2500K vs 2600K

[2StepSteve]

Is the £40 extra worth it for the 2600K?

I was just about to pull the trigger on a 2500K when I thought about hyper threading.

I know for gaming it isn't worth it but:

I will be doing some HD video editing/encoding and am wondering is it worth the extra money for hyper threading and the 8MB of L3 cache?

Will the difference be staggering/worth it?

 

[Garee]

It's more like £85 more.

I suggest only getting the 2600k if you do encoding reguarly as the 2500k is no slouch.

 

[the1gooner]

Plenty of reviews around now which will give you the info you need.

The difference is more then £40 though. If it was just £40 difference then the 2600k would be a great buy.

The 2500k is plenty quick enough I reckon.

 

[2StepSteve]

Argh I am such an idiot!

I thought I was looking at the 2600K but instead was looking at the 2600.

 

[MumboJumbo]

When do you think you would be likely to upgrade again? If its within 4 years I doubt the 2600k is worth it. Though I shall probably get the 2600k anyway.

 

[2StepSteve]

I'm coming from a Conroe E6300 which was around 4 years ago.

I went for the 2500K just now and can't wait!

 

[MikeHiow]

I also contemplating a Sandybridge setup now (Well, I'm waiting to see how all these issues play out first!) - not that I require something of this spec really, more because I don't tend to upgrade very often and want it to last a while.

How much benefit is there to be gained with HT when you already have four cores? I tend to "multitask" a lot as a developer, as well as run virtual machines with some gaming thrown in as well.

Also, I'm sure I read something about i7 and six cores - is this something that is on its way?

 

[DragonQ]

Video encoding is the main benefactor of HyperThreading. Most other things don't benefit much, if at all.

 

[MikeHiow]

I do almost no video encoding, except re-encoding some small HD videos from my camera occasionally, which in fact, I usually use my 2.26GHz MBP for.

 

[MumboJumbo]

I also contemplating a Sandybridge setup now (Well, I'm waiting to see how all these issues play out first!) - not that I require something of this spec really, more because I don't tend to upgrade very often and want it to last a while.

How much benefit is there to be gained with HT when you already have four cores? I tend to "multitask" a lot as a developer, as well as run virtual machines with some gaming thrown in as well.

Also, I'm sure I read something about i7 and six cores - is this something that is on its way?

ivybridge. It's basicaly the equivilant of how they revamped the i5's etc before. So they will get die-shrunk and some will have 6 cores, possibly 8. I beleive it will be tri-channel memory as well?

 

[MikeHiow]

If these are likely to be 1155, then I think I'd just get a 2500K, then sell up and go with one of those toward the end of the year.