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I3 8100 vs i5 7400

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I have a gtx 1060 just laying around and was looking into just throwing together a cheapo windows 1080p gaming build when I came across the new coffee lake i3s.

Now I know about stock issues and the h310 platform not being released yet, but I just cant wrap my head around the new i3 8100. On paper it looks way more attractive than the i5 7400, having a higher base speed than the i5s boost speed and being 40 bucks cheaper for the same amount of cores.

 

So my big question: What am I missing? Should i just hang around waiting on the h310 platform to release? Fyi im in no particular hurry 

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If you wanted to spend $200 to get a 7500, why not wait for H310 and get an i5 8400/8500? It's much better than both the i3 and the i5. The Ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 board is also a good option. :D

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i3 8100 is a great budget CPU, wait for H310 mobos

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7 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If you wanted to spend $200 to get a 7500, why not wait for H310 and get an i5 8400/8500? It's much better than both the i3 and the i5. The Ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 board is also a good option. :D

Always an option ofc :P I was just mostly trying to keep it as cheap as possible without completely bottle necking the 1060. So was looking for cheapest intel quad core.

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27 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

If you wanted to spend $200 to get a 7500, why not wait for H310 and get an i5 8400/8500? It's much better than both the i3 and the i5. The Ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 board is also a good option. :D

yea he should wait for coffee lake, i bet the new i5s will kill AMD in gaming with the effectively 50% performance increase over current gen i5's with the extra cores

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The new 8th gen CPUs are a big leap from the 7th gen hence the much better value.

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