Why you really don't need to buy in i7 CPU for gaming (or even an i5).

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Lusche said:

yes i7 to i5 is no difference for gaming, but i3 to i5 is a huge difference ...
I have a 1st gen i7 and the latest i3 gen and the i7 blows the i3 away, its not even funny.

and yes, spending money for gpu instead of cpu is better most of the time, as long as your cpu is not the bottleneck.

and pc gaming is not 1920x1080 anymore ... many are switching to 2560x1440 27"+ displays

At 2560x1440 and a 200-300 dollar GPU and modern game on high settings, your i3 isn't going to get blown away by i7. Your GPU will struggle to keep up with the i7 or the i3 rendering so many pixels...