The upheaval of the high-end desktop processor segment continues today with the official release of Intel's latest Coffee Lake-based 8th Generation Core processors. 2017 easily been one of the most exciting years in a decade for desktop processors, thanks in no small part to AMD's entire line-up of Ryzen products, including the monstrous Threadripper, which propelled the company back into contention at virtually every price point.

Intel was at the ready with a host of ultra-high-end processors ? namely the Core X series ? that allow the company to lay claim to the fastest desktop processor on the market. And now it's time for Intel to re-shape its mainstream CPU line-up...