Originally Posted by
LABARINTH
Ok...I could do that. I will have to think a bit more about which cpu is right for me. But making those two changes I would save $152 bringing my total to $1552. That is some decent savings. I can always add more ram down the line if I want so that seems to make a lot of sense. I am really trying to squeeze 5 years out of this PC. Do you think the i5 can do that? Will I notice a big difference in 3-4 years between the i5 and i7?
I highly doubt you'll ever notice a difference. I just built an budget i3 PC for my dad, and even that processor is stout. Like I said, only difference really between i5 and i7 is hyperthreading...and you've already got 4 cores, I doubt you'll need more. and even if some crazy things happen to PCs in the next 5 years that make the i5 obsolete, the i7 won't fair that much better.