Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Processor
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03/10/2019
SummaryThere is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvem...
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07/13/2018
SummaryFor those who occasionally play a game, the integrated graphics card may be sufficient, as long as the game in question does not boast too much graphic splendour. In order to find out when the iGPUs fail and when a separate card is needed, we did test som...
uk.hardware.info
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05/06/2018
SummaryI can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
eteknix.comProsOne of the fastest consumer CPUs to date, 6 Core 12 Thread design, Easily overclocks to 5 GHz on air, Can break 5.2 GHz on enthusiast cooling, Incredible 1080p gaming performance, Competitive 4K gaming performance, Powerful performance for productivity...
ConsRequires a new Z370 motherboard,
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04/17/2018
SummaryThe most powerful CPU south of Skylake-X and Threadripper, but it demands a premium...
expertreviews.co.ukProsOne of the best for lightly threaded applications, Superfast
ConsHigh price
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10/06/2017
SummaryWow. Just wow. Intel's new Core i7-8700K is fabulous and performs like a champ with those six cores and 12 threads showing that the time has come to move beyond quad core. It is painful to consider that if Intel soldered the package and allowed it to cool...
kitguru.netProsSix cores and high clock speed equals high performance, Intel IPC is superb, Simple overclocking with Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, Prices have been held steady from 7th. Gen
ConsCPU cooling is hindered by TIM. Again, 8th Gen. CPU requires a Z370 motherboard
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10/06/2017
SummaryIntel Core i7-8700K proves Team Blue is still the top dog in the processor world. Coffee Lake is a clear improvement over Kaby Lake with impressively higher single-core and multi-core numbers, and ever-so-slightly better gaming performance. What's more, t...
techradar.comProsHyper-threading overtakes Ryzen, Low-impact overclocking
ConsOverclocking only on K models, Requires new motherboard
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10/06/2017
SummaryThe i7-8700K doesn't ship with its own cooler on account of its overclockability. You'll need to pick an all-in-one liquid cooler or a powerful air cooler to ensure it can cope with a proper overclock. Also, remember to buy a proper set of DDR4 memory; de...
trustedreviews.comProsHuge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X
ConsDoesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance, Not compatible with older motherboards
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10/05/2017
SummaryWe could have written a much shorter review today, which essentially covered just a few key points. The Core i7-8700K is not compatible with older motherboards, it has two more cores than a Core i7-7700K, it's very fast, even faster when overclocked (whic...
Bit-Tech.net -
10/05/2017
SummaryIntel has finally been moved into taking a long, hard look at its mainstream enthusiast PC chips and motherboards. Such re-evaluation of the product portfolio has been largely instigated by the arrival of AMD's Ryzen processors, though that is certainly n...
HEXUS.net -
10/05/2017
SummaryIntel's Coffee Lake lineup has been created with a very clear objective: beat AMD's Ryzen processors and do it quickly. To that end they've pulled in the launch date of this 8th generation of their Core architecture so they arrive before the end of the ye...
pcgamesn.com -
10/05/2017
SummaryWant one? Amazon: prourls.co/74Aw This killer chip from Intel is the new i7 8700K. It's a 6 core, 12 thread, 3.7GHz CPU aimed at filling the gap between the mainstream and the high end desktop platform (HEDT), so how does it do? Let's take you through the...
techteamgb.co.uk -
10/05/2017
SummarySo, Coffee Lake is real, it's here, and you can buy it; but should you? Let's start wrapping things up.First we should address the elephant in the room: the proximity to Kaby Lake's release, and indeed the Core X enthusiast platform. It is absolutely regr...
vortez.netProsBig step forward in price/performance, Impressive power efficiency, Temperatures remain under control, Solid overclocking potential
ConsZ370 fails to be a major update to the chipset, Not backwards compatible
Retail prices reported as of 23 May 2022 11:15:55 GMT