It would still be an i7, but it would act like an i5 with a lot of cache.
Why would you want to disable hyper-threading anyways? The whole reason to buy a i7 over an i5 is because of that technology.
I plan to mostly game, with a few things on the side aswell; but from a few tests i've seen Hyperthreading bogs down performance.
Not true. It dosnt help but its not bogs down anything.
So does hyperthreading have any benefits then? Besides when you use it with videos and what not.
Video editing, streaming. Not in gaming at all. Difference between i5 and i7 is mostly 2-3fps due larger cache and some faster frequency on i7 not hyperthreading.