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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Why bother? Games don't use hyper-threading, so unless you are going to also be doing Photoshop, Premeire/Aftereffects, 3D modelling, music recording or any other CPU intensive application work, the i5-3570k plays games identical to the i7-3770k.
TL;DR It's a waste of an extra 100$ if you are not going to be using the machine for heavy application use.
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Just to clear up any confusion, he's not looking at the i5-3570k, he's looking at the i5-3570 non-k. And I was suggesting a non-k as well.
As Scott said, I'd pay an extra hundred bucks to know that my processor can take whatever I can throw at it, including future games. Consider that while it can be said many games don't fully utilize hyper-threading today, that will undoubtedly change as we push the envelope further.
The thing that sold me on using the i7: old roommate was rendering a 1080p HD scene in 3dsmax
and playing Modern Warfare 2 on maximum everything at full frame-rate. It's nice to know that you've got all the horsepower you will need for the near future.