Origin PC spills Coffee Lake on its Eon-series laptops
Intel has made the term "eighth-generation" pretty confusing when it comes to its mainstream Core processors. Eighth-generation desktop Core i5 and Core i7 chips are built around a new Coffee Lake die, while the corresponding laptop CPUs have more in common with seventh-generation Kaby Lake parts. Origin PC decided to mix it up further by shoehorning those impressive desktop chips into its Eon15-X, Eon17-X, and Eon17-SLX gaming laptops. All three models can be fitted with Intel eighth-generation Core processors up to and including the Core i7-8700K.
The machines are adorned with backlit keyboards and pack Nvidia GeForce 10-series graphics cards hurling pixels at G-Sync displays. The laptops can be customized with varying hardware specifications, special finishes, and custom logos on their lids. Memory configurations range from 8 GB of DDR4-2400 all ...