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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 Wiktor Lipski ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

Perhaps someone will prove to be helpful. It appears that the 9-series is supported out of the box by the Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X motherboard, which was previously used to install the 8700. Despite this, the 9700k would not start under any circumstances. It turned out that the F6 bios firmware that I had did not support the R0 stepping that my CPU had. I was quite disappointed to learn this. It's a good thing there are a few different computers in the home because I was able to download the F8 firmware to the flash drive, install it using Q-Flesh, and get everything set up.

Pros
  • Significantly colder than the 8th series, with eight fully developed cores that are, of course, quick. I bought it at the beginning of August for 25 kopecks, packaged, and thanks to the new ryzens, the difference between it and the old version was probably not that significant. During the Aida stress test, the temperature was 10 degrees lower than it was during the 8700 (without k) - earth and sky test that came before it. Obviously, I was aware of the solder, but I did not anticipate that the nine would be quite so chilly. Yes, and the percentage seems to be successful (Malaysian, stepping r0) at keeping 4.6 in turbo boost for all cores while under full load at a voltage of 120225-120220, with the hottest core reaching 62 degrees Celsius. The previous 8700 (OEM), after many lengthy dances with a tambourine around the selection of voltage, finally consented to work only at 120225-120220, and even then, the temperature was slightly higher than 70 (turbo boost was enabled, steady 4.3 for all cores). In either scenario, the cooler is the Dipkul Assassin 2 and the MX-4 paste.
Cons
  • Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X did not start up straight away; for more information, read the comment below.