Advice on buying

[lionelmessi]

is it worth buying the Intel i7 3770k and the gigabyte z77x up5 th(thunderbolt) for £470? or what do you recommend.
Thanks, ill use the pc for video editing sand streaming loads of high definition videos and also editing pictures.

 

[payturr]

If you're editing everyday? Yes.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-performance-comparison,3370-13.html
^ refer to the second chart regarding video encode.

 

[rolli59]

Yep for your use.

 

[lionelmessi]

I'll also game a bit ? Is that ok ?

 

[rolli59]

Yes fine for gaming with a good GPU. If it would have been for gaming mostly then I5 would have done the trick but your uses justify the I7.

 

[lionelmessi]

But I know all i7 is better than i5... So why not just buy the 3770k why do people go and buy the 3570k...annoys me

 

[rolli59]

Because saving $100 get 99%+ of the gaming performance instead of having 8 thread capable CPU that you never take past 4.

 

[payturr]

The Core i7 isn't better than the i5 it just offers more threads than the i5, which is really useless for modern gaming.

 

[lionelmessi]

Huh so wtf ?... Why is it called the i7 then lol ? I'm confused ..?

 

[rolli59]

Huh so wtf ?... Why is it called the i7 then lol ? I'm confused ..?

Because of hyper threading it can do 8 threads versus 4 on I5 although both are quad core!

 

[lionelmessi]

And everything else is the same ?

 

[rolli59]

3770 vs 3570 is 0.1 GHz difference as well in core speed.

 

[lionelmessi]

oh ok, i understand, the threads i normally uses 4 and wont use the other 4 anyway. And If i save that much i can send else where. Also 0.1 GHz difference , and everything else is obviously similar