Testseek.com 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
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The best CPU for gaming
Strong out-of-the-box clock speed
Intel's six-cores beat AMD's eight-cores in many production tasks
Offers substantial gains over Skylake and Kaby Lake in multithreaded apps
6-core in a mainstream Intel chip
36% multi-core performance improvement over the i7-7700K
Can easily overclock to 5.0 GHz
Single-core performance improvements
Beats Ryzen in gaming performance
Platform has 40 PCI-Express 3.0 lanes
Strong performance in games and productivity applications
Lower priceperthread than competition
Overclocking headroom
50 percent more cores and threads (and higher boost clocks) than previous-gen mainstream chips
Requires New Motherboards, Despite Using LGA1151 Socket, Not All Unlocked
Intel Core i7-8700K And Core i5-8400 Processors -- Find Them At AmazonAlthough they are not based on a totally new architecture, the design choices Intel made with Coffee Lake and its 8th Generation Core processors completely re-shape the company's mainst...
With Coffee Lake Intel has a very fast processor series offering available for the masses. You can complain about pricing in comparison to the much cheaper Ryzen 5 1600X (229 EURO) but purely seen from a performance perspective, the Core i7 8700K is absol...
Incredible single-threaded performance, 6-cores, large multi-threaded gains over previous generation, Competitive pricing, HyperThreading included, Excellent overclocking potential, Unlocked multiplier
New motherboards required, Only small improvements in gaming
The Intel Core i7-8700K retails for $380. Incredible single-threaded performance 6-cores, large multi-threaded gains over previous generation Competitive pricing HyperThreading included Excellent overclocking potential Unlocked multiplier New motherb...
Published: 2017-10-05, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Great for highend gaming and competent at productivity. Offers better allaround performance than the 7700K. One hell of an overclocker
Relatively expensive compared to Ryzen. Expect to spend $550for the chip, a motherboard and a nice cooler
Intel's new mainstream flagship Core i7 processor is a beast. For gamers seeking the ultimate solution there is simply nothing better than the Core i7-8700K. Out of the box performance is incredible, overclocking is even more incredible, power consumption...
Published: 2017-08-10, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also...
Abstract: Its hard to believe considering we just finished up an Intel launch, but it is already time to check out Intel’s next launch. Kaby Lake was launched at the beginning of this year and the Mainstream lineup of CPUs is getting refreshed with Coffee Lake and Z370. This is the 8th generation of Intel’s Core processors going back to the original launch back in 2006...
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Over the last few processor reviews Ive done, the conclusion usually boiled down to me stating that summing things up would prove to be a challenge. That wont happen this time because Intel made it pretty easy for me. Coffee Lake may not be revolutionar...
When you look at the results delivered by the Core i7 8700K and Core i5 8400, it's clear that Intel's new architecture has got a tremendous upside in performance. When compared to Intel's Kaby Lake and Skylake 4C/8T processors, the added core count of the...
