i5 2500k vs i5 3570

[Yaroslav Brocolli]

If i5 2500k Ill be able to afford overclockable motherboard. If 3570 then I wont be. Also would 2500k be enough for gta 5 maxed out? Maybe while overclocked? And what can you say about streamign with these cpu's?

 

[Archgaull]

If you have yet to purchase the motherboard, then I recommend getting a LGA1150 CPU + motherboard, as it has a better upgrade path and is still supported, which the LGA1155 is not.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Reposting part to help resolve your GTA V inquiry:

REMEMBER: MINIMUM Means playing 1024x768 Low graphics and getting AT LEAST 15FPS
RECOMMENDED: Is the true 'gamer's experiance' as 'I saw on youtube'.

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/grand-theft-auto-v/system-requirements
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs) <<<<<<
Memory: 8GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB <<<<<<
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
HDD Space: 65GB
DVD Drive

Whenever you have a question about you can always check with www.canirunit.com and see how your hardware stacks up in any game. It doesn't matter if you believe your " PC can run the game at reccomended " if you don't have THAT hardware or better then you CAN NOT run it 1080P High+ and expect SMOOTH game play and 60FPS.
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Simply use www.canirunit.com or search the GTA V Benchmark and get some numbers based on your hardware, then average it out (aka i5 2500k gives 45FPS Med settings plus your Geoforce 610 does 15FPS then the average be around 30 (15+45 divided by 2).

Note also the 'RECOMMENDED' is based on a motherboard using SATA III for the drives, PCI-e 3.0 for Video and DDR3 RAM chips. If your back on a i5 2500k you will be on SATA II PCI 2 and DDR2, which will dramatically cut the total bandwith for the Data to move from HDD to RAM to CPU then to GPU and back.

 

[velo3100]

Both cpus are similar in performance so get the cheaper option. Second depending on what your gpu is, the amount that you can stream will depend on that. The other thing that you have to remember is the game itself as some can put a lot of strain on the cpu or the gpu.