i7 2600K or i5 3570K ?

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Am currently building a budget system that I want to keep it with me while traveling, I managed to snag an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe, 8GB 2400mhz ram, Evga GTX 780 FTW for really cheap and wondering what cpu would fit here, they are both the same price in my country so which one should I get (I will be overclocking it with a venomous x dual fan setup)

Will be using it for primarily gaming, do games support HT yet ?
 
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Yeah, but again, not all games make use of more than 4 threads. For games that don't make use of more than 4 threads, the Ivy Bridge's IPC of the i5 could turn the tides. Especially for a GPU that isn't quite as strong as the latest high-end graphics cards.

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I would have recommended an i7-4770k, but since you've already gotten the motherboard, and you're targeting a budget system, go for the i5-3570k unless you play very heavy CPU demanding titles such as Watch Dogs 2.

And yes, games support HT.
 

Zatlon

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Power wont be a problem, so I should go with the i7 2600K ?
 

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So if games do support HT shouldnt be i7 2600K overall better in games especially ?
 


In a word, yes.

Ivy Bridge wasn't much of an improvement over Sandy Bridge; most of the performance gains came from the iGPU. Ivy also runs hotter and generally doesn't overclock as high as Sandy.
 

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so do you suggest buying the i7 2600K ?

 

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Yeah, but again, not all games make use of more than 4 threads. For games that don't make use of more than 4 threads, the Ivy Bridge's IPC of the i5 could turn the tides. Especially for a GPU that isn't quite as strong as the latest high-end graphics cards.
 
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