Bogdanov989
Geek Trainee
I am trying to decide should i buy (for gaming pc) the cheaper i5-4670K - and save money for the new generation of Intel CPUs (Broadwell & Haswell-Refresh) coming in early 2015 - OR - fork out some extra money and purchase the mighty (yet barely affordable) i7-4820K, which is then to be used for 2/3 years?
For reference, i would like to play games like Battlefield 4, Planetside 2 and Starcraft 2.
Here is some data:
http://ark.intel.com/products/75048/...up-to-3_80-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/77781/...up-to-3_90-GHz
In my country's market, the i5-4670K costs 26.290 Dinars while the i7-4820K costs 36.290 Dinars - so the i7 is about 40% more expensive, and that is not counting the higher-quality Motherboard (with a more advanced cpu socket) that the i7 would require.
Now, what i am hoping here for is that some very smart and well informed hardware geniuses can share their technical knowledge - and advise me on these tough subjects:
Aside from not being sure is the i7's over 40% bigger price actually worth the performance gain (both can be overclocked) i would get when comparing it to the i5 - i am also uncertain on which of the "plans for the future" is better.
Do i go with the cheaper i5 and a cheaper motherboard, while saving money for the new 2015 Intel CPUs - or do i now go for the mighty i7 and then delay getting the new generation Intel CPUs till ~2016/2017?
Thank you for reading and helping out - i should mention that, while i welcome any advice, i am not a fan of AMD CPUs and that on my country's market (for some reason) the other weaker i7 models are actually more expensive than the i7-4820k, so there is no logic in going for a different i7 model.
For reference, i would like to play games like Battlefield 4, Planetside 2 and Starcraft 2.
Here is some data:
http://ark.intel.com/products/75048/...up-to-3_80-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/77781/...up-to-3_90-GHz
In my country's market, the i5-4670K costs 26.290 Dinars while the i7-4820K costs 36.290 Dinars - so the i7 is about 40% more expensive, and that is not counting the higher-quality Motherboard (with a more advanced cpu socket) that the i7 would require.
Now, what i am hoping here for is that some very smart and well informed hardware geniuses can share their technical knowledge - and advise me on these tough subjects:
Aside from not being sure is the i7's over 40% bigger price actually worth the performance gain (both can be overclocked) i would get when comparing it to the i5 - i am also uncertain on which of the "plans for the future" is better.
Do i go with the cheaper i5 and a cheaper motherboard, while saving money for the new 2015 Intel CPUs - or do i now go for the mighty i7 and then delay getting the new generation Intel CPUs till ~2016/2017?
Thank you for reading and helping out - i should mention that, while i welcome any advice, i am not a fan of AMD CPUs and that on my country's market (for some reason) the other weaker i7 models are actually more expensive than the i7-4820k, so there is no logic in going for a different i7 model.