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October 2017
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The editors liked
Huge six-core power
Highly overclockable
Stable and easy-to-use platform
Mighty single-core speeds
Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X
Big step forward in price/performance
Impressive power efficiency
Temperatures remain under control
Solid overclocking potential
One 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
Strong performance in games and productivity applications
Lower price-per-thread than competition
Overclocking headroom
One of the best for lightly threaded applications
Superfast
Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance
Hyper-threading overtakes Ryzen
Low-impact overclocking
Six 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
The editors didn't like
Doesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price
Not compatible with older motherboards
Z370 fails to be a major update to the chipset
Not backwards compatible
Requires a new Z370 motherboard
“Many may be on the fence with the whole Z370 motherboard upgrade
But if you’re looking to build a new system right now
Or upgrade one that’s got a few years on the clock
The i7-8700K is a killer piece of hardware for a
Z-series motherboard requirement
Overclocking tax
High price
Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance
Abstract: For the past few years, processors made by Intel have been more powerful – and much more popular – than those made by rival AMD. However, AMD’s Ryzen processors have turned that around: they’re powerful CPUs at a tempting price, and an excellent alternati...
Published: 2017-10-11, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Abstract: Want one? 8700K Amazon: prourls.co/74Aw 1800X Amazon: prourls.co/riWO So you want to know which is better, the Intel i7 8700K, or the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (at stock clocks)? I've retested all my normal benchmark applications, and Player Unknown's Battlegroun...
Overclocking only on K models, Requires new motherboard
Intel 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...
Huge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X
Doesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance, Not compatible with older motherboards
The 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...
Have we already said that competition is good for the processor market this year? Intel takes, enforced by AMD or not, the biggest step in performance since the Nehalem-generation. Back then, in 2008, we saw 6-core Intel-processors for the first time in t...
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Published: 2017-10-06, Author: Leo , review by: kitguru.net
Six 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
CPU cooling is hindered by TIM. Again, 8th Gen. CPU requires a Z370 motherboard
Wow. 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...
Huge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X
Doesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Not compatible with older motherboards
The 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...
We 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...
Published: 2017-10-05, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Abstract: Want 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...
Published: 2017-10-05, Author: Dave , review by: pcgamesn.com
Intel'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...
