Worth getting an i7 950?

[Themanager55]

Hey guys,

I've been browsing the Internet to look for parts for my new PC which I'm building to play ArmA II and ArmA II OA. I am now in the process of picking a CPU and stumbled across the i7 950 which my friend said should be in any gaming PC and the i5 which is considerably cheaper.

Now I was wondering is it really worth buying the i7 over the i5. I wont be making use of multithreading so i figured i didn't need the extraz virtual cores?

What are your thoughts on this?

,Thanks.


EDIT: I have not OC'd yet but will try this with my old rig and perhaps OC my new rig

[BloodBane611]

I personally don't see the point of putting an i7 into a build when you can buy a higher speed i5 quad and get the same or better actual performance for a much lower price, since ArmA II can't use more than 4 cores anyhow. However, some people feel the need to buy cutting edge stuff.


From a pragmatists point of view, I'd go with the i5.