Six Core Intel Core i5 8500 Spotted in Sandra
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Robbo9999
Buying a new processor which has the inbuilt Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities, how about waiting for a CPU (next generation) that fixes the issues at a hardware level with hopefully zero/less performance hit!
vbetts
Moderator
It's not really that much of a performance hit though...Nothing anyone would notice in real world situations at least.
Venix
Bug aside how diferent is really to 8400? Those are theoritical max under perfect conditions for short amount of time asuming ideal contitions those 300* mhz for few seconds will matter for almost nothing no?
nevcairiel
FrostNixon
I've been saying lack of 8500 makes me recommend a budget intel build to no one ever again and it seems it finally arrived, I was pretty sure they would release it at some point.
Back in the days when I built 5+ pcs with i5-6500, it was the best budget CPU out there, 10$ more than 6400 and 500mhz higher speed, but this one has just 200-300mhz tops and there is AMD so I don't see myself recommending this one this time.
RS-X
you know its just a slap in the face for all 8400 buyers. $189 - $199 just $10 difference. i bet 99% of could of dish out 10 bucks for few extra mhz. Intel always make us look stupid.
1st any one who purchased i5 7600k will look at i3 8130k and feel bad as thats much cheaper. Now this; along will all of the security issues. it like intel dont care about their customer at all. sad for both intel and buyers.
Primey0
nevcairiel
Robbo9999
JamesSneed
Robo9999, I agree in theory however in practice buying a bug free CPU is really really hard. Which CPU does not have any bugs? I honestly can't think of any consumer CPU's that don't have a decent amount of bugs. If you wait until Intel fixes these in hardware I'm pretty sure, if history is any indicator, new bugs will pop up on any new architecture like Ice Lake etc.
tensai28
Robbo9999
fantaskarsef
The problem I guess is, when it comes to Intel, they consider the current Spectre / Meltdown bugs to be taken care of with their microcode update and windows / program patches. So they are not thinking about skipping a year without creating sales revenue... they have to give out money to the investors or they are royally screwed. They should, however, do it like you said @Robbo9999 and not release any hardware with a known bug.
The problem is that you can't compare a flaw like Intel's vulvernabilities (or AMD's / ARM's for that matter) that's a security bug with an exploding device that can possibly harm or kill people in the worst case scenario. That's instant, directly traceable, as opposed to a security flaw you might not even realise is exploited while you use your computer. That's why they can get away with it rather than having to take a full halt in their approach. By the way, when it comes to this, we would need to see Ryzen2 delayed, as well as practically every smartphone that gets the next generation of ARM based chips.
Robbo9999
tensai28
fantaskarsef
Indigoreefs
Would the upcoming 8500 chips come off the same die as 8400’s but selected for better quality that can be pushed harder or do they actually involve a new design with the prospects of Spectre/Meltdown fixes?
sverek
People give spectre and meltdown way too much credit. Guess "cryptocurrency bubble" and "meltdown" are the only media attention we get nowadays.
Oh well, let's go on another round of Meltdown and Spectre circlejerk 😉
There no hardware fix from Intel until next gen. Guess it requires major redesign.
Same with AMD on spectre issue. Zen+ not fixing it, since it just improvement of Zen.
Zen2 will address it.