OblivionBrontide Wrote: truly depends on your budget. (the bigger the best in my opinion) go for a i5 for high performance gaming. for 4k gaming go for i7
You don't need a good CPU for 4k. 4k becomes a GPU bottleneck hell even an FX 8350 can do 4k, because of current gpu bottlenecks. There'd be no difference between an i5, and i7 in 4k.