Review: Intel Core i7 8700K processor

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/05/2017 03:02 PM | source: | 235 comment(s)

It is time to check out the new six-core proc from Intel, yes the Core i7 8700K will be put through our benchmark paces and yes this is Coffee Lake. The processor does a good job and manages to make a sturdy impression, as well as it being tweakable over 5.0 GHz on all six cores.

Read the review right here.

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Kaarme
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#5478726 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:30 PM

Seems like a good CPU if you don't mind spending the money. As long as AMD's CPUs refuse to clock higher, Intel will keep the high fps crown. All in all I can't really say these results would have produced any wow effects, though.

Since I'm running an i5, I obviously wouldn't spend the money, but people have different preferences, needs, and reasons.

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#5478728 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:32 PM

i feel like the i5's are gonna be monsters as well, zen+/zen2 when? time to replace this ol 3570K

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#5478731 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:44 PM

Well if I was building a new pc...or recommending a gaming pc to anyone...I would tell them to buy this cpu.

But nothing about it's performance increase makes me excited as a 6700k owner.

At least this bodes well for the future. My next pc is destined to be an 8 core cpu....not because 6 isn't enough but because in 2 years time when I upgrade my cpu that's what will be available. Hopefully with an absurd amount of m.2 slots, pci 4.0 and usb 3.2.

Interim upgrades are for the birds. I'm done with frequent cpu and phone upgrades etc. I'll keep what I can an upgrade what matters, and for a skylake owner that isn't this.

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#5478733 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:45 PM

Seems like the first Intel CPU in years that has a decent price to performance ratio.

The 1600X may be more similar in terms of total thread count, but I think the 1700X is a more direct competitor when you consider the differences in clock speed and price.

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#5478735 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:50 PM

Wow - I just checked here in the EU a bit, does anybody see the procs released today listed as available / in stock?

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