Core i5-2500k Hyperthreading question.

[Flenzo]

Hey guys!

Just read about this Hyperthreading stuff, and i decided to ask your thoughts about it, so the question is:

The Core i5-2500k do not have Hyperthreading and would like to ask that how does it matter that it don't have, still enough this CPU to the future? ( 2012...) or buy an AMD 6 core Phenom?

Thank you for the answers.

 

[SpeedTester]

Welcome to the Forums Flenzo, What will you be using your pc for?
Either way you go you will be fine thru 2012.

 

[Flenzo]

For Gaming, Streaming games, and ofc recording games with Fraps.
Thank you for your answer.

 

[dma0991]

You're good with the Core i5 2500K. The virtual threads aren't a huge improvement if you're mostly performing single threaded tasks.

 

[lau808]

im pretty sure the 25k does better than x6 for everything u just listed (unsure about recording)

 

[SpeedTester]

For Gaming, Streaming games, and ofc recording games with Fraps.
Thank you for your answer.

You probally would not know the difference from the 2600 and 2500 unless you were doing video encoding or 3d rendering. I have an AMD 1100 system and a Intel 2600k and the best performance component which made a huge difference is the SSD's I put in the intel system.

Take a look at Anand's review.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...el-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested

 

[janas19]

For Gaming, Streaming games, and ofc recording games with Fraps.
Thank you for your answer.

Modern gaming is still mainly at 2-4 threads. Don't expect it to change to more than 4 threads in the mainstream for about two years.