Great performance, runs hot.

It's performance is stellar, but it loses a point for Intel cheaping out with TIM. Get a good cooler. If you want to OC into the 4.8 ~ 5.0Ghz area, get a VERY good cooler.

Fastest single core performance available -Overclocks well -Crushes an i7 3930K / 5930K with ease

These are not cool CPU's; People are listing low idle temps like it's a big deal; Even at stock clocks with a decent liquid cooler, expect 65 ~ 70° C under stress; Start throwing more voltage at it while overclocking past 4.6Ghz and even good liquid coolers will jump into the upper 70s ~ 80s.

Very fast, great for video editing and gaming

This processor is really all you need in terms of speed and multi-tasking. Save your money and buy this instead of the i7-9700k as the performance difference is very minor. I video edit and heavy game and this processor never fails. Really big upgrade if you're coming from a 4th-5th gen i7 or i5.

Intel Core i7-8700K Review

To say 2017 has been a busy year for desktop-PC processors would be an understatement the size of Texas—or at least, Oregon. The best way to sum it all up might be to say, simply: In 2017, you'll get more cores (and more threads) for your CPU dollar than ever. That keeps getting reaffirmed as the year goes on—and it's not over yet. We still have the Intel Core i7-8700K ($379) to discuss. But first, AMD kicked off the trend with its eight-core Ryzen 7 chips in March, topping out on that platform with the Ryzen 7 1800X ($375.00 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) . And the new-CPU conveyor belt really hasn't stopped running since then, with AMD following on with six-core Ryzen 5 chips like the Ryzen 5 1600X, and quad-core, four-thread Ryzen 3 options like the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X. Intel countered with impressive, expensive enthusiast-class offerings in a new family called the Core X-Series, topped by the 18-core Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edtion. That mega-chip made AMD's competing counterp...

With high clocks and hexa-core design, Intel's top eighth-generation/"Coffee Lake" desktop CPU impresses as a mainstream "do-it-all" processor. It's an excellent gamer, too, when paired with a high-end video card.

50 percent more cores and threads (and higher boost clocks) than previous-gen mainstream chips; Best gaming performance we've seen at 1080p, when paired with a GTX 1080; Consistently tops AMD's similarly priced Ryzen 7 1700X

Higher MSRP than Core i7-7700K; Requires a new motherboard, despite Z370 chipset offering no substantive new features

Intel Coffee Lake Core i7 8700K 6 Core 3.7Ghz 12MB LGA 1151 6 Core/ 12 Threads, WITHOUT Cooler , Intel 300 Series Motherboard required

Got the CPU as part of my new build. Have used the product for 4 months and happy with the purchase. The integrated graphics supports 4k which is a bonus to free up my GPU. Paired this with a Noctua cooler and worked well, sitting comfortably at 20-24 degC for general use and 38-40 degC at 50% load.

Intel Core i7-8700K Processor Review

When AMD launched their Ryzen processors back in March things were a little shaky at first with stability and memory issues, which we talked about in our review of the Ryzen 7 1700X.

– 6core in a mainstream Intel chip; – 36% multicore performance improvement over the i77700K; – Can easily overclock to 5.0 GHz; – Singlecore performance improvements; – Beats Ryzen in gaming performance; – Platform has 40 PCIExpress 3.0 lanes

– New motherboard needed; – Sort of upsetting if you've bought an i77700K recently