2.5 core2duo vs i5 vs i7

[Damonlandsdown]

hello,

i currently have a 2.5gHZ core 2 duo,
4gb of g-skill 1066,
sapphire 5770 OC version,
windows 7,

and im looking at upgrading the CPU to, either an i5 or i7
this mean, new ram motherboard and cpu

i can get an i5 setup with, i5 611 3.33gHZ, 4gb kingston 2000mhz (ddr3 of course) and a gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 [Intel H55/LGA1156
for $540 flat

or
i7 2600 3.4gHZ , Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R [Intel X58 , kingston 2000mhz
for $777

is it worth spending the extra money on the i7????
+ is it even worth upgrading to i5 * i know i7 just kicks ass*

 

[stormy13]

Worth the upgrade, yes. One small problem with your second choice, you can't fit a socket 1155 CPU into a socket 1366 motherboard. Also kind of hard to price it out at the moment as most if not all retailers have pulled the new 1155 boards because of this,

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/141624-intel-discloses-chip-glitch.html

 

[Damonlandsdown]

hey, yea sorry my mistake. a similar board same price.
thats the first time ive seen such a costly glitch by intel :S
thanks, appreciate it