2500K Vs 2600K

Hey guys, some may have read my other thread which pretty much is me getting details about a new computer. Anyway, the point is I was wondering which of these cards is better for GAMING - I have little interest in video encoding or anything like that :| and I've been looking at benchmarks and the 2500k is performing very very very close to the 2600k, Plus its $100 less..

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Thanks!!!!!

 

The main differences is that:-
The 2500K has 4 cores and 4 threads (no hyperthreading) and 6MB of cache
The 2600K has 4 cores and 8 threads (hyperthreading) and 8MB of cache

All boils down to if you need hyperthreading..... and to give you an idea of programs that use it they are often the intensive ones like video decoding etc
Hyperthreading has been known in the past to 'hurt' FPS on some games...

So based on that give us your ideas

 

Thanks for that info, I think I'll go with the 2500k, that will save me another $100 I can out into better GPU !!!

 

Good choice

 

Good feedback