Asus N56VZ with i7 or i5 processor for BF3

[kusijonks]

I'm going to buy Asus N56VZ with GT 650M but I'm not sure whether I should buy it with i7-3630QM or i5-3210M. The one with i7 has 250gb more harddrive and 2gb more ram than the one with i5 but it costs 200 euros more and I don't really want to spend that much for a laptop.
Is it worth to buy the i7 version for the extra 200 euros if I will mainly play BF3 with it. Is there a noticeable FPS drop when I should choose i5 over the i7?

 

[gaborbarla]

I have n56vz with i7 quad core 8gb 1600ddr3 ram and 650m. I would recommend the i7 version purely because it is a quad core, over the i5 3210 which is only dual core. 6gb would be enough to play battlefield. I will replace my 750gb 7200rpm hd with a 240gb intel 330 ssd which I already have, just been trying to figure out how to make recovery disks to restore win 8 pro onto the ssd. I would recommend you do the same.

 

[kusijonks]

I have n56vz with i7 quad core 8gb 1600ddr3 ram and 650m. I would recommend the i7 version purely because it is a quad core, over the i5 3210 which is only dual core. 6gb would be enough to play battlefield. I will replace my 750gb 7200rpm hd with a 240gb intel 330 ssd which I already have, just been trying to figure out how to make recovery disks to restore win 8 pro onto the ssd. I would recommend you do the same.

Yeah, i7 is definitely over i5 but I would like to know whether it makes noticeable difference with BF 3

 

[talltm]

The i5 3210m is just enough I assure you. You really wouldn't notice much difference in overall performance between the i5 and i7. What actually makes a difference here is the SSD you're going to use. It will make your computer blazingly fast.
Still, if your budget allows, the i7 would definitely be the better choice.

 

[DarkSable]

Yeah, i7 is definitely over i5 but I would like to know whether it makes noticeable difference with BF 3

Huge, in multiplayer. BF 3 is CPU-intensive, so having those two extra cores will make a large difference.

 

[edit1754]

Could you please link us to the two models you're looking at? Other factors need to come into play than the GPU and CPU.