How long would you say an i5 7500 will last me without bottlenecking my GPU?

Mahir_1

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I'm planning to take an i5 7500 now. Will use a RX 480/570 temporarily and then get a GTX 1070 equivalent Vega card next year. How long would you say I can get a 60FPS gameplay at 1080P with this i5?
I'm considering getting an i7 and postponing my Vega upgrade plan a bit for the sake of a stable framerate. i5s are constantly at 100% in modern titles. Definitely not a good sign at all. No Ryzen because it's overpriced here and I already have a Sky/Kaby board
 

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Depends on the games. The i5 is already not enough for steady 60+fps in a handful of the most CPU-intensive ones currently available. If the R5-1600 is 'overpriced', then you could try waiting for prices to level out if you can stretch your existing system that much longer.
 

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R5 isn't even available yet. R7 is and it's grossly overpriced