Zain_18 :
Hardware Brad :
The 1st gen i7 is going to be comparable to a 2nd gen i5, and the 2nd gen i7 is going to be a pretty good upgrade to both. For gaming I know that the 2nd gen i7 works well from experience. The i5 may bottleneck some games like GTA V or other CPU intensive games.
But i7 is something out of my budget
If that is the case, go with the i5, it may be perfectly fine with most games, especially at lower settings and resolution.