Envy 14... i7 or i5

Guys, i am planning to buy a HP Envy 14 but can't decide whether to buy i5 or i7 .can you please point out the pros and cons and which one i should go for?
I am going to use this for surfing, watching movies and playing games like starcraft2.Thanks in advance

 

If you're going to use this for gaming, web browsing, and watching movies, the Core i5 is the way to go. If you were to go Core i7, you would lose switchable graphics, and therefore get rather poor battery life.

The Core i5 processors are fully capable of gaming. The biggest bottleneck this laptop has is the GPU. Getting a Core i7 for games in an Envy 14 seems moot, as you could just go with an Envy 15 or Envy 17 and get a better GPU. The Core i7 won't give much of a performance boost in many games (some, but not most).

That's just my opinion. I feel like this sums it up: "if you don't know if you need a Core i7, you probably don't need it."

 

Core i5 = battery life, cheaper, runs cooler
Core i7 = More expensive, better performance, runs warmer

Only go to the i7 if you know you are going to be needing the extra performance (mostly noticable in rendering video/transcoding audio).