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With your current graphics card, I wouldn't change if I was you.
What about the graphics card ?
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837
They trade punches but overall the i5 is a faster chip due to the better IPC performance.
Have you overclocked your 8320? If not I strongly suggest you try that and see if you can squeeze some extra, free, performance out of it. I have the same CPU at 4.8GHz and it runs alongside my 7990 GPU quite happily however a 4770k would still be a better.
yeah the GPU doesn't determine what you can and can't do with an overclock.
You say the system is water cooled, is that via a custom loop or a all-in-one water cooler?
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It's not worth the change.
i changed about a month ago from fx8350 to 4770k
and no change in gaming here.
only change i could see/notice is in benchmarking but thats all.
save your cash
yeah the GPU doesn't determine what you can and can't do with an overclock.
You say the system is water cooled, is that via a custom loop or a all-in-one water cooler?