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Review on Intel Core i7-8700K: Unleash the Power of 6 Cores, Turbo Boost up to 4.7GHz – Perfect for LGA1151 300 Series Desktops! by Mateusz Biakowski ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good quality product, the price is commensurate with the quality.

I bought it at about $370 + motherboard, it cost a pretty penny to buy a motherboard based on a new chipset, but if it doesn't work, then logically, the budget segment (mAtx motherboards) will come out soon. I immediately started at 66 degrees, the BIOS shows a default of 3.7 GHz, but in the system immediately 1.3v per core and 4.3 GHz, we lower the voltage manually to 1.2v and the percentage works fine at a frequency of 4.5 GHz, at 1.3v you can unscrew it to 4.8, however, the combination temperature / speed I saw only at 4.5 and under a voltage of 1.2v (the difference between 4.5 and 4.8 is 10-12 degrees) until I saw the point of driving higher with my rx 460, I'm waiting for an upgrade. After 3 days I scalped a percentage, at 1.2v the temperature was 45-50 degrees in idle time under a single-section dropsy. Unfortunately, the so-called "chewing gum" under the lid shows a bad result, the scalp corrects the situation, I definitely recommend doing it on the K-version. Satisfied with the performance, moved from the fx-8320, however, according to the tests, it does not overtake the previous 6700 and 7700 much, which should be revealed in the future. toys are not capable of 6 cores, and applications still have an increase of 30-40% compared to quad-cores.

Pros
  • Review of 8700k + Runs up to 4.8 in motherboard auto mode (msi z370 gaming m5) + The temperature after the scalp, under a single-section dropsy at 4.5 GHz, keeps 45-50 degrees in the load +6 cores / 12 threads, upgrade for several years ahead
Cons
  • -Starts only on z370 chipset -Default took 4.3GHz to 1.3v, it's sad that with such a voltage it drowns up to 75-85 degrees - Thermal paste under the cover (more in the comment)