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What is hyperthreading

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Hi, so i am gonna build a pc wotht he new intel 9th gen. I am thinking about the new i7 9700k till i heard that there was no hyperthreading. I would like to know what hyperthreading does as i will only be using the machine for gaming. Pls let me know if hyperthreading is needed thanks ;)

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You don't need it but HT better utilizes the cores. Think of the core as a mouth and hyperthreading allowing 2 hands to feed the mouth instead of 1 hand. 

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11 minutes ago, rekt1 said:

Hi, so i am gonna build a pc wotht he new intel 9th gen. I am thinking about the new i7 9700k till i heard that there was no hyperthreading. I would like to know what hyperthreading does as i will only be using the machine for gaming. Pls let me know if hyperthreading is needed thanks ;)

basically...huge bowl of noodles to eat in front of you (CPU load/heavy code to process)...9700K has 8 mouths with 1 fork for each mouth...meanwhile 9900K has 8 mouths as well, BUT with 2 forks to fead each mouth...how fast can you chew down all the noodles?

 

EDIT: SRy for spitting out the same infos here i didn't read the whole thing bellow the video... :(

 

RESUME

It's not ''needed'' but if you plan to keep the PC for high-end gaming..say for 3 to 5 years and plan to do multiple GPU upgrades and stuff...might be worth it depending on how much you value the extra money you spend...it certainly makes it a noticeably more capable CPU...to my eyes at least.

 

 

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1 hour ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

basically...huge bowl of noodles to eat in front of you (CPU load/heavy code to process)...9700K has 8 mouths with 1 fork for each mouth...meanwhile 9900K has 8 mouths as well, BUT with 2 forks to fead each mouth...how fast can you chew down all the noodles?

 

EDIT: SRy for spitting out the same infos here i didn't read the whole thing bellow the video... :(

 

RESUME

It's not ''needed'' but if you plan to keep the PC for high-end gaming..say for 3 to 5 years and plan to do multiple GPU upgrades and stuff...might be worth it depending on how much you value the extra money you spend...it certainly makes it a noticeably more capable CPU...to my eyes at least.

 

 

so it basically it makes it more efficient...

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