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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:33 PM (permalink)
looking at both cpus and wondering why the 2500 is 200 $ and the 2600k is 300$? when theres a small difference in ghz speed.
 
is the 2600k worth the extra 100? or is it a waste of money ? 
 
whats the difference between the two?

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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:54 PM (permalink)
    Edit :
    2600K=HT (4 Cores / 8 Threads) | 8MB L3 Cache
    2500K=no HT (4 Cores / 4 Threads) | 6MB L3 Cache
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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Thursday, September 01, 2011 0:17 PM (permalink)
    geek32

    2600K=HT (4 Cores / 8 Threads)
    2500K=no HT (4 Cores / 4 Threads)

     
    thats the only difference?
     
    will it make much difference in gaming?

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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Thursday, September 01, 2011 0:39 PM (permalink)
    most games have not been optimized for hyperthreading yet and there are programs / apps that benefits from HT's and more cache so, if you're concerned only for gaming then you probably settle for 2500K and spend the 100 dollars for mem upgrades or SSD upgrades.


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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:36 AM (permalink)
    2500k is best if all you are going to be doing is gaming. 2600k if you like to play around with video editing/rendering or intensive photoshop.


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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:55 PM (permalink)
    here are the differences. This game Relies on Pure Processing Power
     
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    there is no real difference maybe minor.
    post edited by sengutso - Thursday, September 01, 2011 5:10 PM

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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Friday, September 02, 2011 4:19 AM (permalink)
    The difference shows when you are rendering video mostly.


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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Friday, September 02, 2011 7:09 AM (permalink)
    I would recommend you wait for the Hexa-core i7 SB EE
     
    The K one not the directly the EE one
     
    That way you won't have a GPU impeding heat spread(Higher overclocks)

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    Re:i5 2500 vs i7 2600k differences? Saturday, September 03, 2011 3:25 AM (permalink)
    If you're re-encoding movies, like a full bluray to like an .mkv... 2600k tops out, hands down.  Any graphics or design, like photoshop, premier, Quicktime Pro, Lightroom - go 2600k.

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