AMD Hyper Threading? - Hardware & Software

So I'm upgrading my computer (Mobo/RAM/CPU) and I'm looking at a six core 3.2 ghz processor. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913[/url] It says it has Hyper Transports at 4000Mhz, but the motherboards I've found only show 2400Mhz. Is that a requirement that isn't met or what?

HyperTransport =/= Hyperthreading

Typo in the title. Thanks for coming in to correct me. Can someone help me?

2500k will beat the X6 in almost all applications, and if you [i]really[/i] need HT just spring for a 2600k. What is your budget? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.660242[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274[/url] $384 - 2500K, 4GB RAM; plenty if you're playing games. Or if you need the threads, [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.660240[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426[/url] $489 - 2600K, 8GB RAM

I don't need the threads. I don't even know what they do. I was just looking for a nice, yet budget PC. I'm looking at about $300 but I can go up to $350. Why would the 2500k beat the X6? I probably sound like I know nothing (I pretty much don't here) but I thought more cores = more performance.

Not gaining more performance if a core is going unused. A single core processor has to juggle everything at once, a dual core can spread the load, same with 3, 4 etc. But sometimes things won't use other cores.

[url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288[/url] More cores don't mean more performance unless the program can utilize more cores, and ontop of this the 2500k can also OC incredibly high (4.8GHz is damn easy). You'll want to spend a little extra for the 2500k because it's better, especially comparing $190 X6 vs $230 2500k

Okay! Thank you very much! [editline]7th July 2011[/editline] Although I have no idea how I would go about OCing it at all... I'd be too scared to try it myself cause I never have. Is it easy or should I just leave it alone?

[QUOTE=Armotekma;30959012][URL]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288[/URL] More cores don't mean more performance unless the program can utilize more cores, and ontop of this the 2500k can also OC incredibly high (4.8GHz is damn easy). You'll want to spend a little extra for the 2500k because it's better, especially comparing $190 X6 vs $230 2500k[/QUOTE] More cores means less load on each core, meaning the application will be more smoother instead of having one core with 40 applications running at once. Source Engine games like Gmod will give you a much higher fps if you have a faster and a cpu with more cores. Believe me, I went from a Pentium 4 (1 core with hyperthreading, getting 30 fps) to an i7-870 a year ago and now I get over 300FPS, sometimes even 500-600. Thats just an 870 too, I can't imagine what an i7 2600k can do. [FONT='Times New Roman'][SIZE=3][QUOTE=Archonos 2;30964249]Okay! Thank you very much![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT='Times New Roman'][SIZE=3][editline]7th July 2011[/editline][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT='Times New Roman'][SIZE=3]Although I have no idea how I would go about OCing it at all... I'd be too scared to try it myself cause I never have. Is it easy or should I just leave it alone?[/QUOTE][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT='Times New Roman'][SIZE=3]OCing is easy, overclocking takes time, because if you push every time to the max then you'll obviously fry your motherboard and possibly your cpu. Most motherboards do help to prevent some of this but not all can.[/SIZE][/FONT]