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Review: Intel Core i5 8600K CPU
We'll review the more mainstream six-core proc from Intel as we put the Core i5 8600K through our benchmark paces. This $257 USD proc is again a six-core processor that you will need to seat on a Z370 chipset based motherboard. While it isn't fitted enabled with hyper-threading, it might however be one sweet gaming processor with its all-core turbo to 4.1 GHz and again it being tweakable to that 5.0 GHz on all six cores. Read the full review here.
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Review: Middle-Earth Shadow of War: PC graphics performance analysis - 10/11/2017 06:32 PM
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Review: Toshiba TR200 SSD 960GB - Value at 28 cents per GB - 10/11/2017 12:01 PM
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Review: ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Poseidon - 10/09/2017 09:28 AM
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#5481341 Posted on: 10/13/2017 12:59 PM
Yeah I might purchase one as I really wanted that SKU in there as well. As stated, Intel does not supply these procs and all procs that we have had our hands on where returned to Intel at the time.
no i5 7600k in the benchmark is mistake in my opinion as it is it's predecessor and was (is ) very popular CPU.
Yeah I might purchase one as I really wanted that SKU in there as well. As stated, Intel does not supply these procs and all procs that we have had our hands on where returned to Intel at the time.
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#5481353 Posted on: 10/13/2017 01:23 PM
Well, with 6 real cores, the argument for spending extra on the i7 for gaming has been massively reduced with the 8600K.
In quite a few games there was a real, tangible difference in framerates between the 7600K & 7700K, but that's no longer the case with the 8600K & 8700K.
If all your after is a CPU for gaming, then the $100 saved and put towards a better GPU, is by far the more sensible option this time.
Agreed, this is makes more sense than the 8700K. It's just a shame the platform will probably be another dead end again.
Well, with 6 real cores, the argument for spending extra on the i7 for gaming has been massively reduced with the 8600K.
In quite a few games there was a real, tangible difference in framerates between the 7600K & 7700K, but that's no longer the case with the 8600K & 8700K.
If all your after is a CPU for gaming, then the $100 saved and put towards a better GPU, is by far the more sensible option this time.
Agreed, this is makes more sense than the 8700K. It's just a shame the platform will probably be another dead end again.
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#5481378 Posted on: 10/13/2017 02:25 PM
Hi all! Nice review HH!
Well... times are different nowadays. AMD really did very well with Ryzen.
This i5 8600K was SPANKED by a US 200 RYZEN 1600?!?! I really dont understand that people come with this story "its a gaming processors"... what is for gaming is GPU.. at this point of level any good processor will play very well.
Intel is falling every day... this processor is 30% more expensive and WORST the R5 1600. Only who not like his money to buy INTEL today!
Hi all! Nice review HH!
Well... times are different nowadays. AMD really did very well with Ryzen.
This i5 8600K was SPANKED by a US 200 RYZEN 1600?!?! I really dont understand that people come with this story "its a gaming processors"... what is for gaming is GPU.. at this point of level any good processor will play very well.
Intel is falling every day... this processor is 30% more expensive and WORST the R5 1600. Only who not like his money to buy INTEL today!
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#5481384 Posted on: 10/13/2017 02:36 PM
Well with the ryzen, coffeelake, threadripper and skylake x lineups all released. Looks like we'll have another long cpu drought ahead.
An exciting time for someone building a new pc from scratch but not much for me.
Good to see that mainstream quads are basically dead now. Everyone who isn't a laptop user shouldn't even be considering a 4 core cpu anymore.
Fingers crossed that the next full cycle of cpu come with more enhancements them just more of what we had before, and come with pcie 4.0, usb 3.2, ddr5...something to make upgrading worth it in the long term.
Well with the ryzen, coffeelake, threadripper and skylake x lineups all released. Looks like we'll have another long cpu drought ahead.
An exciting time for someone building a new pc from scratch but not much for me.
Good to see that mainstream quads are basically dead now. Everyone who isn't a laptop user shouldn't even be considering a 4 core cpu anymore.
Fingers crossed that the next full cycle of cpu come with more enhancements them just more of what we had before, and come with pcie 4.0, usb 3.2, ddr5...something to make upgrading worth it in the long term.
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Nice review, it's interesting that the 8600K is so close to the 8700K in the low resolution gaming tests, makes me wonder how well the non-K CPUs would do (i5 8400/i7 8700).