Gaming Rig Help

[jack_addy]

okay so Im raising money to buy parts for a Gaming PC so I can build it and have a happy gaming life on it. The only problem is I don't have a job and I have to deal with school and to young to be taken seriously by employerers so I must make very little money doing the lawn and such.
Anyways Ive started looking into it and ive decided on these specs.

ASUS Maximus V Extreme motherboard - $370

Core i5 2500k cpu? - $200

Corsair vengeance 8gb DDR3 Ram - $40

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1GB -$174

The others I have not researched such as the lesser stuff like the monitor, power supply, and cooling units.

So the problem is I don't know wether to get an i7 or i5. I understand that i7s dont help much with gaming just with video editing, Modeling, and other stuff like that, but Im worried that in the future games will start to come out and make use of i7 capabilities. However my motherboard is compatable with almost any cpu including core 2s, 4 cores, i3, i5 , and i7. and even some Amd ones so I can easily upgrade later but ill still be spending more money on the upgrade. I will sell the i5 if I upgradfe to i7 but im worried I might not get as much for it therefor loosing more money. Im pretty stable on the other specs but I still am not sure that those specs would be ideal in my situation.

Also I dun know if I should get the better solid state drive or the classic spinning hard drive. Money is tight so these specs might change.

Thanks for your help if you choose to do so.

[ChubbyPikachu25]

iunno,but i7 has a higher number, so i say it....ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)

[leftypitcher28]

For one thing... Do you even know what chipset your even going to use so it's compatible with your CPU? Do you know what power supply your even using? If you video card is cross compatible with your mobo. What about your CPU cooler is it the right socket type? And i5 is lower required gaming setup and i7 is for higher gaming I would sujest you get less expensive motherboard and get a better graphics card and find the right chipset. A.k.a do more research.
Get a nice 128 gb Ssd and mabey 1tb hd, windows 7 or 8.

[jack_addy]

Yes, All of the items are compatable with each other. The "mobo" has processor support for Single core cpus all the way up to an i7 2770k. And the mother board is compatable with the gpu to.

[leftypitcher28]

... U mean 3770k? If so YOU ARE WASTING YOUR MONEY ON A 370$ motherboard p8z77-v lx lga 1155 only 130$ i5-3570k 220$ All together. Cheaper than that motherboard. If you know how to oc ram you can do that. Deffently a hight gtx after the first number. Such as a 480 is better than a 540.

[jack_addy]

Thanks, I think I'll research in a cheaper motherboard.P

[alan_x_zhu]

Just to help a bit.

Higher numbers do not always mean better. For example, you can't compare a higher clocked i5 with a low clocked i7, they have a small change in architecture (although very similar). To me, I wouldn't research a higher priced graphics card, i would find cards that have the best performance to cost value. (use this if you're on a budget, most people are however)

[alan_x_zhu]

... U mean 3770k? If so YOU ARE WASTING YOUR MONEY ON A 370$ motherboard p8z77-v lx lga 1155 only 130$ i5-3570k 220$ All together. Cheaper than that motherboard. If you know how to oc ram you can do that. Deffently a hight gtx after the first number. Such as a 480 is better than a 540.

OC'ing RAM is tricky business. Mess with the voltage, you can fry your ram or possibly your motherboard. Mess with the timings, it might not boot. Worst of all, when you got the magic number for the overclock settings, the ram gets boiling to the touch.

[malandrix_bunny]

1 alan dun double post
2 jack... you better not put Linux on this pc...

[jack_addy]

1 alan dun double post
2 jack... you better not put Linux on this pc...

theres no games for linux...