Seems a weird one to me - Constantly read about how the i3 is a low end CPU, yet less than a year ago, the likes of the i5 7500/7600 were considered to be "high end" and the go to bang for your buck CPUs to pair with a high end graphics card, only bettered by the i7s of that generation, and even then the difference was negligible.
I know generally speaking the main reasoning behind this is just due to the fact you can get a 6 core CPU for the same price as what a quad core cost last year, but price aside, how can a CPU that competes, and often beats the best choice high end CPUs of last year, all of a sudden be considered 'low end'?
Feel like the name, "i3" just gives it that, not necessarily bad reputation, but at least something that sounds lower end, when in reality I don't really think it is
I know generally speaking the main reasoning behind this is just due to the fact you can get a 6 core CPU for the same price as what a quad core cost last year, but price aside, how can a CPU that competes, and often beats the best choice high end CPUs of last year, all of a sudden be considered 'low end'?
Feel like the name, "i3" just gives it that, not necessarily bad reputation, but at least something that sounds lower end, when in reality I don't really think it is