Intel Core i3-8300, i5-8500, 8600, and More Being Prepped for February Launch
Rumors surfaced earlier this week that Intel is planning to add more SKUs to its 8th Generation Coffee Lake desktop lineup. Beginning with dual-core Celeron variants, Coffee Lake will be officially available at a starting point of $64 in February. The listing comes from an Australian online retailer, so we are looking at AUD not USD here.
Celeron G4900 3.10Ghz 2M LGA1151 —- $64
Celeron G4920 3.20Ghz 2M LGA1151 —- $80
Pentium G5400 3.70Ghz 4M LGA1151 —- $97
Pentium G5500 3.80Ghz 4M LGA1151 —- $142
Core i3-8300 3.70Ghz 8M LGA1151 —- $211
Core i5-8500 3.00Ghz 9M LGA1151 —- $290
Core i5-8600 3.10Ghz 9M LGA1151 —- $329
The Celeron variants come with 2 cores/2 threads while Intel is bumping the Pentium variants to dual cores with hyper-threading enabled, which means that G5400 and G5500 are basically Core i3s from last generation with 2 cores/4 threads. Core i3-8300 will become the intermediate choice between i3-8100 and i3-8350k, and lastly, Core i5-8500 and Core i5-8600 will offer more price points in the six-core category. Core i5-8400 is widely regarded as the best bang for the buck, primarily because it matches performance close to higher-end processors in the lineup including the i7-8700. It doesn’t seem that the 8500 is going to take away that respect, but the 8600 should prove to be an attracting choice for consumers looking to buy a non-K 8600.
The first quarter of 2018 will also see Intel launch its H and B series motherboards, allowing more people to jump to 8th generation who previously only had the expensive Z series option. The lower end Coffee Lake parts will be suited for the lower end chipsets.
Source: VCZ
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