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Having tested a few now in different PCs, we can confirm that Intel’s latest processors, codenamed Kaby Lake, aren’t exactly a quantum leap over their predecessors (Skylake). More like a dispirited plod up a low kerb, to be honest. Some do show noticeable performance improvements, but the i5-7400 inside this new desktop system from PC Specialist is not a shining example. It’s no faster in practise than, say, 2013’s i5-4670K, which is now so old it’s officially ‘end of life’.
It is cheaper, though, which means it leaves room in a reasonable £800 budget for 16GB of memory, a 240GB SSD, a 1TB hard drive, and a GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card from Nvidia’s surprisingly powerful new range. This lot plus a chunkily styled…
