Is hyperthreading worth it?

[Man]

I currently have a Xeon E3-1220 and recently I stumbled upon a Xeon E3-1230 (4c/8t) going for just $25 and it got me thinking. Do you think it's worth going from a... 'naturally aspirated' quad to a hyperthreaded one?

 

I should be able to dump my 1220 for around $10-15 so in the end the upgrade would cost me about $10-15 but since I'm planning/saving to build a Ryzen machine with an R5-2600 + B450 + a 1060 6GB or at least a 1650 Super, I'm not entirely sure if I should dump more cash into my current rig (E3-1220, 8GB, HD7790, Gigabyte H61).

 

Any ideas? Will I see any 'noticeable' improvement in day to day usage. I'm not a professional user although I do often edit videos in Premiere Pro and also use repacks etc. (not proud of it) which take a ton of time to decompress. 

[Jurrunio]

sure, it's just $15 more at most. A tiny portion of budget needed for your planned build.

[BlackDragon1971]

More Threads is always worth it...

So is more Cores...

[unclewebb]

I just had a look at the Intel ARK site.

 

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/59137/intel-xeon-processor-e3-family.html

 

Looks like the original E3-1200 series were only 4 core CPUs. I thought there would also be some 6 core variants but I guess not. Definitely upgrade to one of the 4 core 8 thread models. 

 

 

[Gohardgrandpa]

Absolutely worth it

[YoungBlade]

HT adds about 30-50% to the total performance of the CPU. For a quad-core, it's comparable to adding a core or two depending on the workload. This is why the 7700K and 8600K score similarly in Cinebench.

 

Now, Cinebench is basically a best-case for HT. Actual cores are better, but it's certainly a decent uplift.