Well an i5 sounds decent enough and then I could upgrade to an i7 or higher later. If I could get an i5 and play most current games at high to mid settings for the next few years that would be fine. Upgrading is still cheaper then buying a new console to play games slightly better xD Hell, low to mid settings on a PC is still comparable to current gen consolesHe wants to game later on with that system hence why he needs an i7 with obvious reasons i stated above.