I7 or I5 For Gaming?

[Jotunkaiser]

If you had to choose between either of them, which is the best for gaming - I hear/read its the I5 but I just want to get others opinions

Not really up on my PC's as much as I could be but thinking about buying the I5 overclocked bundle, because my friend says they are better than I7's is this true? thanks

 

[reiyushin]

Get an i5 and clock it, through gaming it'll stick with any other CPU on the market.

GPU is the bottleneck under most gaming situations

 

[Hotwired]

The i5 750 is slightly better at gaming than the i7 920 at the same clock. It's also cheaper.

The only reason you would want an i7 920 for gaming is if you wanted to use two graphics cards or more.

But if gaming is the key point and you have one graphics card... then get the i5 750. Costs less and gets a few more fps.

 

[Jotunkaiser]

ah thanks

 

[eatcustard]

Its the G card that makes the difference
Go i5 and spend the extra on a better G card

 

[Tweaker]

Dont forget the Core i5 650, good CPU at around the same price.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

Dont forget the Core i5 650, good CPU at around the same price.

If you want i5, the only good one is the i5 750 as all the others are dual core.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Dont forget the Core i5 650, good CPU at around the same price.

It is around the same price. But you are mainly paying for the IGP - and if you are "Gaming" then this will be completely unused. Also, the 650 is only a dualcore (albeit a 32nm, hyperthreaded dual core) and the 750 is a true quad. Considering some games are starting to make use of multicores now, I would strongly suggest going for the 750 over the 650 if the main use is gaming.

 

[Jabbs]

I went I5 750 from a Q6600 and there is a big difference the pc is snappier for a start and mine went straight up to 4 gig great chips.

 

[easyrider]

i5 750 is the chip to get.

However don't dismiss the i3 530 at the lower price points.

They will all do 4ghz and with HT make a fantasic "budget" gaming chip