If you do things other than gaming (like video encoding, or other tasks that are heavily multi-threaded), then hyperthreading can be nice. But for those (like me) who only use their PCs for gaming (or porn), hyperthreading is a waste of $.
Until later this year, the i5-2500K is, by far, the best gaming CPU for the money. I'm running mine at 4.2GHz and I only had to press one button to OC it. =)
(thanks to my MSI P67A-GD65 board)
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