I need some opinions

[Aldo]

Uh Uh, the i7 has Hyperthreading enabled, the i5 doesn't.

i3 i5 i7 Even a Pentium has HT -.-

[9r2e5i3k]

Even a Pentium has HT -.-

inaccurate statement. Pentium is a wide family of CPU's. Pentium 1's don't have HT.
Also first "i5 vs i7" result on Google says that indeed i5's don't have HT, while i7's do have it. And that's the main difference.

[Julio.]

errrr no

the i7 shows as 8 threads and 4 cores. The i5 shows as 4 threads and 4 cores

[Aldo]

inaccurate statement. Pentium is a wide family of CPU's. Pentium 1's don't have HT.

Pentium 4 -.-

Also first "i5 vs i7" result on Google says that indeed i5's don't have HT, while i7's do have it. And that's the main difference.

i5 Quad Cores dont have HT but the dual cores do -.-

[9r2e5i3k]

i5 Quad Cores dont have HT but the dual cores do -.-

sauce -.-

[Aldo]

sauce -.-

Intel's website all the sauce you need for your pasta

[9r2e5i3k]

Intel's website all the sauce you need for your pasta

can't find (could be my cookie settings but denying to check that). quotes w/ links pls.

[Julio.]

My bad Aldo, you are right, the Dual Core i5s have Hyprethreading but the Quadcores don't.

My Apologies

[Aldo]

Intel has said HT will only give you a 30% performance increase
People who use the HT with say they see little to no difference in performance

Most programs dont even support HT
Does HT have much of performance increase now? No
Will it in the near future? Yes

If you can get the i7 for the same price you posted then go for it

[Julio.]

OMG ALDOS COME BACK IN.

Admeeeeeen, get rid of him please admeeeen   

[Zaila]

Ordered the new comp last friday, should be done today. Went for pretty much the same specc i posted in the first post, but with an i7 instead of i5 and with a GTX 580 instead of 550GTi.

total sum landed somewhere around 1.2k euro.

Thanks for your opinions guys, locking this topic now since there is no use for it anymore.