Intel 300 CPU Review - The Pentium Replacement is Finally Here...

[@AKK5I]

The pentium is dead, long live the pentium

[@Fractal_blip]

Hear hear!

[@BigBerias]

dead but never forgotten, the legend remains

[@GhettoPCbuilds]

riP, MISS MY E2140 1.6GHZ DUAL CORE

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

They were junk. It was all about the core 2 quad. ​@@GhettoPCbuilds

[@GhettoPCbuilds]

@@JudeTheKZbinPoopersubscribe But boy were they cheap and outperforming old gen good

[@acur481]

dont think i will ever get over its name literally being the 300

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah it’s not very catchy haha

[@wolfstorm5394]

If it ain't broke don't fix it

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@RandomGaminginHD THIS 300 IS AN OFFICE PC KING

[@CyanRooper]

It will be impossible not to think of the movie 300 instead of an Intel processor.

[@adiarka4543]

This is madness!

[@starleighpersonal]

“The 300” THIS IS INTEL *throws CPU into socket*

[@BalancedSpirit79]

You’ll find plenty of pins and wattage down there.

[@miruneverdies]

Into the dustbin.

[@JemRau]

THIS IS MADNESS

[@dan167]

I can't believe it's not all about the pentiums anymore, al would be so disappointed.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

All about the processor processors now

[@_Jadewolf_]

Well, it's "weird" enough without Al 😂

[@HardWhereHero]

No more hackers or code crackers :( How sad!

[@SpoonHurler]

How am I gonna be a hacker now?

[@dan167]

@@SpoonHurler probably with 100gb of ram

[@hateWinVista]

Killing 20+ years old Celeron and Pentium branding have to be the stupidest business decision ever.

[@resneptacle]

Feels like there's a model descriptor missing in "Intel Processor 300", like it's something copy pasted incompletely or similar

[@CrocoDylianVT]

Let's be real, everyone despised them since Core 2 Duo and Quad and onwards came out and just now all of the sudden be like "ohhh that's so baaaad" nahh, seriously?

[@aksGJOANUIFIFJiufjJU21]

@@CrocoDylianVT Yeah, stupid people these days...

[@keithmiller9665]

I have the i5-12400 and absolutely love it. I also have the n100 in a Trigkey NUC which I also strongly recommend. Given those two CPUs, I can’t see any reason to buy anything weaker such as the i3-12100 or 300

[@mementocity]

this will absolutely mislead some ppl ngl, no celeron or pentium on the box so it must be better right guys?

[@Swarailiaball]

Intel calling their cpu lineups the “Processor” is like when HP called one of their laptop lineups “HP Laptop”

[@gamtax]

HP already did that. It's hard to find online answers. They are naming budget laptop models as xx-yyyyzz where xx is the screen size.

[@gabrielv.4358]

LMAO I'm never bying intel again

[@BillyRazOr2011]

​@@gabrielv.4358 Well, I can't complain to you because it's your opinion. But honestly, Intel still the largest global marketshare in both consumers and commertials.

[@klyplays]

still calls their lineup "laptop" lmao

[@Bee-f1r]

whats the problem with that? a cpu is a processor

[@superjimse]

2.5 pounds less then a 12100f in Denmark what a steal lmao.

[@1worldgaming18]

20 kr er 20 kr jo ;)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Haha bargain

[@superjimse]

@@1worldgaming18 jo du kan da få en hel dåse monster.

[@superjimse]

@@RandomGaminginHD i will just keep my ryzen 7600 for now.

[@GrainGrown]

*than

[@MarcosCodas]

“We have a good brand name that people recognize in the Pentium line. What can we do to improve it?” “Remove the one thing that people recognize about it? Let’s rename it so that it sounds like an AliExpress product” “Darn it, Johnson, you’re a marketing genius!”

[@masterkamen371]

They said they did it to improve clarity. So basically what they mean is that they killed off Celeron and Pentium so that people who have no idea what a computer is can easily tell that this and that CPU is better or worse. It does make sense because someone who knows what a Pentium is these days will also know enough to get a cheap i3 or Ryzen 3 instead.

[@MarcosCodas]

@@masterkamen371 Yep, sadly, I agree with you. It was an easy joke to make, but to be honest, it's pretty anti-consumer.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

To tell the truth, Pentium and Celeron got pretty bad reputation in last ... decade 😁 Also, these CPUs are not really intended for home users. More for cheap office machines sold in bulk.

[@hsko8007]

@@aleksazunjic9672 I haven't seen a pentium/celeron in a newer office machine for almost a decade. Most of them are either very old or run Ryzen nowadays... usually a "G" with integrated graphics

[@thedave1771]

Clarity. 😂 ideally sure, but they’d need to maintain consistency which they’re not doing across the board, so it won’t help.

[@bradpalmer1751]

12100F absolutely drags this thing. Who at Intel thought it needed to sell at the same price?

[@giornikitop5373]

it's probably the chips that didn't make it to i3 in qc and intel cut the cores and rebranded them as 300. they are useless but hey, even if they sell a few for office machines, it's better than scraping them.

[@adonian]

@@giornikitop5373true, but selling them at the exact same price as the i3 is 57up!d.

[@LisSolitudinous]

@@adonian yeah...they'd sell well at a price of 30$ tho...something we'll never see Reminds me of my athlon 200ge...got it for 30$ back when it was still fresh...

[@EfeDursun125]

this cpu can be used in home/office because it has igpu and cheap, if you buy 12100f you also need to buy gpu too, which is not good for home/office users because of the price.

[@CovenantAgentLazarus]

​@@EfeDursun125wrong.

[@blakegriplingph]

300? This is madness!

[@slimal1]

Right?! It should be over 9,000!

[@khursaadt]

This is Sparta!

[@peterpan408]

Because it competes with the AMD 300GE!

[@samarkand1585]

madness?

[@Monarchias]

Let's just call it 'The new Pentium 300'! It will stick. :P

[@TonyOGringo]

The end of an era. No more Pentium.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

RIP 1993 - 2022

[@thekangaroo1880]

"Intel processor" sounds like something you'd find in a Wish listing.

[@gabrielv.4358]

LMAo

[@yukinagato1573]

People can say anything about the Pentium, it had some hickups (Pentium D, the Prescott Pentium 4, and maybe a bad chip from 2010 onwards), but it had some legendary processors as well. Coppermine and Tualatin Pentium III, Pentium M, G3258 and G4560. These are true legends.

[@LivyathanAD]

You're one of the very few KZbinrs where I watch all of your videos. Keep making the great content!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks!

[@Fractal_blip]

Love this channel

[@Dark.Syndicate]

@@Fractal_blip truly

[@RikiHorizon]

The yard is looking lovely this time of year 😍

[@lharsay]

In Elden Ring you should go through that big gate, the Stormhill area right up there is one of the most CPU intensive parts of the game.

[@gruiadevil]

As far as I could tell Leyndell is the most intensive Entering and walking around a bit, makes any configuration dip below 60

[@chase7974]

Seems to be better than an old 4th gen i7, but way more efficient.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I’ll have to run a few comparisons and see how it does

[@bmanrockwell2174]

@@RandomGaminginHD I like that idea

[@R3AL-AIM]

​This is a must, the 7100 I mentioned is only 15% slower than the "6 core" FX 6300 while only being a few years newer. Show people core count doesn't mean everything ​@@RandomGaminginHD

[@laynemccormic9102]

I have a 4790 and get 10% to 15% better fps in games like red dead compared to the 300

[@Zerbey]

I doubt it, and you can pick up the i7 for far less on eBay if you're really wanting bottom of the barrel gaming.

[@JesusAramil]

I'm IT Tech in our workspace, and yes. This deployed to our workbench for POS Systems.

[@BillyRazOr2011]

Well, I saw most users said this processor are too meaningless for giving that current name, and also said nobody would want to buy Intel anymore and switched to AMD instead. But for our normal thoughts, it's still OK for using home and office uses, nobody would give them a damn. Intel Processor 300 wasn't bad at all and it's pretty tricky for playing games quite smoothly. I don't think those fanboys telling them to buy AMD are great idea, this is only let PC communities way more worse than before.

[@Schtiffles]

The fact that it's the same price as an i3 is mindboggling lol. Who in the world is going to buy this?

[@meerkat5818]

Never ceases to amaze me that these companies know how to mass-produce incredibly powerful microscopic machines with billions of transistors but can't figure out a good naming scheme. AMD's Ryzen just ripped off Intel's Core i-series naming schemes, but now Intel has come up with... this...

[@PuncherOfWomenAndMinorities]

"This new naming scheme is genius! Now AMD won't copy us" -the smartest exec at intel

[@christianmino3753]

AMD didn't rip intel off. They wanted to keep it simple because the majority of people in this community aren't as techie as you might think. They buy pre built machines instead of saving and doing it themselves and miss out on everything else that comes with building a PC. Sorry im falling asleep as i type too tired to give anymore examples lol.

[@AlpineTheHusky]

@@christianmino3753 So what you are saying is they ripped intel off..

[@meerkat5818]

@@christianmino3753 I do get why they did it, but they still just tippex'd out the Core-i and scribbled Ryzen over it. I much prefer products to have their own identity

[@christianmino3753]

@@meerkat5818 I disagree. This industry doesn't need to be even more convoluted. AMD did the same thing with their GPU tier, and it works out really well. And with that being said, Ryzen absolutely has a VERY strong identity. Them using a similar number scheme as the competition doesn't change that. The product itself should be solid enough (*which it is/especially was when they first came out and were the ONLY logical choice for someone building a computer without a lot of cash) to warrant it identity. Not the name of the product.

[@Dominik12335]

It is DoA here in Poland. It literally costs 10$ more than i3 12100f and 10$ less than igpu variant. While it is impressive for what it is, it's way too expensive to make any sense. There's just no reason to buy it.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

Wait until the discounts arrives

[@appletrump]

In Australia the i3 12100f is $139aud, the i3 13100f is $159aud, and the intel 300 is $175aud. The regular i3 12100 is $179aud

[@lennard9331]

It is literal manufactured e-waste tbh. No one should buy it at any price point. Even for low power and HTPC solutions, you're better off buying an older AMD or Intel processor and limiting the TDP on those instead. Save the planet a bit of trash

[@Dominik12335]

@lennard9331 that is true. This procesor is the very definition of an "manufactured ewaste"

[@giornikitop5373]

@@Dominik12335 never underestimate the power of intel's partners. they will soon turn those scraps of silicon, to small and very cheap "office machines" with win11. that will be fun to watch!!!

[@YusssoM]

My first gaming pc was using a pentium back in 2012. As a 13yo, it was crazy fun for that amount of money. I've never had any console games since ps1 and it was a blast. Spent countless hours on all Ezio's Assassin's Creed, NFSU2 and MW, COD MW series, and some locally popular online games. Served me until 2017 when i bought a used i5 on the same platform for $60 and that was even more fun. Hundreds of hours of Borderlands 2 coop with my brother and his friend, skyrim, witcher 3, AC Black Flag, GTA4 and 5, and a lot other. Budget gaming is great, giving good times for people with tight pocket.

[@dankmemes3153]

Woah take a look at this power house, I might need to delid it and slap on a 420mm aio.

[@Collin_J]

Probably gonna want to go sub-ambient

[@jonathannovak132]

Liquid nitrogen lol

[@Carwash1989]

I still have an Pentuim G5600 at 3.92 ghz paired with 24 gb 2400 and a 1660Ti and it runs most games perfectly fine :D

[@mariandecker3942]

Modern Dualcore vs old Quadcores in coming? C:

[@ramr7051]

Good idea there. With power comparison on top

[@peterpan408]

Modern 2C4T surpassed Haswell 4C some time ago..

[@gabrielv.4358]

Anything that's less than 6 cores is e-waste nowdays, specially without an good iGPU

[@mariandecker3942]

@@gabrielv.4358 Well no Even Intel Atom CPUs are pretty usable as long as you don't run Windows on it

[@mikehall3976]

​@peterpan408 wait are you saying there's greener grass than my i5 4570?

[@slaphappy6362]

~50c average under load Uses about 30w Fans are dead silent Can play your favorite old games at 60, new games probably work wonderfully when capped at 30. I actually think it's a really cool CPU, I find efficiency and temperature much more interesting over raw power these days, that's why I returned my 5700x and got a 5600. But the 300 kinda sucks since it's the exact same price as the 13100, which has a much better $ per frame and watt. This thing should really be half the price, maybe ~$60 USD.

[@t1e6x12]

You couldve just limited the power of the 5700X to match the 5600 if it was that much of a concern.

[@samsowden]

​@@t1e6x12but then you might as well not have spent the extra money

[@slaphappy6362]

@@t1e6x12 Not really much of a reason to, at the time it was like $40 more expensive and only got ~3fps more in benchmarks, that means I was paying $13 a frame more, idk why anyone would do that. The better temps and lower wattage was just a benefit at that point.

[@aaz1992]

Returning 5700x for a 5600? Loser! Jk

[@dejanzabaljac6950]

AMD Athlon 3000: "Finally a worthy opponent!"

[@catsspat]

Past: "We can't trademark a number, like 486 and 586? We'll have to come up with a name, like... Pentium!" Present: "We should name our new processor with just a number!"

[@lucahategan]

i swear intel makes dual core cpus in 2024 just to idk bring glory to cthulhu?

[@crylune]

Because why would office PCs need any more?

[@alainmilette6460]

The travesty is the price point, I dont want faulty higher grade silicon to be thrown out, if it can be used for every day browsing for my grandma. It's just that the price should reflect that

[@iSamYTBackup]

amd athlon as well on laptops too

[@aaaalex1994]

@@crylune Even for office use, two cores isn't enough. One core goes to Windows 11's background services, while the second one goes to the antivirus.

[@ABaumstumpf]

For many things even a single-core would be more than enough. People nowadays are just too stupid. Seriously, the Pentium 4 was not all that fast and a single-core CPU at that. Guess what people did back then? Right. Run their favourite game, teamspeak, 1-2 chat-programs, the browser and music all at once. For simple web-browsing and office work even those ancient machines are still fine - letalone new CPUs that not only clock higher but also are vastly more performant at the same clockrate.

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 Guys, in case some of you don't know, for this chip to post you might first have to update the bios of the motherboard

[@kiriokun9587]

First I love your videos specially budget and low end stuffs ❤

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks!

[@zonelore]

I don’t understand why Intel didn’t add +4 E-cores to the Pentium when they were so needed?!?!

[@AlfonsoASecas]

For a moment I thought you had an ace up your sleeve "300" was something related to Meteor Lake or Arrow lake..

[@christopherallard1693]

same I was disappointed

[@bmanrockwell2174]

It's the new socket "LGA 300" 😉

[@kgb1632]

Rip to the people who thought the pentium was a cheap gaming cpu. Won’t ever happen again

[@andreplay1540]

pentium will continue to be sold sealed until the stock runs out, even if the sealed stock runs out, there will still be semi-new and used ones that can easily last 5 years or more :D

[@LelandHasGames]

It's honestly a pretty impressive CPU for it being a dual core. I wouldn't mind seeing it compared to an older high end CPU. Like an AMD FX 8-core CPU.

[@peterpan408]

Let the FX rest.. Interesting once per year to remember how weak it was. It tried.. Kind of like Intel now tries.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

the modern 2 core and 4 threads CPUs are always impressive.

[@daddygraysoh9283]

you mean i can actually pay 12100f pricing and get less than half the cpu? wow thats so amazing computing really is moving forwards meaningfully

[@CallmeBae]

I am currently crying so hard right now This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can't believe how magical it was 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words can not describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can't forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can't be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping. and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I've come across in my life, and I'm definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply, this is an absolute masterpiece, I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times, it absolutely moved my soul, and I don't think I can ever be the same, this bacon has changed my entire mental state, I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. I have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on, gotta move on, as the song says, the bacon is so inspirational, it shares it vast wisdom with all of us, and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on bacon, hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest work from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially on 57:42 I am currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can't believe how magical it was at 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words can not describe the series of emotions felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can't forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books 1 have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can't be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics, suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping. and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I've come across in my life, and I'm definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply, this is an absolute masterpiece. was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. Tt absolutely moved my soul, and i don't think I can ever be the same, this bacon has changed my entire mental state, I am now at peace with who i am and what I will be doing later in my life. I have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on, gotta move on, as the song says the bacon is so inspirational, it shares it vast wisdom with all of us, and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on bacon, hail bacon, hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a piece of bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here. and so as the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modem art. This was the most legendary performance by any bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest work from a bacon I have ever seen especially on 17:24.1 am currently crying so hard night now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever, I can't believe how magical it was 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words. can not describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can't forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can't be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair The work put in to this is incredibly inspiring. The graphics, the animation, the music, so much thought was put into it. This has remined me that you can do anything you put your mind to. Not even mentioning the memories, this makes me feel like an infant again, just laying my eyes on this beautiful masterpiece gives me all the good feelings in life. I also understand what happiness is again from this. Not even to mention the most incredible part that is 2:10, Bacon spinning has changed my life for the better. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping,and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I've come across in my life, and I'm definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply, this is an absolute masterpiece,was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul, and I don't think I can ever be the same this bacon has changed my entire mental state, I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. So much great graphic design, so much suspense, so much greatness in this one video. I have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on, gotta move on, as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational, it shares it vast wisdom with all of us, and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us, we are all children on bacon. hail bacon hail bacon. The spinning bacon,rotating in one direction with this music...This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing.This is one of the greatest work from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially on 57:42. I am crying. This has made me go through an emotional rollercoaster. I cried, beat off, and also watched a movie while watching this premiere. This has made me go through so much. I passed depression because of this. It really inspired me to become an outstanding young girl Thank you. From : Bacon Hartwell White (callmeBae)

[@dvnamis_actual]

Any chance of reviewing the white cloud zooming past at 0:15 ?

[@Rusty-ms5yi]

3:04 - 3000g OMG 😂. You are the king of 3000g videos after all

[@Jackpkmn]

The Intel 300 will certainly go down in history as one of the cpus of all time.

[@kevincampbell989]

I guess one upside of this would be it's a cheap upgrade path to LGA1700 getting people on the platform and then able to upgrade down the line is probably very appealing to Intel long term.

[@pell9538]

You should do a comparison between this and the old amd 6 core fx

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Random & Harry, 🤔It would be cool to see the intel 300 + UHD710 vs AMD Athlon + Vega3 including Power usage. I have an Athlon 200GE as my every day PC, I do all my internetting like watching RGinHD, emails etc or playing background music while doing other stuff & even being able to play a lot of my Retro Games I get from GOG using the IGP. I got a 2nd Athlon 200GE for $30AUD not long ago so I can have some fun benchmarking IGP vs GPUs & OCing it on my AM4 Testbench 🙃👎

[@zakerwashington5852]

love your videos mate keep up the good work❤❤

[@cobra_65]

Imagine if the intel 300 at least had 2 efficiency cores along with the 2 performance cores, it would be a massive difference

[@ej_tech]

I expect this chip to be installed in mass in those ultra cheap home desktop PCs.

[@lazarorocha8893]

For this price, not really. G7400 is old and still a bad value, this one will probably be the same.

[@halistinejenkins5289]

you are the new cpu scaling king. bless you sir.

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

I don't mind it being called the "300", but man, does it look kinda goofy when written out on the IHS. Just "300"

[@gabrielv.4358]

Sounds like an engineering sample

[@gamamew]

Those Pentium 4 seriously damaged the Pentium name branding and more than 20 years later Intel finally decided to kill it

[@Collin_J]

Celeron, Pentium, Atom. All great product names killed by the products they were attached to.

[@da_pawz]

Nice... I rarely build a low end PC nowadays but your review is great. Your review can be another input for my data against people who prefer older generation processors such as 1st, 2nd or 3rd gen Intel which unfortunately are often overpriced here.

[@aaz1992]

The Chrysler 300 of CPUs

[@StevenGuderian14]

Random, I was like uhhhh when you juked us out with the beginning lol.

[@ewookiis]

Made in Sparta, by the 300, for the 300..

[@zonelore]

🤣

[@MadIIMike]

I guess it's mostly a CPU for prebuilds, especially business ones, where they want to limit their viability after they get replaced... so I'm not a huge fan of it. Just looking at the CPU itself from a technical perspective, I'd see more sense in having the entry level made up of CPUs with low power consumption... but of course intel is gonna charge extra for those. As far as branding goes, I can sort-of understand it. While us viewing this channel know more or less what a Pentium G4560 or G6700 is, many people associate them with the old Pentium 4s, making it fairly hard to sell used PCs with Pentium CPUs.

[@fleemwings207]

This chip is meant for OEMs who make video displays for advertising signboards. It is also useful for POS cashier stations and PCs that run Office apps. Even for Office apps, I find the G6405 more responsive - latency can be quite bad in Alder Lake and later gen Intels.

[@xXRenaxChanXx]

What would be really cool is if they released something like the Core i3 N300 series again, but without the same nonsense artificial limitations that locked the N300 to the NAS market.

[@ANN1H1LATE89]

Another great vid Steve! IMO if Intel insists on keeping on making low level stuff like this, I think they should make their weakest CPU's be 4c/4t at least even if there is no turbo on the chip. Specially these Pentiums or numerically named new chips they push out on us. For the price they sell it at it would only make sense to manufacture at least a 4c chip. They are at this stage just killing their own market value with low budget level products

[@Gti_Jason]

G7400 is still king imo because you can overclock them. Mine runs 5400Mhz at 1.350v all day and for benchmarking can do 5550Mhz at 1.4v

[@mruczyslaw50]

The 300 is like a fake name used in a movie rather than something real

[@shieldtablet942]

Launching a 2C CPU in this day and age is quite... brave. I initially thought this was an 8 core chip like the N300. That at least would be interesting with more power available.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

Higher Single Core Clocks speed benefits more than lower multi core clock speed

[@shieldtablet942]

@@AntiGrieferGames Thing is... even the N305 already boosts to 3.8GHz. I also didn't specifically mention gaming, even though it will be better than a 2C/4T chip. For a lot of stuff it would be better.

[@gabrielv.4358]

This is just to not make a hole in the corporative market who only uses office

[@SteelRatVT]

This chip should be 40 bucks to be office PC worthy

[@ZERARCHIVE2023]

would be the best CPU on the market for the price IG

[@Trick-Framed]

Based on the frametimes in some of those games, it occurred to me that this chip, paired with a 4080-4090, would play 4K pretty well so long as the game engine wasn't using more than 2 cores and the Windows install was barebones.

[@Zerbey]

I can only see maybe limited usage in specialist embedded systems for this thing, or perhaps as a headless workstation. It just seems to be a solution looking for a problem at this point.

[@otacon5648]

YES!! I’ve been waiting for someone to see how well this sort of super low end hardware copes with gaming at 4K. I paired an i5 11400f with a 3080Ti and it’s a perfect match for 4K gaming at high fps.

[@williamtopping]

You say 2 core / 4 thread don't have a place in 2024. They absolutely do. Especially for a DIY NAS / Torrent / Plex box.... Might need more if you're transcoding to several TV's. But most have direct play these days... But other than that, my 7th Gen i3 (most likely worse than this!!) is still running our home NAS nice and decent. You choose the right tool for the right job.

[@Frukzo]

Imagine this thing with 2 additional E-cores. It would be a Cheap Jack Chad Cpu for all porpuse.

[@renerant]

E-cores come in clusters of 4. 2P+4E would be cool, though I'd like to see 2P+8E or even 2P+16E. Might be interesting CPU for home servers, iot devices, nas-s and the like

[@AndyH0dge]

Like a desktop i3-1215

[@Ivlodded]

Take a look at old xeons bro :)

[@renerant]

@@Ivlodded those "old xeons" are very power hungry and lack high single-thread performance, not to mention other features like quick sync encoding and stuff

[@ramr7051]

Porpoise*

[@Boothiepro]

3:24 i love the license plate, cheeky!

[@Ethan7_7]

I had a E5700 I think. Dual core madness, the upgrade to the i3 8100 was a big one back then. Now im on a 12400F

[@BastetFurry]

Would still rather buy a equally priced AMD, they have way better graphic cores.

[@spaghettilocomotive]

Interestingly enough, it's an X337R batch, notoriously known for being the top of the top silicon of the 14900K/KF. Makes you wonder what could have happened during manufacturing to end up as this e-waste with 2c4t.. I wish it could be overclocked in a board with external clockgen like the 12th could, make it zoom to the best of its abilities. 😂

[@Trick-Framed]

I'd love to see what it's iGPU can do.

[@thorwin44]

Geiler start

[@Maximum_Nova]

Back in the day, everyone said 4c8t i7s were overkills for gaming, as the games only used the 4 cores and didn't benefit from hyperthreading. If I remember correctly, some folks said to turn off hyperthreading as they could OC the cores faster without it. I'm curious how an older 4c i7 fares today with hyperthreading on vs off (overclocked and not)

[@Diegonando64]

HT performs better because modern software can use 8 threads and even more. Also, your OS runs many background tasks

[@divinityai]

I used 2600K till 2023. It was still fine, while older, 2/4 and 4/4 were unplayable. Bought new platform just because I needed more ram for work and didn't feel spending money for DDR3

[@moiz04]

You didnt mention anything about wattage. During rdr2 it was using 31watts iguess in your benchmark and i think thats impressive

[@VerbenaIDK]

i'd wait a few generations before considering it, maybe when 16th gen is out and i need an efficient NAS

[@frugalfun2.07]

79 smackers for a 2c/4t cpu with no turbo....could get a 6c for that price (think amd). Maybe it's brand new but I'd say 50 quid would be fairer

[@samwalker7567]

For that price you can buy a 14 core Xeon E5-2680 v4, motherboard, and two sticks of 16GB RAM. That's an eight year old chip, sure, but it gets almost three times the performance in benchmarks and has way more cache, and you've got a new motherboard and RAM with it as well. The only thing the 300 has going for it is vaguely reasonable single thread performance. If you wanted something with a more comparable TDP then you could buy a 2620 and they are under five quid and still smack down on this pointless Intel Processor 300 SKU.

[@DecadentVanilla]

Yeah, at that price point it's a stinker

[@gabrielv.4358]

Amd is the go to nowdays, to low end and high end.

[@slange420]

The Ryzen 5 4500 can be had for $80 new

[@01ai01]

I wonder how this compares to an i3-8100?

[@TechflashYT]

Daily driving an i3-12100f, and it's certainly capable, but I am surprised the 300 is even usable.

[@sisqobmx]

Why? Intel have very fast single core speeds. Thats why your 4c/8t processor is able to compete on a 9900k’s level.

[@xenolya]

i could see this being pretty good for like a media pc or something that needs to run cool and quiet and doesn't need a whole lot of power

[@ScottGrammer]

It would be good, if it sold for $35. But it's competing with older-generation chips that, for the same money, will run rings around it, such as an i7-7700. Fine video, by the way.

[@mr.nobody6059]

good to know that intel hasn't abandoned the pentium but wonder, will there's desktop 4c pentium next?

[@Geardos1]

please compare with 4 core n100 (e cores) if possible

[@Mico605]

I just fail to see why anyone in their right mind would buy a dual core in todays day and age.

[@muratbasc8302]

If it slows down its frequency under no load, it would be nice to think it as a diy nas build processor.

[@Steffen2k7]

The naming of this cpu line up, doesn't really make sense. They would be better of to continue using the Pentium name or the Core 2 300 or the Core 2 Pentium, even bringing back the doomed Itanium name would have a better marketing name comnpared to this...

[@Erknar]

Nah, intel won't go back to the Core 2 name. Remember (or not, depending on how old you are) there was a Pentium 3, then came the Pentium 4 and used way more power but was slower at the same clock speed than a Pentium 3 (the Netburst architecture sucked ba**s in hell). For the mobile Pentiums, intel further developed the Pentium 3 into the Pentium M and this architecture later was further developed into the Core and Core 2 architecture, before this then evolved into the Core i series.

[@danijelujcic8644]

The biggest mistake, 15 years ago, was not rebranding Celerons and Pentiums as the i1 series.

[@tubetube7025]

I wonder what a gtx 970 can do at lower resolutions like 720p or lower on modern games

[@carlnauwelaerts4802]

The coolest thing about this CPU is the bundled cooler indeed. 🙂 And I don't understand why Intel seems to be killing the Pentium and Celeron brands... unless they have some other plans with it?

[@gdjaybee742]

All I want is a intel/Ryzen laptop based CPU ala Ryzen 5 5500u/intel i7 6600u 45w or less version in a desktop socket. Imagine an ultra low power consumption CPU with 12/16 threads and capable of driving 4060 to 4070 and below video cards. All I want this thing to do is max settings 1080 and 60fps vsync on or more(most tvs are 60hz), and do everything else decently.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

That would be awesome

[@seritools]

just get an APU and set the power limit, should be reasonably close

[@olnnn]

Aren't the new AMD AM5 APUS basically just laptop APUs with higher power limits on a desktop socket?

[@spencerwaters5962]

You should look at the minisforum motherboards

[@gdjaybee742]

@@spencerwaters5962 What I am proposing really is a minisforum in a normal ATX/MicroATX form factor, with the option to use full PCI Express x16 slot for full length video cards. With the option to overvolt the CPU to get more performance to run your video card. Essentially, you don't have to use a USBc external video card.

[@sezwo5774]

Thanks for a great review of a part others find not worthy of review. For average use, such as web browsing, youtube watching, e-mail, word processing this is a fantastic chip. If only there was a cheap 60 dollar motherboard to pair it with, it could make for an ultra cheap utility build. I am an avid gamer interested in this CPU. I mostly play chess 😆😆

[@nicholasmoffett4327]

So what *would* the benefit be of getting this? I assume the power efficiency?

[@OdinHardware]

Remember celeron 300a ? Great OC chip that time

[@typingcat]

The f are Intel thinking? Their naming scheme is all over the place. So, N5095 is superseded by N100, which is superseded by N97? What is this now just "300"? What the heck is that?

[@rebeccagibson7428]

For the Elden Ring testing, you should probably go beyond the tutorial area, other parts of the map are more demanding

[@ebridgewater]

As you said, it is the exact same £80 price as the i3-12100F (4C/8T 4.3 GHz), so the 300 (2C/4T 3.9 GHz) is redundant (at retail, at least). In fact, you can get the Ryzen 5 4600G (6C/12T 4.2 GHz) for £80 also!

[@bmanrockwell2174]

Mabey it will find a lot of use in prebuilts, especially office prebuilts? They might get it at $30 US apiece.

[@t1e6x12]

Just thinking back to my days in grade school where they had a dozen computer labs filled with dozens of cheap dell/ hp prebuilts, I know where these CPUs will go.

[@satsumagt5284]

Not to mention the decent enough iGPU found in the 4600G

[@sgdude1337]

Can we get a comparison vs the 7700k? Intels final high end quad core vs the worlds fastest dual core.

[@deamondeathstone1]

Is it the best dual core though? I mean it could be, but how would the last dual core I3 stack up against it?

[@haywirefoxxo4602]

I feel like this could be really good in low power consumption applications like for NAS or a media center

[@DaystromDataConcepts]

I wonder if the AMD 4600G with superior IGPU and six cores, 12 threads would be a much better buy as it's the same price.

[@satsumagt5284]

Definitely is

[@gabrielv.4358]

No doubt

[@FintanMoloney]

It seems the Pentium is over now. The i3 seems to blow it out of the water and you can get the i3 cheap second hand. This was an interesting video.

[@SuprousOxide]

Good, I remember my first sexy brand new Pentium when it was the top of the line. Was really sad seeing the brand used for low end processors

[@asharigada4956]

I'm curious to how it would compare to an i3 7100. As both have 2 Cores, 4 threads, and run at 3.9GHz

[@aaz1992]

The IPC of the 300 would make it much faster