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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
Anyone building a new rig at the moment would be totally insane to buy anything other than a Core i7 2600K .
It blows away all the old school i7 CPU's, is multiplier unlocked (overclocking to about 4.8 Ghz aircooled), and is as cheap as, especially considering its pretty much the fastest kid on the block even without overclocking all at a mid range price.
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Originally Posted by ghodan
But games dont use hyper threading, so why should i pay for something my games cant use? Thats why i will buy the Intel Core I5 2500K
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Reviews I have read say that the i5-2500K is the one to get for gaming - the i7-2600k produces very minor benefit in games to justify the extra cost. (it may be justified though if you use heavily multi-threaded apps or do a lot of video editing, etc.)
I'll be getting the i5-2500K too.