Pentium HT. Has Intel killed the i3?

[lakimens]

Hello,
Intel has recently released new Pentium CPU's with HyperThreading.
Take the G4560, it's clocked at 3.5Ghz and it has HyperThreading, for $64 according to Intel's website, that's half the price of the cheapest i3($120 for the 7100).
As far as specs say and benchmarks that I've seen, the Pentium should perform about 10%-15% worse than the i3-7100. That's awesome, I would much rather spend half as much for 10% less,
They might think that a lot of people will go for the i3-7350k, just to overclock it.
$180 is too much for an i3, If I'm spending that much on overclocking essentials, like a "z" board($100+), a better cooler(~$50), I'd rather get a cheaper motherboard($70) and a 7600k($250). Why would I want to overclock a dual-core chip?It's gonna get ouperformed by a stock 7600k.

 

[chemmajorp53]

If you're using a discrete gpu, then the only reason to buy the i3 now is the extra L2 cache, which isn't enough to justify the increase in price IMO. The 7350k is pretty much pointless and seems to be aimed at "budget enthusiasts."

 

[srimasis]

From what I learnt from this video, I think G4560 will perform 30-40% slower than i3 7100. So i3 is still alive as long as it costs about 110$. However I see no point in i3 7350k, as it costs 180$ and that too without a fan. Buying a good fan alone will cost 20-50$. So why not buy a i5 6600 or 7600(non K) which comes with its own fan and I am pretty sure will perform equal to OCed i3 on a much cheaper board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORI1Ts8k8E

 

[lakimens]

I agree with both of you about the 7350k. Take a look at this video, it's vert disgustingly edited, but it's a benchmark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwLv6JmUSFY