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Originally Posted by Heliocon
"many magazines" doesnt really count as a source...
That being said you havent read the post - the i7 can be clocked to more or less the same OC clock as the i5 can, they are both the same price (930/920 cheaper and 940/950 slightly more) but they have double the threads. Now its getting really tiresome, but do you seriously think the thread count of apps wont be increasing rapidly from now on? New phones coming out are dual core, the new ipad 5 is probably a dual too. BFBC2 runs 8 threads. Now even if you only run 4 threads, so even with the i5 - the clock is the same, the i5 SB wins slightly interms of speed because of the new mem/arch BUT the i7 can run the OS and other apps using the spare threads and comes out even or on top. In addition this gap will only increase into the future.
I5 SB will always lose to a i7 N unless its a K version SB then you can OC it, then its even until you get to newer software and the I7 wins. Its the better longterm buy.
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"many magazines" doesnt really count as a source...
Your capacity to discount evidence that doesn't fit your desired conclusion is impressive.
This being an Internet forum and not an academic journal it seems a little OTT to supply detailed references.
You're still maintaining that the i7s are cheaper. At the suppliers I usually buy from they aren't:
The 930 is 229.99 at OCUK (and currently out of stock with no ETA) against 179.99 for the i5-2500K.
Regarding number of threads - with SBs you have a choice of 4 core hyper-threading with the 2600K - equivalent to the lower i7s. There is possibility that 6-core SBs will be coming out for the 1155 socket.
Even if that doesn't happen, I could replace my motherboard AND get a new 6-core cpu for less than I would have to pay to get the cheapest 6-core i7 currently.