Want to upgrade CPU but i5 or i7 for my uses?

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Hey,

So I'm looking to upgrade for my CPU for an xmas gift but I'm not entirely sure which to ask for out of an i5 and i7.

My current PC specs are;
i3 2130@3.4Ghz
8GB RAM
Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3
AMD 7870

The reason for upgrade is that I'm not entirely happy with my fps whilst frappings and I want to be able to stream some games aswell.
Games I'm mainly frappings are WoW, GW2, SWToR, Rift, CS:GO and BF3. In WoW and CS:GO I can fraps no problem at 60fps but every other game is ~30fps so when things start flying my fps drops even lower.

So basically I'm after something to keep my fps up while recording/streaming and something that will really decrease my rending times.

Note I don't want to change my motherboard aswell so would a SB be a better option than IB?

Cheers.

[llDemonll]

i5 2500K and another hard drive to record fraps videos on

[vesseblah]

Or rather SSD instead of HDD and use the current HDD for fraps space.

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I already fraps onto a second HDD, should of said that.

[Deleted]

what cpu cooler you got?
also i5-2500k and i5-3570k are very close priced atm, just pick any of them and OC it for best wow performance.

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what cpu cooler you got?
also i5-2500k and i5-3570k are very close priced atm, just pick any of them and OC it for best wow performance.

Stock since I've no need for a better one with the i3 at the moment.

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Stock since I've no need for a better one with the i3 at the moment.

well if you get either of those chips+ an aftermarket cooler + overclocking will yield biggest upgrade performance wise. (just take some evening(s) to read up on oc'ing in general and it will be worthwhile)