Hyperthreading

[IrishTech]

Hey

I am currently looking to buy a New PC as you will notice in specs and thanks to bg42 I have what I want. How ever after doing a bit more research I was wondering would it be better to get say i5-2500 over the i7-2600 as hyperthreading is not used in games yet and can slow performace (I might be wrong as a lot of data was from 2006-8)

I do want bang for buck and as this is mostly a gaming pc will the i7 hyperthreading affect me neagtively with games that don't use it.

What I mean by that is will it be a big impact on me if a game does not use hyperthreading or so little i won't notice it. Now I know games this year are startin to use the quad i.e dragon age 2 which I assume since it recommeds quad it will use hyperthreading

 

[bg92]

hyperthreading shouldn't really affect your gaming. So either i5-2500 or i7-2600 would be fine, you would save money going for the i5 and maybe spending it on something else. hypethreading is not something that is on quad cores, only the I7 cpus from intel have it but not all of them.
When you pick your spec post it so you we can double check that everything is ok

 

[Skinner]

You should be able to tell your computer whether or not to use hyperthreading. At one of the places I worked I was able to turn it on or off in the bios on start up.

 

[bg92]

Yes you can turn hyperthreading on and off in the bios.

 

[Meds]

There is no harm in ordering the i7-2600 and doing so will not have a negative effect in gaming performance. As bg92 mentions above, you could spend the money you save by downgrading to the 2500 on other components which may improve performance or allow for future upgrades.

 

[IrishTech]

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ / SLI SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£38)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W PRO SERIES (HX1000) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£175)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
24" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 23.6" Panel (£129)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
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SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
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1

Price: £1,515.00 including VAT and delivery.

Ok i decied to downgrade to a 15-2500 and got a 24inch monitor along with a bigger PSU as i will SLI with another card down the line. Since this is purely a gaming machine i see no point in having hyperthreading and spending an extra 70 quid on it for an extra .10Ghz and an extra 2mb cache

 

[Meds]

Looks great! I think we finally have the perfect spec for you.. enjoy!

 

[IrishTech]

Ok last question just before i order nothing about spec more about partion a HD Should I partion the HD say 1 for the O/s say 80gb and the rest for gaming or leave it as one whole drive

 

[bg92]

I have a 100gb partition for Os and then another two 100gb and 400gb, but go going with 80-100 gb for Os would be ok.

 

[vanthus]

Ok last question just before i order nothing about spec more about partion a HD Should I partion the HD say 1 for the O/s say 80gb and the rest for gaming or leave it as one whole drive

There's been some debate about that before,i'm sure some of the experts said it wasn't really needed nowadays.

 

[bg92]

It will not make much difference if any, but with partitions I just think its more tidy.

 

[Phoenix]

Hyperthreading can and does have negative effects in some games but it's usually only 3~FPS lower than with it off so it's not a big difference.

 

[vanthus]

It will not make much difference if any, but with partitions I just think its more tidy.

Oh yes,i totally agree with you.I intend doing it myself.especially as i want to try out other operating systems.