Pentium G2120 is the Mary Ann of Intel's processors

[Zodiark1593]

The more I think about it, the more I agree with this. I wouldn't hold a similar view with laptops because the nature of the use is different, but for desktops, this isn't a bad philosophy at all.

Ehh, the Hyperthreading on the i7 can be worthwhile if heavy encoding and 3d rendering is your thing (in my case, Hyperthreading speeds up renders by roughly 30%). For gaming or anything else like web surfing, not really.

 

[SPBHM]

I think the "Pentium" line has delivered some great value CPUs over the years, the e2140 was a great when OCed (faster than the Athlon 64 X2 6400+), the E5200 was good at stock, and OCed even more (comparable/faster than stock $200 chips from its time), so I actually think the e2140/e5200 was better than the G2120 is right now (because it's locked, and remember, back in the day you could overclock with $50 MBs)

about the OP, I would also like to add that loosing HT can be relevant specially for gaming, also loosing HT+AVX+quick sync can slow you down for video encoding.

 

[Rio Rebel]

I didn't really factor in overclocking - that opens up a whole different debate.

You're right about losing HT in video encoding. I don't care about gaming at the level that HT would make a significant difference, but I do care a little about encoding times. But then again, what's the difference between an hour and an hour and a half? Either way you're walking away and letting it run.