i7-3770K Ivy Bridge or i7-3930K Sandy Bridge?

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[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]Which one should I get? If i do mostly just gaming and rendering vids.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]This is my current system: [/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]Intel Core i7 950(3.06GHz)[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]64 bit Quad-Core Processor[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]Asus Sabertooth X58 Motherboard[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]12GB RAM (6x2GB) DDR3 1333[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]1TB (1 x 1TB) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]GeForce GTX 680 2GB[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]750W PSU[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]120mm Liquid Cooling System[/FONT][/SIZE]

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I would go with the 3930k … Its going to run you more money … it benchmarks higher and doesnt have the ivy bridge overclocking problems.

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I second that, but if you want to save yourself some money with out much of a performance drop, think about the i7 - 2600K,