I have been following Tom's Hardware Guide, and Anandtech ( www.anandtech.com ) for years. This comes up every so often, but really, it's not about Intel, or even AMD, they're so close, it's really not an issue. Either way, you're fine, and this will have to be done all over in a couple yesrs regardless.

No buyers remorse. I use them both. The hyperthreading issue is moot. It works.

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