Intel i5 4670K or i7 4770. On Budget

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Hey guys, I am on a bit of a budget, and I want to be able to get the best bang for my buck. I plan on doing a lot of gaming, but also plan on a fair bit of video editing, so I want to be able to get the best performance out of the CPU.
I know that the 4770 is best for the video editing, but at the extra $100 I'm not sure what it's worth. But I also understand that the 4670K is overclockable, and whether that's worth it to bring it up to the performance of a 4770.

So ultimately, what would be cheapest, to give me a good performance for gaming and video editing. Either an overclocked i5 4670K, or a regular i7 4770?
 
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The point could be made that unless you are being paid for the video editing, you should get the i5. The i5 is completely sufficient for playing games and will surely do video editing nearly as well as the i7, but, if time is money, the extra cost of the i7 will pay for itself. It would probably matter which editing software you use as well, and if it works well with hyperthreading or not (that is the main difference between those chips I believe)
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The point could be made that unless you are being paid for the video editing, you should get the i5. The i5 is completely sufficient for playing games and will surely do video editing nearly as well as the i7, but, if time is money, the extra cost of the i7 will pay for itself. It would probably matter which editing software you use as well, and if it works well with hyperthreading or not (that is the main difference between those chips I believe)
 
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Whilst I was referring to the "locked" i7 4770, I have in fact seen this article and I would say that in my ideal world I'd go for the i7. However, I am on a bit of a budget, and I am wondering if the i5 will be able to perform video editing tasks, relatively efficiently. I understand the i7 series is best for video editing, but I really need to save the $100 somewhere, and whether that be by getting the i7 4770 and not spending $100 on liquid cooling, or get the i5 and save the $100 on the CPU.
 
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good answer, i agree. ive had both the i5 and i7 and there is an infantesimle (sp) difference

 
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Yeah see this I like to hear, I had my thoughts that this would be the better options, but thank you so much for the reinforcing of it. I know that obviously the i7 is better, but really the i5 isn't a bad option is it? And would you still recommend overclocking?
 
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