Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core LGA 1151 Processor
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Upgrade from fx 8350
I mean it's a day and night difference I couldn't be happier. I had a and FX-8350 16gb ddr3 1866mhz ram and a Nvidia gtx 1080 and upgraded my ram to 16gb ddr 3466mhz 8700k with the same GTX 1080. My fps alone in cs go doubled to tripled and in pubg with half my settings on ultra I consistently get 144fps majority of the time with it sometimes dipping into the 130's.
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Performs much better than expected.
Ive upgraded from a 5820k to the 8700k. I do see a noticeable improvement with gaming and raw file post processing with LR. Its simply a more efficient cpu. If you have an open chassis and use a easy liquid cooling HS, things get better. I havent overclocked it yet, I dont see the need with turbo reaching 4.7ghz. Hackintosh is definitely possible with this platform. No regrets upgrading.
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Exhilarating speed
Stays cool with a Corsair H100i v2 AIO cooler at stock clocks. Overclocks like a beast and is more than enough for modern games.
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Everything it promised
Six of the fastest CPU cores in the world plus hyperthreading on a mainstream socket, this CPU is what many of us have been waiting for. My sample achieved 5.0GHz and probably could do a little more, but I need 24/7 stability, so right now it is running at 4.6GHz at 1.19V to keep temperatures in check. I'm very satisfied, even though I had to pay over the MSRP due to scarcity, it seems worth it.
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I can't believe how fast it is
If you're looking at a Ryzen, you should punch yourself in the face right now. This is the one you want.
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Extremely powerful CPU (If you can tame it)
why I chose this CPU: I wanted something that could multitask (Stream) while maintaining high fps (144hz) in games. I have been using this CPU for around a month or so now. It's an moster but ran VERY VERY HOT, I have mine cooled by a X62 liquid cooler and is as hitting temps of 90c stock. I sent my chip put to silicon lottery for a delid, and then I overclocked my chip to 5.2 Ghz at 1.415V which is quite good. the temps after the delid, the ma... Show More
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Worth waiting for!
At the time I ordered this CPU it was on backorder. It shipped on the date the customer service rep said it would and it came in good packaging, undamaged. It will be going in an ASUS motherboard with Z370 chipset, required for these 8th gen chips. I'm replacing an i7 920 (yeah that's a 1st gen chip!) and its due time.
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An upgrade worth the money
My previous system had an Intel i7-2600K doing the work. To say that the i7-8700K blows it away is stating the obvious. It's faster and more efficient in every way. Video encoding is more than 3X faster in my few tests. 7th & 8th generation Intel CPUs also have the necessary hardware to playback even UHD Blu-ray. In my case it was time for a system upgrade and there were a lot of choices. Last generation's 7700K had come down in price and AMD Ryz... Show More
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Everything we needed plus some
After being backordered, this item proved to be worth the wait. It easily powers our min-ATX VR build paired with a 1080GTX Ti and 64GB of memory. Removing bottlenecks for this thing was important so we went with NVMe SSDs. In any case. Very capable chip, with adequate cooling it's blown everything away we've thrown at it. My students will be able to press this thing hard for quite some time.
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It's Amazing
Before I got this processor I had a dual core 3.3 gz intel processor. It was trash. The only game that needs all of the processing power possible is Arma 3, which I can now play at high/very high settings. My performance overall has been trippled. I have the noctual d15 mounted as my fan. I'd recommend this if you have anything below an i5 7600k. If you've got above that, wait for the price to go down a bit.
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Great CPU
I upgraded from a 6700K, even though many people wouldn't recommend that. The extra cores/threads totally make it worth it IMO. No regrets; especially since I was able to sell my 6700K and mobo to make this that much more affordable.
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Great performance right out of the box.
Coupled with a Noctua NH-D15 air cooler and everything at stock/default settings, I encode hour long videos using. The CPU was at usage 96% capacity, temp at 65C with the CPU fan at 575 rpm and all cores running at or above 4.2GHz. Haven't tried overclocking yet, but looks like plenty of room. Certainly is great performance straight out of the box
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