Best cpu for gaming and video editing

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Depending on budget and how much editing you REALLY are going to do vs gaming, I would upgrade to an i7. If you are only going to be editing video occasionally, stick with the i5, more editing than gaming, the hyperthreading will be a better choice.
 
The Intel® Core™ i5-2500K is an outstanding processor maybe one of the best gaming processors we have ever had but when it comes to video editing there is value to moving up to the Intel Core i7-2600K.

Otherwise you have a nice gaming system that should work well for you. I would also add a good 3rd party HSF (heatsink/fan) if you are planning on overclocking. Maybe something like the Cooler Master hyper 212 Evo.


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i will be using sony vegas and adobe after effects, but like ill only edit like once a week max 3 times.
 

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resolution probs 1920x1080 if not lower but however i am going to stick with the 560ti
 

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Hyperthreading is also very important for HD video editing, I would say that if the budget is limited then i7-2600 k with 560 ti will perform better than i5-2500 k with 560ti 448 cores..
 

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If you're going to be gaming, that'll be fine for medium/high settings on most games. However, I would strongly encourage you to get the GTX 570 instead. It has more CUDA cores than the 448, but is the same price....
 

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LOL k im new what is cuda? and what do you mean by dropping the money on the 560ti?