I am quiet impressed by the line up but there some really really silly stuff , I mean what is the darn point of i5, and some of the i7 it makes no sense any more. For anyone on a budget but still want some MT performance there is nothing except Ryzen ....
The fact that intel is still not shifting 6/6 to the core i5 line and 6/12 base as base to i7 is just insulting to those buying in that bracket. If you want any form of MT performance at intel you have to go second hand market or go to the extreme platform. It must be almost 10 years ago that we gotten 4/4.
PS/UPDATE yes i assume the shift will actually happen with canon-lake. But i was expectign for EXTREME i5/i7 base 6/6 -> 6/12