vivster said: I don't think anyone said you would "need" an i7. But if you have the money, they can perform a few percent better than the i5s in certain games. And what's wrong with the second statement? There are worlds between the loading times of HDDs and SSDs. |
I looked into this before I pieced together my new PC. I didn't find (and even online the general consensus is) the increase in price for an i7 anywhere near worth the small performance increase it provided.
As for SSD, it's a similar thing, yes loading times are faster, but that's not performance actually in game. Though I will be adding an SSD to my rig when Windows 10 releases to run the actual OS from.