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i7 or i5 for base gaming rig?

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August 31, 2014 10:31:29 PM

I'm another one of those planning on building a custom gaming rig (my first time), and I'm going to buy the basics I'll need for generic gaming/editing. Then I'll upgrade parts later on. I'm currently stuck deciding between just buying the i7 chip right away or getting the i5 and possibly upgrading later. I've heard the i7 is a huge improvement, but is it worth the extra hundred to just get now? Or should I wait and pay an extra 200 for a base before I upgrade? Or would an i5 be plenty enough to not bottleneck my other parts...

My starting setup would include

    Crucial Ballistic 8GB RAM (4GBx2)
    MSI ATX DDR3 Z87-G45 Gaming Motherboard
    EVGA GTX 750 Ti Superclock GPU


and then upgrading to

    Corsair Vengeance 16GB RAM (8GBx2)
    EVGA GTX 770 Ti Superclock GPU
    ZX SBX PCIE Soundcard


I like to record, possibly host servers, emulate old consoles and of course, gaming. If there's any critique or suggestions, feel free to add in :] But mostly I just want to know whether it's a good investment or not for an i7 over an i5.

Thank you~

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August 31, 2014 10:39:05 PM

The i5 will meet your requirements quite easily if you're not doing heavy video editing or lots of multi-threaded applications.
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August 31, 2014 10:40:32 PM

i7 is not a huge improvement. It's good for video editing and such, but for hosting a server and playing games, it may be worthwhile to invest in one. An i5 is good on its own for gaming
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August 31, 2014 10:44:19 PM

Shadowblade2652 said:
i7 is not a huge improvement. It's good for video editing and such, but for hosting a server and playing games, it may be worthwhile to invest in one. An i5 is good on its own for gaming


I think if he's really serious about hosting servers then a Xeon would be the better option for the price of an i5.
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August 31, 2014 10:44:36 PM

get an i5 then use your savings (because i5 is cheaper), to get either a better gpu/psu or whatever else you need
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August 31, 2014 10:50:02 PM

TopLuca said:
Shadowblade2652 said:
i7 is not a huge improvement. It's good for video editing and such, but for hosting a server and playing games, it may be worthwhile to invest in one. An i5 is good on its own for gaming


I think if he's really serious about hosting servers then a Xeon would be the better option for the price of an i5.


Aren't Xeons like 2000 dollars?

Besides that's for servers not for a home gaming PC.
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August 31, 2014 10:55:42 PM

If I were you I'd go with an i5. I kind of made a mistake when I bought my Intel Core i7-4770K lol. But it's fine, I'm satisfied with it.
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August 31, 2014 10:59:14 PM

Shadowblade2652 said:
TopLuca said:
Shadowblade2652 said:
i7 is not a huge improvement. It's good for video editing and such, but for hosting a server and playing games, it may be worthwhile to invest in one. An i5 is good on its own for gaming


I think if he's really serious about hosting servers then a Xeon would be the better option for the price of an i5.


Aren't Xeons like 2000 dollars?

Besides that's for servers not for a home gaming PC.


No They aren't that expensive , there are ones for 280 bucks which has the same chip as the i7 4th gen and use LGA 1150 .

Only difference is that some of the consumer facilities aren't available on them and are replaced by virtual machine capabilities , they are built for servers and 24/7 usage but that doesn't mean at all that they can't be used for gaming.

Downside that they can only be overclocked for anywhere between 90-120 MHZ because they aren't designed for overclocking rather stability.
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