



Works great its fast, and I'm not used to that.


Great Processer for a build that has a good video card !!!


This is a great value if you aren't needing high-end graphics and want to save some money on your build. You don't need the additional graphics card in your system.

Fast and reliable with Windows 11 Pro On ASRock z690 board purrs like a kitten

Installed in a Gigabyte z390 Aorus Master Motherboard on a Custom Water Cooling loop and I can run it at 52x103 All Cores. Runs cool for me. Great CPU for those looking to upgrade, you will not be disappointed. See one of my Bench scores at.... https://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/18062763

Awesome 👍

Pretty much 7600 level power and output Cost effective Non integrated graphics




I'm coming from a 2011 build with a 2nd Gen i7-2600K. This thing is silky smooth... I'm cooling it with a 240mm H100i RGB Platinum Closed loop AIO and get 29/31C idles and 45/50C max load/games currently OC'd @ 4.6GHz and I'm sure it can go over 5GHz just not tempted to do so just yet.. This processor is intended to be an all around and gaming PC which it handles everything with ease. (My build is described below) the HT feature, even though nice, is not needed for gaming... maybe if't you're a streamer and constantly using fraps and lossless RGB settings then MAYBE the i7-8700K is for you. I've even used fraps while playing and no loss in performance and FPS... I'm a loyal intel consumer, been building these things since the Pentium Overdrive/P3/C2D/2nd gen i7 and now this one. Never built an AMD for myself. *UPDATE* Upped the overclocking last night to 5GHz, temps went up to 38C.

- Love it, 24 cores, goes to 5.5Ghz on PCores - You can throw anything at it, it destroys my previous 9700k in sheer speed. - Not too hot if properly cooled, either get a beefy air cooler or a water cooled device. - Plan to stay with this for a very long time 8o). - Could not find any problems in games in dealing with the hydrid architecture (Pcores/Ecores)

The CPU mounted easily, and ran well first time out of the box.

