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Originally Posted by alcal 
That is kind of true, but the way games are coded right now (generally speaking) they only utilize two cores on a cpu, regardless of how many cores there are, which is why with the current generation of games, there is very little difference in FPS when between an overclocked i5-2500k quad core and an overclocked i7-3960x hexacore with 12 threads and that is because only two of those cores are actually being used, and the performance per core is already high enough to satisfy all gaming requirements, even in the i5 range. This is why people on the board are recommending the ivy bridge i5 over the i7, because all that you get for your extra $100 with the i7, is "hyperthreading" which helps applications which handle lots of cores very well. Gaming, as mentioned above is exactly the kind of application which AS OF YET, does not benefit from extra threads or extra cores.
All that being said, the best "long term" cpu would be the i7-3930k which is a 6 core 12 thread processor, but it probably isn't an intelligent purchase for you as it costs $500 and games probably won't make use of 6 cores for another few years. That's speculation, but the point is, you can spend more money and hope for futureproofness, but that all depends on whether game designers will begin to program for multiple cores, or if they will continue using 1 and 2 core style programming as they have for a long time. Long story short, I would recommend an i5-2500k or i5-3570k (which even after 5 years might let you play on medium-high settings in good fps ranges [again, phenom II x4 processors are still decent today and they came out january 2009])
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edit: also, as far as the motherboard goes, It's not like a mid-range motherboard will affect your experience with the machine, AT ALL. As long as the board has overclocking features, enough VRM's (8 is the standard nowadays), and the inputs/outputs that you need for your hardware, you will be totally absolutely A-OK. The maximus extremes and whatnot are tempting, but in the end, they won't offer you any benefit in any scenario whatsoever. Just make sure the manufacturer is reputable and that it has what you need.
That is kind of true, but the way games are coded right now (generally speaking) they only utilize two cores on a cpu, regardless of how many cores there are, which is why with the current generation of games, there is very little difference in FPS when between an overclocked i5-2500k quad core and an overclocked i7-3960x hexacore with 12 threads and that is because only two of those cores are actually being used, and the performance per core is already high enough to satisfy all gaming requirements, even in the i5 range. This is why people on the board are recommending the ivy bridge i5 over the i7, because all that you get for your extra $100 with the i7, is "hyperthreading" which helps applications which handle lots of cores very well. Gaming, as mentioned above is exactly the kind of application which AS OF YET, does not benefit from extra threads or extra cores.
All that being said, the best "long term" cpu would be the i7-3930k which is a 6 core 12 thread processor, but it probably isn't an intelligent purchase for you as it costs $500 and games probably won't make use of 6 cores for another few years. That's speculation, but the point is, you can spend more money and hope for futureproofness, but that all depends on whether game designers will begin to program for multiple cores, or if they will continue using 1 and 2 core style programming as they have for a long time. Long story short, I would recommend an i5-2500k or i5-3570k (which even after 5 years might let you play on medium-high settings in good fps ranges [again, phenom II x4 processors are still decent today and they came out january 2009])
/endrant
edit: also, as far as the motherboard goes, It's not like a mid-range motherboard will affect your experience with the machine, AT ALL. As long as the board has overclocking features, enough VRM's (8 is the standard nowadays), and the inputs/outputs that you need for your hardware, you will be totally absolutely A-OK. The maximus extremes and whatnot are tempting, but in the end, they won't offer you any benefit in any scenario whatsoever. Just make sure the manufacturer is reputable and that it has what you need.
Great post, thank you for the time you put into that +rep and noted =)
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