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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Since we have so many builds focusing on Starcraft, keep in mind that SC2 can only take advantage of two cores or a quad i5 or i7 that can turboboost. My Q6600 has two useless cores in SC2.
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Except that SC2 is not the only thread of execution active on your system while in the game. Those extra cores are not wasted - there are numerous kernel and system threads that need cycles outside the boundaries of SC2.
Does that mean most people need an 8 core monster? No. 90% of the population already has more CPU than they need. But modern operating systems, Windows included, are pretty good at scheduling threads across multiple cores to ensure that threads that are ready to execute get to run on the next available core.