Pc-Van :
ganon11000 :
All in ultra settings although you may have to wait a week or so after a game is released for it to be optimised. The i5 is better than an and 8 core CPU at gaming
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/434?vs=701 .
The gtx760 is good enough for most games to run in ultra!
Would an i5 be better than i7
yes. The i5 is quad core and the i7 is a quad core with hyper-threading (acts like an octa core)
The biggest issue is I don't see a big improvement in gaming and the price is quite a bit higher! The benchmark is below:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/701?vs=551