Intel Core i3-8100 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/6MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Fast and stable. That's not a political comment! Was considering a Ryzen 1300+, but opted for this instead in the end as it was priced a little cheaper and all the benchmarks I've seen (even with the AMD overclocked) saw it run on a par or faster than the AMD.I had to get a z370 board, but there was an offer on Gigabyte z370-D3 for only about £15 more than the ASRock I was looking at and so far the gigabyte board paring has worked well. I figured I'm getting a better featured board anyway with the ability to expand in the future (over clocking a future processor/memory if I should require). I know that AMD though are going to support their AM platform until 2020, so maybe when I upgrade I'll need a new board anyway if I don't opt for a second hand chip when this intel socket/platform has been superseded.I hadn't built a computer for about 14 years, so just wanted it to work with the least hassle. Seems rock solid so far.

I got this CPU at a really good price, and while I haven't done a lot of gaming or processor intensive work it does much better than an old i5 that I had in my previous PC.Gaming wise it will run Fortnite and similar games (I'm using motherboard onboard graphics) and it doesn't struggle too much.Easy to install, comes with the fan and it was just so easy to install. Definitely recommend if you don't want to spend a fortune on and i5 or i7 8th generation and not a heavy gamer

Tbh, It fills the bill. I am using it with gtx 1050 ti and 8gb 2400 mhz ddr4 ram. My budged and expectations were not high when building the system. I gave 4 because sometimes I experience fps drop.

This i3 CPU is basically better than the gen's prior i5 and for roughly £100 you can't argue.Day-to-day tasks it handles it well, stay's cool and runs quick.For gaming it more than easily handles all games you throw at it, only thing I can say about it is that since more AAA games are very slowly starting to utilize more than 4-cores, this 4-core CPU may lose it's longevity quicker than most CPU's prior to it. Don't get me wrong you'll definitely be able to still use this CPU for the next 3 years and it work fine, but you may find it's newer brothers vastly out-perform it.

This i3 is a great little cpu, runs very well and temps are low. I used the stock cooler.This is ideal for all types of every day pc use.Runs most general games average fps, paired with a decent gpu it'd perform well.Decent budget build cpu but remember this isn't like a i7 8700k or 9900k so don't expect 200fps but a good all rounder.

I bought this cpu as a cheap replacement for a previous i5 8600k that had turned out to be dead, I got this to get my pc working and just as a temporary cpu for when I can afford a much better higher end one however, I was extremely surprised with the power this cheap chip can produce, great purchase. HIGHLY recommend if you are wanting an entry point into the world of pc gaming and are on a small budget!

For just 20£ in plus you can buy AMD Ryzen 5 and is far better then i3. I know it depends by the budget but the performance is really different.

Intel BX80684I38350K 8th Gen Core i3-8350K ProcessorA great processor as an upgrade or even to start a workbench or gaming pc. Great quad-core with overclocking, I got mine to 5.0GHz easily with barely any added voltage. Box came in perfect condition and works perfectly.