i3-4160 vs i5 2500k gaming

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I'm curious as to which I would get the better performance out of for gaming, I know the i3 is a bargain, but is the i5 worth the price tag in comparison?
 
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Ugh that came across bad I guess. What I mean is that when the i3 is fully loaded and chugging along as a synthetic quad, it's only about 15% slower than the real thing. Basically you had already said that in your first post but I didn't see it until I had already posted like 10 seconds later 😛
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What do you mean? HT actually can help in modern games.
http://in2gpu.com/2014/12/05/hyper-threading-games/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html
("...benchmark data makes it clear that the company's Hyper-Threading technology is effective in helping improve the performance of Core i3 CPUs in those same blockbusters.")
 
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Ugh that came across bad I guess. What I mean is that when the i3 is fully loaded and chugging along as a synthetic quad, it's only about 15% slower than the real thing. Basically you had already said that in your first post but I didn't see it until I had already posted like 10 seconds later 😛
 
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