Christian, thanks for the info! But to jump from a P to a i3 to get Hyperthreading is sometimes a 20-30% jump in price, and I guess my main point is while you get a jump in performance for games, its not near a 30% increase in say, frame rates. So, if a gaming build has a limited budget a P will do great, where as if there are more CPU heavy tasks like video, something with HT would be more justifiable to commit more budget to it...
Dry