Pemalite said:
Coffee Lake will be using "1151" pins. But won't be compatible with the "1151" socket.
That's going to confuse a ton of people.
Coffee Lake i5 8600K and i7 8600K should give Ryzen 5 1600/1600X a sound beating, not just in single threaded scenario's, but multi-threaded as well which is where Ryzen typically dominates.
The Core i3 8350K should beat the Ryzen 3 1200, 1300X, Ryzen 5 1400 and 1500X.
Don't be surprised if AMD cuts pricing and re-aligns their entire product stack.
The Core i5 8600K could be the next "5 year" CPU, just like the Core i5 2500K, Core 2 Quad Q6600 etc' ended up being, if you are running an older CPU, that is the chip to get in my eyes.
In the span of 6 months we have essentially seen performance jump 50% and prices drop across the board. All thanks to AMD.
This is why Competition is a good thing and being brand-loyal is not a good thing.
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Well it looks like the RyZen train didn't last long ...
As I said before, Zen was just an experiment that turned out terribly good and it's Zen 2 that should really bring the fight to Intel ...
Zen is akin to AMD's K7 but to really see if AMD can keep up with Intel and hit another stride they need Zen 2 to be their next K8 ...
As long as Intel holds a competitive advantage in performance AMD's marketshare isn't going to change and Intel did a good job of responding fast with Coffee Lake ... (Price only factors in for enthusiasts or high performance client users when you offer the SAME performance.)
