Hyperthreading is going to speed up the rendering process of editing stuff like photo's and video's. If you are just doing light photo editing you can probably get away with an i5, it just wont be as smooth or fast as an i7 (we're talking tenth's of seconds here when it comes to photos). I recommend an i7 for any kind of editing but it's up to you and your wallet.
If price is really an issue, you might consider looking at AMD and the FX 8320/8350.
Last edited by jd1020; 02-15-2015 at 12:19 PM..
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