Avoid this "new" Intel CPU for gaming - it's a really old chip in disguise

A curious new Intel CPU has just been released that not only doesn’t use the company’s latest Arrow Lake architecture, but is in fact based on Intel’s aging Comet Lake architecture from five years ago. This is the tech used in Intel’s 10th-gen CPUs from 2020, and it’s really dated now. Forget PCIe 5.0, the Intel Core i5 110 doesn’t even support PCIe 4.0 - you’ll be looking at PCIe 3.0 speeds for any GPUs or SSDs you use with this chip. As such, this isn’t a chip you’re likely to find in our best gaming CPU guide any time soon. In fact, you’ll also have a hard time finding a new motherboard to support it - even the older LGA1700 boards on our best gaming motherboard guide won’t accommodate it. Instead, this CPU uses the LGA1200 socket, which Intel hasn’t used since its 11th-gen Rocket Lake CPUs were launched back in 2021.

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