Why is the i3 8100 considered 'low end'?

[humbug]

I like how may definitions there are about what is high and low end

I think the OP is talking about the lower end within mainstream, that the core i3 is, especially the 8100, as it should be.

 

[Jumper118]

I like how may definitions there are about what is high and low end

I think the OP is talking about the lower end within mainstream, that the core i3 is, especially the 8100, as it should be.

Agreed. We are clearly disagreeing on definitions which is not relevant at all tbh. The whole thread is pointless. It's the performance numbers for your budget and application that really matter.

 

[DragonQ]

Servers are like trucks (which on its own have low, medium and high-end), while consumer are like cars.

My Xeon is not a truck, how very dare you!

 

[koooowweeee]

Low end yes but it still will do the job for general use and gaming at 1080p.

This sums things up. If it does what you need to then that's all that's needed.


I think some get carried away with benchmarks and what not.

 

[Terrorfirmer]

This sums things up. If it does what you need to then that's all that's needed.


I think some get carried away with benchmarks and what not.

I think it's the fact that games in the last year or two are increasingly starting to punish quad core/threaded CPU's. Look at BF1 online, Assassins Creed Origins, Hunt: Showdown, and similar games - can be extremely gruelling on 4/4 CPU's, and often causes dips well below 60fps. So an i3-8100 is usable for these games obviously, but not ideal if you can afford to get a Ryzen 1400 or i5-8400 class CPU with extra cores or threads.

Obviously if you're mostly playing Overwatch or COD, or racing games, or whatever, an i3-8100, older i5-6500/7500, etc or Ryzen 1200 is an excellent CPU.

 

[DragonQ]

Obviously if you're mostly playing Overwatch or COD, or racing games, or whatever, an i3-8100, older i5-6500/7500, etc or Ryzen 1200 is an excellent CPU.

Overwatch actually uses 6+ very evenly spread threads but it's not a very demanding game anyway so probably would be fine on a wide range of CPUs.

 

[imginy]

Yeah 4 core 4 thread cpu's were great 6 years ago. Back then the only game to give mine trouble was battlefield 3 64 player.

Now there are a lot of games that run poorly if you only have 4 core 4 thread.

As mentioned above even simple games like overwatch are running on 6 cores. You may get the high framerate with 4 core 4 thread but it won't be as smooth as it could be.