8 generations of Core i3 silent seconds? Wallet has difficulty

There was a time when the topic of i3 milliseconds was talked about by the players (Jinjin: I'm happy?). This time in the strong rise of the opponents, Intel quickly launched its own 8-generation Core Duo. The number of cores has almost doubled across the board, and the performance improvement has been considerable, so that there is a topic of “i3 can be silent and second,” but don’t worry, let's take a look at where the specific changes are!

Where is "Coffee Lake" strong?

Coffee Lake is just a translation of Xiao Bian's literal meaning. The 8th generation is named “Coffee Lake”. This time, whether from i3, i5 or i7, the most remarkable feature of the 8-generation Core series is the increase in the number of cores. i3 has become 4 cores and 4 threads, i5 has 6 cores and 6 threads, and i7 has 6 cores and 12 threads.

This change brings about a performance leap forward. At present, all outbound test results show that in multi-core applications, the new generation of Core processors has made great progress, and single-core performance has also increased by a certain extent due to frequency increase. Obviously in the case of increasing the number of cores, even if nothing else has changed, performance improvement is imperative. Of course, we must not forget to increase the number of cores under the same thermal power design, Intel's ultra-micron 14nm process technology Indispensable (third generation 14nm process).

What is the matching cost?

The substantial increase in performance is of course not given. The current rumors are that the price of a new generation of Core processors is higher than at this stage, and the most critical is that they do not support 200 series and 100 series motherboards!

Although they all use the LGA 1151 interface, the CPU's pin definitions are different and cannot be compatible. This means that in addition to the CPU, a new motherboard needs to be purchased. The new motherboard is not too cheap.

Xiao Bian predicts the price, wrong, don't blame me, just estimate:

8 generation Core i3+300 series motherboard = 1800 yuan ~ 2300 yuan

8 generation Core i5+300 series motherboard = 2700 yuan ~ 3200 yuan

8 generation Core i7+300 series motherboard = 3500 yuan ~ 4500 yuan

Think again of the memory that will continue to skyrocket, oh, sigh...

I3, i5, i7 how to choose?

If you look at the price alone, it is naturally expensive, but if you think of it from another perspective, it may not necessarily be the case. 8 generation Core CPU may wish to consider this way, i3 i5 as the previous generation; i5 as the previous i7 look, i7 naturally stronger. Here Xiao Bian wants to emphasize, here more is the multi-core performance performance enhancement obviously, the single core performance change does not have so big leap.

Therefore, the super cost-effective users may wish to wait more and see what the 8th generation Pentium will look like; the game player map is cheap, you can consider 100 series + 7 generation i5 or i3 7350K (single core performance outstanding), outstanding cost performance; daily use, 8 generation i3 +300 series should be a good choice; final performance players, 7 generations do not have to consider, 8 generation Core i7 is the best choice.

In the end, Xiao Bian wants to tell everyone about a very wonderful CPU - i3-7360X, the newly released, basic 7-generation Core, the need for supporting the use of X299 motherboard, overclocking enthusiast processor. This CPU is a dual-core, four-threaded, clocked at 4.3GHz, three-level cache 4MB, non-nuclear display, dual-channel memory support, thermal design power 112W, using LGA2066 interface, the frequency is only 100MHz higher than i3-7350K ... to be honest Knowing why this product appears, Intel's idea Xiaobian could not guess...