Testseek.co.uk have collected 418 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 8700K 3.7GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 8700K 3.7GHz Socket 1151.
October 2017
(88%)
418 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
3273 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
