The Kaby Lake generation is not Intel's most innovative architecture ever, however a couple of changes in the cheaper segment make certain models much more enticing. There is now a Pentium with HyperThreading and a Core i3 with an unlocked multiplier, which we are discussing today. Is 180 pounds for a dual core processor still justifiable?

For a long time now, you'd need a special ''K'' processor in order to overclock an Intel processor freely. Normally these were only available in the i5 and i7 series - you pay an extra premium if you want to overclock, on top of the already not so low price of those processors. Intel has only broken this rule once, with the overclockable "Anniversary Edition" of a Haswell Pentium.