i5 3450 vs i7 3770k, make up my mind for me!

A Core i5 is enough for games.

You think Socket 1155 is bad? I'm running an i7 990X Extreme, with socket 1366!!

If it's only for gaming, go for i5.

i5 is great for games. Not worth the extra $100 to move to an i7 in my opinion.

Just $130? Wow man, that's so cheap. Where would you buy this stuff?

Go for the i5 3450. Even if money isn't an issue, you don't need the extra horsepower for any of your needs (even streaming). Also, I'm sure that if you have a Geforce card that is ShadowPlay ready you could simply use part of your GPU for Twitch streaming (as far as I've seen/read).Video editing/low level programming would be a good use of an i7, but the i5 is jet as good.

I've had the i7 3770k it's a very nice CPU but slightly overpowered for games and remember when you do decide to get it, to get a good Cooler because the i7 3770k reaches really high temps... the standard intel cooler won't be enough ^^... Right now I have the I7 4930k which is more then overpowered for gaming but I also do render a lot of stuff and so on... if it's just for gaming you could use the i5 but if you wanna be set for a few years I'd go with the i7 3770k

Thanks everyone! I was kinda leaning towards the i5 and planned to do a total upgrade of mobo/cpu if and when I need it.

Just wanted some reassurance that I wasn't making a dumb move!

Go for i5 but try to upgrade to i5 4th gen, 4440 at least.

i7 is not worth the extra price unless you use it for other stuff than gaming, like 3d design and etc.

I happen to be ordering an i5 later today. :P (A 4690)
I'd say go for the i5.

Your probably never going to use the extra cores that the i7 holds. My recommendation is to go for the i5, even for streaming.

The only situation where you should get the i7 is when your doing something CPU heavy that will take advantage of the multiple cores, like 3D work, photoshop, sony vegas pro, etc.

i5 is enough for games so go for that.

What games are you planning to play?

Anything Cryengine 4 or Unreal 4?

EDIT: Also full specs?

You don't need that kind of processing power for gaming. Save the extra money, so you can buy a better graphics card some time in the future.

i5 is enough for gaming. BUT since you'd like to stream I recommend i7, no one likes laggy streams and depending on your other components the i5 could become a bottleneck for HD streaming.

Pffft, 1155. 2011 all the way! :D