Yes indeed it would be. So 6 Core CPUs are mainstream for mid-range systems now?
The new standard CPU is 8 cores but Intel hasn't caught up yet. Coffee Lake 6 core was supposed to be Intel's big deal, but its just a mid ranger now since 8 cores are mainstream. I expect Intel to launch an 8 core mainstream CPU in 2018 and when that happens, 8 cores will be the new quad cores for both Intel and AMD buyers. 6 cores is honestly just a strange stop gap, mid range, half way there kind of thing in today's CPU market. 6 cores are still plenty though for most stuff, but 8/16 offers the kind of headroom that the original Core i7 offered people when it first came out. It was so overpowered it was crazy. It blew everyone away and people used the i7 920 for like, well some are still using it. The 8/16 CPU's will be like that again.
6 core CPU's were a big deal back when we were still diving shallow in quad core waters. This was when 4/8 CPU's had tons of overhead still, so a 6/12 CPU was really high end and overkill and totally awesome back then, and they are totally awesome now, but they don't represent the new paradigm. The 8/16 CPU represents the new paradigm. So we have descended the great waters of the quad core era, diving down to the bottom and find ourselves at the sea floor, only to see a ridge up ahead where the floor is no longer visible. This is the great under water 8 core ridge. As you swim along the quad core sea floor, you imagine then swimming out over and beyond the edge of this amazing new under water cliff. You then find the courage to look down into darkness and almost lose your breath upon realizing how deep and terrifying the waters in which you now find yourself truly are. The bottom of this trench will take years to reach and many upgrade cycles to discover.
So yeah, 6 cores represent the new mid range CPU, just like you mentioned. You said it short and to the point. I said it Boggly.
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