Hi wondering which would fair better in a gaming, home editting, htpc(in that order). The 1 year upgrade would be i3 to i5-3570k or 6870 to a 7950 depending on what deals are on next year. Either way is about 300.00 bucks in canada for one of the options in the subject line
If you're going to end up with the two faster options in the end.... probably go with i5 + 6870
If current trend keeps up, your gpu will drop in value faster especially because intel has no reason to drop their prices much if at all and geforce 700 sries and radeon 8000 series are around the corner.