ArbitraryAffection what are you playing? When I used it, it was a mess. I think even Ryzen gets higher FPS than that in games now.

ALso did i mention that Intel is a scumbag company and I simply refuse to give them any money. And I dont even sacrifice any performance either :D (In fact I gain some) £150 for a 4 core 4 thread in 2019? Anyone? No Thanks I will take my 4 GHz 6 core 12 thread with 2x the multi-thread performance and similar gaming performance.) :D !

GoldenX I can understand the unlocked i3, it makes for a fun CPU to overclock without the extra heart of the IGP.

What I don't understand is the locked ones.

It looks like a way to eliminate stock before Zen2 arrives.

Don't play that "oh my CPU gets 1 FPS more than your CPU game"Check this! and remember my CPU is at 5Ghz... the one here is at stock speeds and is within 1 maybe 2 frames to the top.. and is even the top in a test @ 4K. does it get more demanding? I play all those games and any game in my 100+ game list on steam, my CPU is by far not the bottleneck in my computer.I only game on my PC, I know it doesn't kill the marks for compute power for other things I never do so don't care, gaming is the goal for this machine and this CPU is more than enough. spending a dollar more for a CPU would have been a waste of moneyThe rest is just your opinion... they are both huge corporate companies and no neither are perfect, if you think so then you are more of a fanboi then I think you are already.oh it was a blast. I paid so little for it I had no problem going full send, took the lid off, liquid metal and maxed out the volts to push it up to 5.2Ghz for testing, runs smooth daily at 5Ghz and been running like that for over a year now.