX 770 or R9 280X I can't imagine there being a remotely significant difference.

If you can afford the extra $100 for a 4770K, I would suggest instead to put that towards a GTX 770 or R9 280X instead of the GTX 760.
 
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It's worth noting that this is single player results, and in multiplayer the results will change. For instance an i3-4130 in BF4 multiplayer will slightly bottleneck a GTX 760. Generally I see the GPU usage of the GTX 760 paired with an i3-4130 at 60-80%.

There's certainly a significant difference between an i3 and an i5 in BF4 multiplayer.
 
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In that case, get a Xeon 1230 v3. It is just a slightly underclocked i7-4770, but costs the same as a i5-4690K.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=1230v3&N=-1&isNodeId=1

You can drop it into a H81 motherboard, (saving $50-70 over going Z97), and get all the benefits of an i7.
 
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And have more money towards your GPU, which matters more. For the less than the cost of a 4770k, you could have 4770 performance with motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Total: $298.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-16 15:32 EDT-0400

Ignore the incompatibility warning. It is wrong.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-DGS%20R2.0/index.us.asp?cat=CPU
 
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