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Just wondering what your opinion is of the minimum spec for a build, from late Oct. 2017, onwards.
G4560 is in short supply, but now Intel is re-branding it "Pentium Gold", so possibly the supply may be increasing?
But is a 2C/4T CPU too weak these days? Especially considering that the recent-released Coffee Lake i3-8100 is a fine 4C/4T CPU, for $120 list, that matches up pretty-much with a previous-gen i5-7500 / 7600 CPU, which used to cost over $200.
If there were availability of cheaper / lower-end chipset motherboards, for this locked CPU, then I think that it would become the de-facto standard for new generic everyday builds. It would even be decent if not great for the basis for a budget gaming build.
G4560 is in short supply, but now Intel is re-branding it "Pentium Gold", so possibly the supply may be increasing?
But is a 2C/4T CPU too weak these days? Especially considering that the recent-released Coffee Lake i3-8100 is a fine 4C/4T CPU, for $120 list, that matches up pretty-much with a previous-gen i5-7500 / 7600 CPU, which used to cost over $200.
If there were availability of cheaper / lower-end chipset motherboards, for this locked CPU, then I think that it would become the de-facto standard for new generic everyday builds. It would even be decent if not great for the basis for a budget gaming build.