Core i5 vs. Core i7 - Which Should You Buy?

- It's no secret that the Core i7 4790K Devil's Canyon CPU from Intel's Haswell lineup is a beast. With 4 cores and 8 threads, it's one of the best i7s you can get for the price. But if gaming is all that matters to you, should you opt for one over its cheaper i5 variant? We pit the 4690K head-to-head against the 4790K in this video. Specs for our test bench listed below:

Intel Core i7 4790K/Core i5 4690K @4.6GHz
ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150 ATX
8GB (4GBx2) Crucial Tactical DDR3 @1600MHz
ASUS Strix GTX 970 4GB Graphics Card
Corsair H90 AIO Water Cooler
EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze PSU
ADATA 120GB SSD
WD Caviar Blue 320GB HDD
NZXT S340 Razer Edition Case

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