Trying to decide on a better value in the long run - 2700K vs 3570K

Finishing my mini ITX build and trying to decide if I should go with a $190 (+tax) i5 3570K or a $250 (+tax) i7 2700K from Microcenter. The difference is $63 after tax. Both have their positives and negatives, and I decided to go with the i5, for the following reasons, strongly considering resale value in a year (probably through Craigslist):

i5 3570K
+ lower power consumption (goes well with the efficient mini computer concept)
+ better igpu (I don't care, but someone else might)
+ more recent architecture - by the time I decide to sell the computer, Haswell should be out, and I can say that it's only one generation older and still 22nm
+ plenty fast for my purposes, faster per clock than Sandy Bridge
+ I'm saving $63
-cons: doesn't seem as good of a value as i5 2500K for $160 (or the i7)


i7 2700K
+ very powerful, of course, will do anything
+ easy to impress people with "oohh it has an i7"
+ the cool factor of having a powerful processor in a small case
-cons: will be 2 generations behind by the time I sell it, and I'm afraid of it looking like an i7 950 would look now -- outdated. Not as good of a deal as my $200 i7 2600K was a few months ago (now sold along with my previous computer )


What do you think? I know I'll personally be fine with both, and I like both. Just can't decide which is a smarter buy considering the price difference and resale value. $63 is not a huge deal, but if it's better to save it, I'll do so gladly.

P.S.: I know the i5 2500K for $160 + tax is the best value, but I'm really deciding between the Ivy i5 and Sandy i7. Ideally I'd like an i7 3770 for $260, but my store is out, and no motherboard bundle deals on non-K CPUs.
Edited by ElevenEleven - 8/18/12 at 1:41am

I know what I will find useful for myself--that's not what my post is about. I could well have a use for hyperthreading if particular project I am anticipating working on goes through, but it's uncertain at the moment -- and in any case, that would be a question to myself and is a personal weighting factor which I don't require outside input on.

My question is about public opinion on what is a better value given relative prices and resale value in a year, which, given the small relative price difference, is a fair consideration to keep in mind - if you sell and rebuild often anyway (which I do).

This is a subjective opinion that only takes under consideration one end-user. Perhaps you should give me the benefit of a doubt and consider that I've already weighed my personal factors prior to making this post, the point of which to get a bit of an outside feedback on general performance vs. price vs. market value -- if it's fair with video cards, it's fair with any component.

No, I'm actually looking to save money and make an intelligent decision, and I already did buy the i5 (sitting on my desk unopened because I'm waiting for a PSU to arrive to finish building). Just that I'm going back to MC today to exchange a faulty hard drive, and it's been in the back of my head whether I had made the right choice, so I thought I'd post here to put my mind to rest.