What's everyone's thoughts on hex cores? I bought one and built a computer around it but tbh, my dual core seems to be more than up to the same tasks. I haven't really put it through any challenges such as video editing and the like yet so I'm not sure how it stands up to that sort of processing requirement. I did discover one thing though - if you are using a hex core with one of those EPU software thingys, don't put it on power-saving mode because it throttles back the CPU so it's only running about 750MHz.
You're only going to see the performance boost when running several programs or using some of the few programs which utilize all 6 cores such as Maya.
Unless your program can actually utilize the 6 (or 8 or 12 cores) you're not going to see much of an improvement. Not all programs utilize multicore processors at this point. Though if you're doing video editing and alot of rendering then it'll probably shine through.
To experience the true power of hex you need to do all six tasks at once like running anti-virus,editing movies,listening to music,running spyware and then run a game on it.
There was an article on Toms Hardware guide which showed most games were on average faster on a 3 core machine then a 4 core one (but only very marginally). Most software just isn't built or optimized with multiple-cores in mind (at least not yet).