If you bought 2600k over 2500k were your reasons?

[nOOky]

Comparing the 2500K to the 2600k it's hard to dispute the value of the 2500K. However I was considering dropping in a Q9550 or similar in an older motherboard, those still run around $280 so the 17-2600K looks like a great value in that respect...

 

[beyoku]

I got a 2600k because of hyperthreading and the price wasn't a huge omg difference.

Basically this, not only was it not a huge difference but some of us got a discount at micro center. If you had the money why not splurge?

 

[exar333]

I don't have SB, but this looks like a tough decision to me. When I bough my i7 920 at launch, there wasn't much other options ($250, $500, or $999) plus there were no new i7s on the horizen except 1156 options.

With 2011 socket, and IB around the corner, it's a tough choice. I would suggect 2500k if you know a CPU upgrade is in your future within the next 12 months, otherwise the 2600k may last a little longer with HT as programs become more threaded down the road.

 

[d33pblue]

Got the 2600 for $293 with tax at Microcenter. Chose the 2600 mainly due to the hyperthreading and from what I've seen, they seem to OC a bit higher than the 2500s do.

 

[Krynj]

Haven't bought mine yet, but I'm going to be soon.

Reasons: Hyperthreading, and overclocking. Need all the power I can get for rendering.

Side question: Is it safe to assume that the 6 core SB chips will not be LGA 1156?

 

[jimhsu]

Bought a 2500K ... just assumed that since few of my apps can make use of more than 4 threads, might as well spend the $100 towards something more useful ... maybe my "PCI-express SSD investment fund" and repurpose this "old" X25-M to my laptop. Besides 2500K for <$200 after tax is a steal.

 

[Markfw]

So what actually benefits from HT? A 6core sandy bridge (when they're released in future) would be superior to a 4core one with HT right?

They could be close in some apps. For me, for F@H, it needs to see at least 8 logical cores, or I don't get the high point units. 5000 ppd compared to 32,000 ppd.

 

[Majic 7]

Got a 2600K coming. Yes, I have self epeen issues. I want to see eight.

 

[aigomorla]

You mean they're ALREADY stockpiling "best" chips so they can sell them as 2700Ks later?

u havent seen the 980X vs 990X vs 995X?

 

[StinkyPinky]

All I do is game and surf the web. The 2600k has minimal advantage in that.

 

[Edrick]

With 2011 socket, and IB around the corner, it's a tough choice.

If you call Q4 '11 and Q1 '12 "around the corner", then sure. Then when IB comes out, Haswell will be "around the corner" too.

 

[samboy]

Went for the 2600k since an extra $100 incremental cost to the new system (after 4+ years with Core 2 E6700) was not a big deal to me.

The additional MHZ and potential better binning was not a factor for me. The extra 2MB cache was since I develop software and want to make sure I target the configurations that will be mainstream tomorrow (i.e. I expect that 8MB Cache will be a minimal mainstream configuration soon enough). For the same reasons, will be interested in platform 2011 (as long as it is not limited to $1000+ processors - that is a bigger deal!)

 

[exar333]

If you call Q4 '11 and Q1 '12 "around the corner", then sure. Then when IB comes out, Haswell will be "around the corner" too.

Sure, it's within 6-10 months. There was no upgrade less than $700 for a chip on the 1366 platform until over two years later...

 

[00Aron]

I went from a the e6700 to 2600k too! Just because I could!

Like I read somewhere else though, "if you don't already know whether you need the 2500k or 2600k, you need the 2500k."

For my purposes, I probably would have been fine with the 2500k... but I'd rather have the capability now and maybe not need it than to get into something else later and need [want] a new processor.

 

[Hulk]

Intel really made this a touch decision. If the price premium was $50 or $75 to move to the 2600k then for me it would be a no brainer. Same if the premium was $125 or more, I'd go with the 2500k.

But $100 really makes it a tough decision. You DO get Hyperthreading, more cache, a little bump in clockspeed, the possibility of a more "cherry" chip, and knowing that you have the latest and greatest. To me Hyperthreading is becoming more of a benefit with every passing day since it only seems logical that as new applications hit the shelves (web?) and old ones are rewritten, they will be optimized for multicore computing. So in 2 or 3 years those 4 extra logical cores may keep things a little more current for those of us on the long (4 to 5 year) update cycles.

So when are those "Z" boards coming? Q2 right?

 

[StinkyPinky]

Intel really made this a touch decision. If the price premium was $50 or $75 to move to the 2600k then for me it would be a no brainer. Same if the premium was $125 or more, I'd go with the 2500k.

But $100 really makes it a tough decision. You DO get Hyperthreading, more cache, a little bump in clockspeed, the possibility of a more "cherry" chip, and knowing that you have the latest and greatest. To me Hyperthreading is becoming more of a benefit with every passing day since it only seems logical that as new applications hit the shelves (web?) and old ones are rewritten, they will be optimized for multicore computing. So in 2 or 3 years those 4 extra logical cores may keep things a little more current for those of us on the long (4 to 5 year) update cycles.

So when are those "Z" boards coming? Q2 right?

If you're only upgrading every 4 years I would think the 2600k is a no-brainer imo.

 

[aigomorla]

If i told you guys, that i got confirmation from intel's overclocking department direct that the 2600K's were better factory bin'd would that change the thread?

 

[mclaren777]

I plan to keep this new computer until early 2019 so I bought a 2600K because it has longer legs.

 

[jacktesterson]

2600k is not worth $100 more in my opinion.

Sure I'd buy if I truly could afford it though.

By the time the 2600k has a real advantage over
The 2500k, we will upgrading again

 

[AkumaX]

encoding

 

[toyota]

I plan to keep this new computer until early 2019 so I bought a 2600K because it has longer legs.

both the 2500k and 2600k will be equally as irrelevant before then...

 

[toyota]

2600k is not worth $100 more in my opinion.

Sure I'd buy if I truly could afford it though.

By the time the 2600k has a real advantage over
The 2500k, we will upgrading again

this is exactly what I was thinking since gaming is my main concern. now for those that actually use apps that take advantage of the HT then I can understand going 2600k though.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Unless you spend a lot of time encoding stuff, it is better the save the $100 and put that towards a SSD or GPU or even more memory.

 

[BD231]

My plan was to go with the 2600k for HT, extra cache and possibly better overclocking. Then I realized I don't even have enough cash for a 2500k so I went with neither.

 

[T101]

To my surprise, I find that HT is being used with quite a few games. I dont think it is the games that are written to use more threads perhaps. Rather it seems windows 7 balances the load between the logical cores. The highest load between all logical cores I see in Mafia II.