https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16360454/intel-8th-generation-coffee-lake-desktop-processors-faster-gaming-performance >Intel announced its first wave of eighth-generation Core processors for laptops back in August, and now it’s time for desktops to get their own turn at Intel’s latest processors. >The biggest change in the eighth-generation Core line is that Intel is upping core count across the entire eighth-generation range on desktop. The entry-level i3 model now comes with four cores (up from two); the midrange Core i5 has six (up from four); and Core i7 chips now offer six cores with hyper-threading.