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First consumer Intel CPU at 5GHz
Overclocks to all-core 5GHz easily
Potent Coffee Lake architecture
Limited edition
Overclocks like a champ
Rare moments of 5 GHz operation are exciting
Highest-quality Coffee Lake silicon
A bit of available overclocking headroom
Limited-edition piece of history
Fastest gaming processor
The editors didn't like
20 per cent premium over 8700K
No cooler in box
Benchmark scores equal to Core i7-8700K
Slightly pricier for small speed bump
5.0GHz boost clock refers to single-core Turbo Boost
Imperceptible performance gains vs. -8700K at stock settings
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Published: 2018-07-22, Author: Kevin , review by: techradar.com
Overclocks like a champ
Benchmark scores equal to Core i7-8700K, Slightly pricier for small speed bump, 5.0GHz boost clock refers to single-core Turbo Boost
If you pick up an Intel Core i7-8086K expecting it to be the fastest Coffee Lake processor ever out of the box, you'll be sorely disappointed. This limited-edition processor performs no better than an Intel Core i7-8700K, so you're better off saving the e...
The end result is probably the one most of us were expecting - yes, you will probably see a marginally higher overclock compared to the Core i7-8700K, but the high price is not worth paying regardless of whether you'll be running the CPU at stock speed or...
Rare moments of 5 GHz operation are exciting, Highest-quality Coffee Lake silicon, A bit of available overclocking headroom, Limited-edition piece of history, Fastest gaming processor
Imperceptible performance gains vs. -8700K at stock settings, No bundled cooler, High price
The 40th-anniversary Core i7-8086K is appealing to collectors due to its limited-edition status. It's also a solid choice if you're on the hunt for the utmost in gaming and overclocking performance (and are willing to pay a hefty premium for it).8/10$425A...
With a 4 GHz base clock frequency and a maximum turbo clock frequency of 5 GHz, the Core i7 8086K is the world's fastest processor for single-threaded applications, or applications that only utilize a limited number of CPU cores. This also means that the...
First consumer Intel CPU at 5GHz, Overclocks to all-core 5GHz easily, Potent Coffee Lake architecture, Limited edition
20 per cent premium over 8700K, No cooler in box
The limited release of the Intel Core i7-8086K is more of a marketing push than real-world benefit over the readily-available Core i7-8700K. Plumbed in with the same frequencies on all but a single core, this new chip is a speed-binned version of the Coff...
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