Ivy i7 or i5?

[runzwithsizorz]

Am building a new gaming rig. So far have bought:
Graphics card:
MSI Radeon HD 7870 Hawk
Mobo:
Asus P8Z77-V Pro LGA 1155
RAM
[FONT=&quot]GSkill Ripjaws 8 gig
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CPU Is it worth the difference in price to get the I7 2700k vs the i5 3570k?
The i7 is more than 100.00 more at Newegg. I will be overclocking (nothing major) and will be upgrading the vid card in a year or so.
Thanks for your help.

Wife of Runz

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you had a 7970 then a 2700k might have made sense if money was not an issue. But for your case 2500k/3570k makes more vfm sense.

 

[joshhedge]

What is the price difference between the 2700k and the 3570k for you? If the 2700k is cheaper, for me, that would be the no-brainer.

 

[ShintaiDK]

3570K, if the 2700K is 100$ more.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

The 2700k is better but not for $100 more since you have a 7870 and not 7970

 

[sm625]

Check out these benchmarks:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k_6.html#sect0

In most cases the 3570k is faster.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I would go with the Intel® Core™ i5-3570K for a couple reasons but mostly for the fact that when gaming very few games will use more than 4 threads. For this reason the hyper-threading and additional cores have limited value in a gaming system. This means you can go with the Intel Core i5-3570K and use the money that you would have spend on the Intel Core i7-3770K to get a better video card or a SSD.

 

[Puppies04]

I would go with the Intel® Core™ i5-3570K for a couple reasons but mostly for the fact that when gaming very few games will use more than 4 threads. For this reason the hyper-threading and additional cores have limited value in a gaming system. This means you can go with the Intel Core i5-3570K and use the money that you would have spend on the Intel Core i7-3770K to get a better video card or a SSD.

This +1

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Thanks. I thought as much, but just checking before I committed.