Gaming : get the i5 or the i7?

[Givemema]

Hey.
I'm going to buy a new PC in a few days.
Ill be getting the 280x and it's built for gaming.
The only thing I'm not sure about, is the CPU.
It seems like latest games are requiring the i7 to run at their best, yet people keep telling me there is no use for the i7 in gaming.
So, should I add the extra 100$ for the i7? Will future games be using it?
Thanks.

 

[jack773]

why blow the cash? Get an i5k now and then im sure in 2, 3 years older I7's will be dirt cheap.

But with the amount of oc your able to get an i5k at very safely, it's just more then enough.

It's like ram. 8 gigs is gonna cover you. 16 gigs if you really want it for, idk boosting a SSD or something. But past that? The hell for?

 

[FunSurfer]

Crysis 3 has 30% performance boost with HT on vs HT off on core i7 CPU.

 

[Avro Arrow]

There is no point in getting an i7 when an i5 or FX-6300/8350 will work just fine. Buy the best value now and upgrade when it's cheaper to do so. That's the way that the tech world works.

 

[CTurbo]

Here are a couple of options for you-

1. unlocked i5(K) + GTX 770 = ~$600
2. unlocked i7(K) + GTX 670 = ~$600

Which one would you rather have? Which one do you think would perform better?


The answer is obvious.

 

[Givemema]

I can get the 8350 for 40$ more than the i5. Which one should I pick then?
I guess I'll let go of that i7.

 

[CTurbo]

The 8350 should be priced around the same as the lower non-K i5s.

This is what I think about 8350 vs i5-

8350 > any non-K i5
Any K model i5 > 8350


...and I bet there are a lot of people that would choose some of the non-K i5s over the 8350 still.

 

[fudoka711]

I can get the 8350 for 40$ more than the i5. Which one should I pick then?
I guess I'll let go of that i7.

If there's that big of a price difference, then definitely get the i5. The only reason I ever mentioned that the 8350 was a compromise was because it was the same price as(or even cheaper than) the i5-3570k/4670k.

 

[Givemema]

I can get the 8350 for 40$ more than the i5. Which one should I pick then?
I guess I'll let go of that i7.

If there's that big of a price difference, then definitely get the i5. The only reason I ever mentioned that the 8350 was a compromise was because it was the same price as(or even cheaper than) the i5-3570k/4670k.

It is. I was referring to the regular i5. I'm not getting the K version and am not planning on any kind of OC