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I3-3220 vs i5-3570

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The "is it worth it" question is always hard to answer objectively. The i3-3220 is an amazing dual core for the money. It is an amazing gamer too. With a mid range card like the HD 7770 you won't see any major improvement by simply going to a quad core. Games seem to make good use of the hyper threaded cores of the i3. Here is Tom's gfx card hierarchy chart to get a perspective of where the processors compare with each other in gaming.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-o...

There's only one tier separating them.
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The i5-3570 will be sufficient for longer. Future proofing doesn't exist, but as applications begin to use more and more cores, then the i3-3220 would much likely fall short at some point.

As in your current situation the i3-3220 would be a good match, if moving up towards more powerful GPUs it won't in some situations. As I just told more and more applications gets support for more cores that include games.
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