Which components are good or weak here?

[Slovenia rulez]

Hi guys,i am going to make a new build for my brother...
He needs it for gaming (most of the time) and everyday usage (browsing,listening to music,dj mixing...)
The build:
-1tb hdd (already bought)
-512 gb ssd (already bought)
-8 gb ddr3 ram (1866mhz corsair)
-Gigabyte GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD(i have one already myself and it performes awesome so he wants it too)
-Intel core i5 4690 or i5 4690k or i7 4770 (which do you recommend?,is the i7 worth the bigger price tag?)
-Motherboard: Gigabyte g1 sniper z87 (rev 1.1) (i also have one myself and think it could be good for him)
-Case: nzxt phantom big tower (orange and black case)--my favourite part 😀

The biggest concern is the processor.I dont know whether i shall get the i5 or the unlocked i5 or the i7...
Is there gonna be a difference in gaming?
I know an i5 is enough for the gamer today,but what about the future,he wants to run the latest games for about 4 years of now...
Will the i5 be a bottleneck in 2 years?

Thanks for helping!

 

[Sandstorm3000]

I'd go with the i7 If you can afford it. It is completely worth the extra money. It will last longer than the i5. I think its about 15-20% better. Especially if you want to run games on high for 4 years than i will go with the i7 for sure.

 

[Thaisnang]

Get an unlocked i5 and a z97. Z87 requires BIOS update before running Haswell Refresh.

 

[Havo_k]

z-97 are upgraded version of z-87. It would be a good idea to look into z-97 boards rather than z-87.

For a gaming rig always get the unlocked cpu if you can afford so. Also, you can never go wrong with an i7 if the budget allows. There's no telling how things can go in 2-3 years.i7 would be a good future proof though

Currently there is no significant difference in i5 and i7 in gaming.

 

[Slovenia rulez]

Yeah,i think i will go with the unlocked i5,that should get him enough performance,i mean he can then overclock it if it will bottlneck in some years.He will probably have enough money to buy a new i7 after 2 years...or so
As for the motherboard - it has already the latest bios out of the box (it is rev 1.1) and supports the haswell refresh series.I really think i cant go wrong since this motherboard is on sale and it is 50% cheaper (i can get it for 70$,so i think it is worth it!)

Is this a good decision?

 

[dasick]

I would go with unlocked i5 for gaming.
Hyperthreading will get you advantage in 3D modeling and rendering apps not so much in games.
Four cores without HT and higher frequencies (OC) will give you better gaming experience then four cores+HT with lower frequencies.

 

[MuchResearch]

I say i5 unlocked. Who knows when hyperthreading will be useful in gaming, and by the time it is the i7 might have dropped in price, and you could replace it for a much more reasonable price. The i5 shouldn't bottle neck in 4-5 years. Maybe a few games that utilize more threads are released but I suspect companies will want to stick to fewer threads for a while so they can take advantage of the larger market because most people don't have more than 4 cores. The companies should make sure the games run fine on fewer threads, you just may need to bump down the cpu intensive settings a bit on games that do end up utilizing more than 4 cores

Also what PSU? Very important part for the pc

 

[Thaisnang]

Latest BIOS is F4 but rev 1.1 has F3 which should support haswell refresh. So it is fine. But another thing is he can upgrade to broadwell i7 if he ever wants to, if he gets a z97.But yeah it is a good deal.

 

[Slovenia rulez]

I say i5 unlocked. Who knows when hyperthreading will be useful in gaming, and by the time it is the i7 might have dropped in price, and you could replace it for a much more reasonable price. The i5 shouldn't bottle neck in 4-5 years. Maybe a few games that utilize more threads are released but I suspect companies will want to stick to fewer threads for a while so they can take advantage of the larger market because most people don't have more than 4 cores. The companies should make sure the games run fine on fewer threads, you just may need to bump down the cpu intensive settings a bit on games that do end up utilizing more than 4 cores


Also what PSU? Very important part for the pc

For him is a Corsair ATX CS650W-i have this already at home,so why dont use it,it should be enough for this computer...
Is that good enough?,since graphics card says recommended 500w PSU for PC

 

[MuchResearch]

I say i5 unlocked. Who knows when hyperthreading will be useful in gaming, and by the time it is the i7 might have dropped in price, and you could replace it for a much more reasonable price. The i5 shouldn't bottle neck in 4-5 years. Maybe a few games that utilize more threads are released but I suspect companies will want to stick to fewer threads for a while so they can take advantage of the larger market because most people don't have more than 4 cores. The companies should make sure the games run fine on fewer threads, you just may need to bump down the cpu intensive settings a bit on games that do end up utilizing more than 4 cores

Also what PSU? Very important part for the pc

For him is a Corsair ATX CS650W-i have this already at home,so why dont use it,it should be enough for this computer...

That should be fine, its not anything great but it will do its job well enough. I wouldn't suggest running it near its max capacity, but for your components that shouldn't be a problem