I5 2500k vs i7 2600k fairly heavy gaming

[coolertin100]

I am looking through gaming pc's noticing that most pc's around 1000$ come with an i5 and you pay alot more through an i7. I am going to be doing a wide range of editing, programming, and gaming. Should I Invest in the i7

 

[mcnumpty23]

only if your editing and programming would benefit from the hyperthreading

for the gaming side the 2500k is perfect as most games dont use the hyperthreading

 

[abekl]

If you will be comiling large projects, then the i7 will benefit you. If just programming small projects, then the i5 is fine for that and gaming too.

 

[bigcyco1]

i would get the i7 if i was you because i5 is more better just for gaming

 

[bigcyco1]

If you will be comiling large projects, then the i7 will benefit you. If just programming small projects, then the i5 is fine for that and gaming too.

+1 i agree with this

 

[rishiswaz]

Only very few programs are optimized to have 8 threads at a time, also you have not told us any other hardware so we do not know if the i5 would be a bottleneck that the i7 could fix. I would stick with the i5 but you should put a few more details for better answers