Quote Originally Posted by rado992 View Post
IMO there's a very good reason why the 8MB L3 i7 2600K will cost $500 and the i7 2500K will be only 200$. If there wasn't, who in their right mind would buy a 2600K when they can have an equally fast, equally unlocked CPU for under half the price? Also remember that the L3 is also used by the IGP so it might help in 3D loads.
i5-2500K wont have HT. But you're right, with bigger L3 we may expect even better IGP performance (and higher overal performance).