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In 2017, AMD and Intel once again competed with each other, in a way we hadn't seen in years. Both brands came up with tons of new Core and Ryzen processors. Time to take stock: Which processor should you buy for which purpose? After reading this article...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
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uk.hardware.info Updated:
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In 2017, AMD and Intel once again competed with each other, in a way we hadn't seen in years. Both brands came up with tons of new Core and Ryzen processors. Time to take stock: Which processor should you buy for which purpose? After reading this article...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
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Have you got an Intel i7-8700K and want to make the most of it? Here's my beginners guide to overclocking a delidded chip! Want one? Delidded bundle: bit.ly/2BMpqbt Stock bundle: bit.ly/2E3Tk02 Video sponsored by: Asus & AWD-IT - Patreon: www.patreon.com/...
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For the past few years, processors made by Intel have been more powerful – and much more popular – than those made by rival AMD. However, AMD’s Ryzen processors have turned that around: they’re powerful CPUs at a tempting price, and an excellent alternati...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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I can't recall the last time I've seen so many new products to hit the market in such a short period of time. We can thank AMD for this, first with its release of the Ryzen CPU, then the unleashing of the Radeon RX Vega GPUs, and finally the uber-chip; th...
"Unless you're a serious multithreader, we have a new champion when it comes to single core performance."...
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Intel's 6-core 8th generation Core i7-8700K CPU is the reality check to high-performance, high-priced CPUs like the $2,000 Core i9 and $1,000 AMD RYzen Threadripper. The real battle for the desktop and consumer's wallets is with this amazingly affordable...
Ultimately how we judge the Core i7-8700K comes down to two areas: Performance and price.In performance, it's pretty clear Core i7-8700K is an impressive CPU. With its high clock speeds and efficient micro-architecture, it punches out of its weight class...
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Intel had to push the core count on its mainstream processors with Coffee Lake. This was inevitable, and frankly, would have been unthinkable had chip maker introduced yet another generation of quad-core CPUs in light of how AMD has redrawn the battle lin...
Hyper-threading overtakes Ryzen, Low-impact overclocking...
Overclocking only on K models, Requires new motherboard...
Intel Core i7-8700K proves Team Blue is still the top dog in the processor world. Coffee Lake is a clear improvement over Kaby Lake with impressively higher single-core and multi-core numbers, and ever-so-slightly better gaming performance. What's more, t...
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The day has finally come, Intel has increased the core counts of their mainstream processors, and added two extra cores to their Core i3, i5, and i7 lineup. For roughly the same price as a 7th Generation i7-7700K, you will get 6-cores and 12-threads of pr...
The i7-8700K and i5-8400 are a step in the right direction. That direction is the move towards more cores, and what the industry needed was for both sides to release mainstream 6-core parts. While 6-core parts have existed for many generations, they have...
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For years, Intel has been the establishment of PC enthusiasts. To stretch the current British political metaphor, it was ‘many cores for the few' people who had enough cash to buy a high-end processor and ultra-expensive motherboard. This year saw AMD ap...
Huge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X...
Doesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance, Not compatible with older motherboards...
The i7-8700K doesn't ship with its own cooler on account of its overclockability. You'll need to pick an all-in-one liquid cooler or a powerful air cooler to ensure it can cope with a proper overclock. Also, remember to buy a proper set of DDR4 memory; de...
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Intel has rolled out its family of 8th Generation Coffee Lake CPUs along with the Z370 chipset. The headline news is an increase in core counts so Core i7-8700K/8700 have six cores and 12 threads, Core i5-8600K/8400 has six cores/ six threads and Core i3-...
Six cores and high clock speed equals high performance, Intel IPC is superb, Simple overclocking with Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, Prices have been held steady from 7th. Gen...
CPU cooling is hindered by TIM. Again, 8th Gen. CPU requires a Z370 motherboard...
Wow. Just wow. Intel's new Core i7-8700K is fabulous and performs like a champ with those six cores and 12 threads showing that the time has come to move beyond quad core. It is painful to consider that if Intel soldered the package and allowed it to cool...
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It's the final big CPU launch of the year, and it's a big one. Intel is hoping to take the fight to AMD's Ryzen in the mainstream desktop CPU market and claw back lost ground, specifically in the multithreaded arena where AMD's Ryzen 5 hexacore and Ryze...
We could have written a much shorter review today, which essentially covered just a few key points. The Core i7-8700K is not compatible with older motherboards, it has two more cores than a Core i7-7700K, it's very fast, even faster when overclocked (whic...
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thunderbaylive.com Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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It's Intel's turn to disrupt the mainstream market with SIX CORE Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs… But can they disrupt like Ryzen?Thanks to our sponsor Dollar Shave Club, new members get their 1st month of the ‘Sh*t, Shower, Shave' Starter Set including the Exec...
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This is an unprecedented moment as Intel has never had three product generation available in a single year and with the announcement of the EOL for the Skylake family, the Coffee Lake will exist side-by-side with the relatively new Kaby Lake processors...
Increased core count, Better IPC than Ryzen, 5ghz is attainable on good cooling...
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8PolarizingDesign 8ProsIncreased core countBetter IPC than Ryzen5ghz is attainable on good coolingConsLimited availability on launchReaders Rating: 97% 2 votesIts a decent processor overall and performance in productivity workloads is quite competitive wi...
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Want one? Amazon: prourls.co/74Aw This killer chip from Intel is the new i7 8700K. It's a 6 core, 12 thread, 3.7GHz CPU aimed at filling the gap between the mainstream and the high end desktop platform (HEDT), so how does it do? Let's take you through the...
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The Intel Core i7 8700K CPU is our first real taste of the new Coffee Lake architecture. Despite the myriad rumours, speculation, and leaked reviews, it's still a fascinating processor launch. That, however, is more because of what it represents than how...
Intel's Coffee Lake lineup has been created with a very clear objective: beat AMD's Ryzen processors and do it quickly. To that end they've pulled in the launch date of this 8th generation of their Core architecture so they arrive before the end of the ye...
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It's certainly been a busy so far for Intel They began in January with the release of desktop Kaby Lake CPUs, otherwise known as the -series, and the -series motherboards This was followed by their first all-new new High-End Desktop platform in July, com...
Big step forward in price/performance, Impressive power efficiency, Temperatures remain under control, Solid overclocking potential...
Z370 fails to be a major update to the chipset, Not backwards compatible...
So, Coffee Lake is real, it's here, and you can buy it; but should you? Let's start wrapping things up.First we should address the elephant in the room: the proximity to Kaby Lake's release, and indeed the Core X enthusiast platform. It is absolutely regr...
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It seems like ever since the launch of AMDs Ryzen and the subsequent introduction of Threadripper, Intel has been on roll. If you have doubts about that, I'll invite you to discuss them in our forum comment thread for this article. While there were som...
Over the last few processor reviews Ive done, the conclusion usually boiled down to me stating that summing things up would prove to be a challenge. That wont happen this time because Intel made it pretty easy for me. Coffee Lake may not be revolutionar...
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Both Intel and AMD have been locking horns over the last few months, something we haven't seen on a competitive level for years now. We've had Ryzen and Threadripper go head to head with Intel's previous/current gen, as well as their new X299 platform chi...
One of the fastest consumer CPUs to date, 6 Core 12 Thread design, Easily overclocks to 5 GHz on air, Can break 5.2 GHz on enthusiast cooling, Incredible 1080p gaming performance, Competitive 4K gaming performance, Powerful performance for productivity...
Requires a new Z370 motherboard, “Many may be on the fence with the whole Z370 motherboard upgrade, but if you’re looking to build a new system right now, or upgrade one that’s got a few years on the clock, the i7-8700K is a killer piece of hardware for a...
Well, that's opening up a can of worms, isn't it‽ When it comes to outright performance, it's a great option for any system builder right now. It shows that 6 cores is enough for most tasks, even more so thanks to the ability to easily overclock it to 5 G...
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2017 is proving to be a landmark year for desktop PC CPUs. There has been more innovation this year than the preceding five, driven by AMD coming back into the enthusiast market with a range of price-to-performance champions based on the all-new Zen archi...
Intel has finally been moved into taking a long, hard look at its mainstream enthusiast PC chips and motherboards. Such re-evaluation of the product portfolio has been largely instigated by the arrival of AMD's Ryzen processors, though that is certainly n...
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Intel's 6-core 8th generation Core i7-8700K CPU is the reality check to high-performance, high-priced CPUs like the $2,000 Core i9 and $1,000 AMD RYzen Threadripper. The real battle for the desktop and consumer's wallets is with this amazingly affordable...
Ultimately how we judge the Core i7-8700K comes down to two areas: Performance and price.In performance, it's pretty clear Core i7-8700K is an impressive CPU. With its high clock speeds and efficient micro-architecture, it punches out of its weight class...
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Intel's Core 2 Quad processors debuted with four cores in 2006. Although six-core models landed four years later in the high-end desktop space, the company's most accessible chips topped out in quad-core configurations for more than a decade. The Coffee L...
Strong performance in games and productivity applications, Lower price-per-thread than competition, Overclocking headroom...
Z-series motherboard requirement, Overclocking tax...
Intel finally expanded the core count of its mainstream processors, facilitating solid all-around performance from the Core i7-8700K. Aggressive Turbo Boost bins ensure great performance in lightly-threaded workloads, while six cores cut through demanding...
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It's been one hell of a year for both AMD and Intel. AMD totally upset the apple cart with the launch of the Ryzen processor stack. It hit at the Intel product stack from the i3 all the way up to the extreme end of the scale. With the launch of Threadripp...
Gaming performance, Overall performance, Optane memory ready, Overclocking K-SKU...
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When you look at the results delivered by the Core i7 8700K and Core i5 8400, it's clear that Intel's new architecture has got a tremendous upside in performance. When compared to Intel's Kaby Lake and Skylake 4C/8T processors, the added core count of the...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
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Also, while the Skylake-X Core i7-7800X was a much better overclocker than its Broadwell-E predecessor, managing to hit 4.8GHz relatively easily, the Core i7-8700K managed to get to the magic 5GHz figure with the same effort. Ultimately, the poor old Core...
One of the best for lightly threaded applications, Superfast...
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The most powerful CPU south of Skylake-X and Threadripper, but it demands a premium...
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Intel has just launched the latest series of its 8th generation Core processors. The CPUs, designed for use in desktop PCs, are fast and relatively affordable -- and they're probably going to leave you very confused...
This is a question I keep mulling over. If you're building a brand new PC and investing in a new motherboard then the 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake processors are worth a look. Particularly if you game o...
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ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
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There is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvem...
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Looking at Intel's 8c/8t Core i7-9700K, I thought having 8 cores and high clocks would be great, even with Hyper-threading disabled… and I couldn't be so wrong.I had to test again and again to make sure what I saw was correct and sure enough it is, at a...
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Is upgrading to Intel's 8th generation of CPUs a worthwhile investment? FutureFive's Darren Price takes a look at the Intel Core i7-8700K.It's been a year since I road-tested Intel's 7th generation Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU. The chip has been running th...
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It's the age-old question that has spurred endless debate: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has reached new heights with AMD's Ryzen 2000 Series, often referred to by users (but not AMD) as "Ryzen 2," competing against Intel's 8th Gen "Coffee Lake" for d...
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The second generation of AMD Ryzen CPUs launched with a mighty bang last month. They propelled the performance of the Ryzen CPUs to new heights, breaking the 4 GHz barrier with ease, and delivering greatly improved performance. Not only that, they're rubb...
For the desktop PC gamer, the higher TDP X models are still the go-to for gaming and general performance though. They're a little faster, and a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for. However, if heat and power are a big concern to you, and t...
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The second generation of Ryzen CPUs is here at last! Following on from our launch of the 2700X and the 2600X, the lower TDP non-X parts are here now too! We've already reviewed the 8-core R7 2700 and were impressed with what it had to offer. Of course, to...
I can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
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Want one? 8700K Amazon: prourls.co/74Aw 1800X Amazon: prourls.co/riWO So you want to know which is better, the Intel i7 8700K, or the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (at stock clocks)? I've retested all my normal benchmark applications, and Player Unknown's Battlegroun...
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Since November of 2008, when Intel launched their first Core I7 processor, the i7 920, Intel's consumer platform has been topped out at 4 cores and 8 threads. In 2010, the enthusiast platform was given the luxury of their first hex, or 6 core processor, i...
The 8700k not only met my expectations, but far surpassed what I ever thought the chip would do. The 8700k combines the multitasking of Intel’s HEDT platform, with the single core and gaming performance of their very popular, consumer platform...
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You've read the reviews, we've highlighted their pros and cons, and now we are putting them together on a single CPU comparison. On deck for this one we tested 8 processors in 9 games at not only 1080p, but also 720p and 1440p, amounting to more than 650...
Wrapping up with the 720p data first, these low-res results are important for a few reasons, though for some they can be a bit misleading. They're important because they show us the true difference between CPUs in these games. With any speed limits remove...
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Intel made quite a splash with its 8th generation Core desktop processor rollout. Bolstered by two more cores than its predecessor, the Core i7-8700K restored Intel's domination in both single-threaded and multi-threaded performance metrics. Among other t...
For this article, we completed nearly 500 individual benchmark runs to paint a more complete picture on the DDR memory situation with Coffee Lake. We had no problems reaching our targets thanks to Gigabyte's fine Z370 Ultra Gaming and G.SKILL's outstandi...
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For the first time in Intel history, Coffee Lake brings more than four physical cores to end-user consumer computing. Regardless of whether or not you want to consider this a reaction to AMD's Ryzen Coffee Lake manages to combine high clock speeds with mo...
Whether or not we have to thank AMD for Intel's quick turnaround on the availability of six-core consumer-grade CPUs we will never know for sure. However, it became very clear to us that the Core i7-8700K hits the sweet spot of multi-core performance almo...
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Early in 2017, Intel released their brand new Kaby Lake platform, featuring a plethora of CPUs and motherboards. The Kaby Lake platform introduced nothing new over what Skylake and its boards already offered. It was simply part of Intel's yearly refresh a...
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Intel's 6-core 8th generation Core i7-8700K CPU is the reality check to high-performance, high-priced CPUs like the $2,000 Core i9 and $1,000 AMD Ryzen Threadripper. The real battle for the desktop and consumer's wallets is with this amazingly affordable...
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For those who game, there's no better processor than Intel's Coffee Lake Core i7-8700K. Where its predecessor, the Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K, offered little more than slightly higher clock speeds and a way to decode DRM-laden 4K video over 2015's 6700K, t...
The best CPU for gaming, Strong out-of-the-box clock speed, Intel's six-cores beat AMD's eight-cores in many production tasks, Offers substantial gains over Skylake and Kaby Lake in multithreaded apps...
Still only 16 PCIe lanes on the CPU, Platform needs voltage tweaks to run at its best, Coffee Lake is the third "optimisation" of an existing architecture with no IPC improvement, The 8700K runs very hot and pulls a lot of watts, You can overclock to over...
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2017 has been an interesting year for processors with AMD's long awaited introduction of the Zen-based Ryzen / Threadripper / EPYC processors, Intel's Core X-Series processors for high-end desktops, the Xeon Scalable processor family introduction, and now...
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Following its high-end desktop platform launch with the Core X family, Intel is closing the year with the 8th generation Core "Coffee Lake" mainstream processor family. 2017 has been an exciting year in the world of processors with AMD's Ryzen offering b...
Incredible single-threaded performance, 6-cores, large multi-threaded gains over previous generation, Competitive pricing, HyperThreading included, Excellent overclocking potential, Unlocked multiplier...
New motherboards required, Only small improvements in gaming...
The Intel Core i7-8700K retails for $380. Incredible single-threaded performance 6-cores, large multi-threaded gains over previous generation Competitive pricing HyperThreading included Excellent overclocking potential Unlocked multiplier New motherb...
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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. Over time many of those problems were solved with micro-code and BIOS up...
6-core in a mainstream Intel chip, 36% multi-core performance improvement over the i7-7700K, Can easily overclock to 5.0 GHz, Single-core performance improvements, Beats Ryzen in gaming performance, Platform has 40 PCI-Express 3.0 lanes...
New motherboard needed, Sort of upsetting if you've bought an i7-7700K recently...
As you can see from our results on the previous page this is not an ordinary processor update from Intel. The 8th Generation Core Desktop series is bringing with it increases in core counts finally! We are going to see 6-core i5's and i7's and even quad-c...
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It's been almost eleven years since Intel released its first quad-core desktop CPU, the glued-together Core 2 Quad Q6600, and what a glorious processor it was. The 65nm quad-core chip operated at 2.4 GHz, but back then boost clocks weren't a thing and CPU...
Great for highend gaming and competent at productivity. Offers better allaround performance than the 7700K. One hell of an overclocker...
Relatively expensive compared to Ryzen. Expect to spend $550for the chip, a motherboard and a nice cooler...
Intel's new mainstream flagship Core i7 processor is a beast. For gamers seeking the ultimate solution there is simply nothing better than the Core i7-8700K. Out of the box performance is incredible, overclocking is even more incredible, power consumption...
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proclockers.com Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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Today, Intel has launched their 8th generation Core Processors, formerly known as Coffee Lake. With this launch comes something every hardware enthusiast has been waiting for, the launch of Intel's first consumer 6-core processor, the Core I7-8700k. While...
It's hard to know where to start here. Besides the exciting times of finally seeing more than 4 cores on the mainstream desktop platform, all 6 cores come out swinging. Intel's i7-8700K consistently placed at or very near the top of all of our benchmark r...
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How quickly things change. Just nine months ago, Intel introduced the Core i7-7700K, its seventh in a line of four-core, eight-thread enthusiast processors that stretches back to 2010. We contented ourselves with about a 5% performance increase on average...
It's time to condense all of our test results into our famous value scatter plots. We use a geometric mean of all of our real-world results to ensure that no one test has an undue impact on the overall index. First up, let's look at gaming performance. T...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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It was just nine months ago when we said the Kaby Lake flagship was the chip we've been waiting for. Now, just three quarters later, Kaby Lake has effectively been wiped off the map. The king is dead. Long live the king!The Intel Core i7-8700K, formerly k...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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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...
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...
With high clocks and hexa-core design, Intel's top 8th 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 (though Coffee Lake Core i5s can be a better...
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The Core i7 8700K Tested Intel's all new six core Coffee Lake processorIt is time to check out the new six-core proc from Intel, the Core i7 8700K will be put through our benchmark paces. This is Coffee Lake, Intel's new mainstream processor that you will...
With Coffee Lake Intel has a very fast processor series offering available for the masses. You can complain about pricing in comparison to the much cheaper Ryzen 5 1600X (229 EURO) but purely seen from a performance perspective, the Core i7 8700K is absol...
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Disclosure: The Core i7 8700K was loaned by AORUS to test the Z370 Gaming 7 and therefore not provided by Intel or any of its third parties press contacts.Intel eight generation Coffee Lake SKUs are based on 14nm manufacturing process. It uses the same so...
What to take from Core i7 8700K?That power draw with the 5 GHz overclock + overclock preset RX 580 8G is brilliant! I used the preset which pulled 1.30v for the 5.0 GHz. I am sure this can do better since its an ES chip, but I wanted to see how it will pe...
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pcper.com Updated:
2018-03-31 03:43:29
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Coffee Lake is the second spoke of Intel's “8 th generation” wheel that began with the Kaby Lake-R release featuring quad-core 15-watt notebook processors for the thin and light market. Though today's release of the Coffee Lake-S series (the S is the desi...
The performance story surrounding the 8th Generation Intel Core processors codenamed Coffee Lake is straightforward. Take the Kaby Lake parts that were already damned good, increase the core count in Core i7, Core i5, and Core i3 families, and also increa...
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It can't have escaped your attention - particularly as we've been previewing it all week - that there is a new Intel 8th Generation CPU and attendant chipset released today.Recently Intel has been focussing largely upon their high end products with the X2...
With the enormous sales figures that the mainstream Intel processors achieve it is always going to be in everyone's interest when a new model appears.Given the number of cores and performance that we saw when the Ryzen 7 processors appeared there was a si...
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Today we are able to show you the benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 6-core Coffee Lake processors! Many enthusiasts have become accustomed to the incremental 5-10 percent speed bump that comes with each new processor generatio...
The Intel Core i7-8700K was an exciting processor to benchmark and overclock as Coffee Lake drastically improves performance at a minimal price increase. For $20 more than a 4-core, 8-thread Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake processor you can now get a 6-core, 12-t...
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The upheaval of the high-end desktop processor segment continues today with the official release of Intel's latest Coffee Lake-based 8th Generation Core processors. 2017 easily been one of the most exciting years in a decade for desktop processors, thanks...
Strong Multi-Thread Performance, Killer Single-Thread Performance, Relatively Low Power, High Overclocks...
Requires New Motherboards, Despite Using LGA1151 Socket, Not All Unlocked...
Intel Core i7-8700K And Core i5-8400 Processors -- Find Them At AmazonAlthough they are not based on a totally new architecture, the design choices Intel made with Coffee Lake and its 8th Generation Core processors completely re-shape the company's mainst...
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Intel's Core 2 Quad processors debuted with four cores in 2006. Although six-core models landed four years later in the high-end desktop space, the company's most accessible chips topped out in quad-core configurations for more than a decade. The Coffee L...
Strong performance in games and productivity applications, Lower priceperthread than competition, Overclocking headroom...
Zseries motherboard requirement, Overclocking tax...
Intel finally expanded the core count of its mainstream processors, facilitating solid all-around performance from the Core i7-8700K. Aggressive Turbo Boost bins ensure great performance in lightly-threaded workloads, while six cores cut through deman...
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The 8th Generation Intel Core processors, codenamed Coffee Lake, are the first Intel processor family to garner so much interest in recent history. Thanks to the Ryzen Effect, Intel is finally increasing the number of processor cores across the board...
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Its hard to believe considering we just finished up an Intel launch, but it is already time to check out Intel's next launch. Kaby Lake was launched at the beginning of this year and the Mainstream lineup of CPUs is getting refreshed with Coffee Lake and...
So I think most people will admit that AMD has had a lot of wins this year with all of the Ryzen launches. As I found out in our 1700v7700K coverage the 7700K was still a great performing CPU, especially when looking at gaming performance. But with ju...
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IT'S BEEN ONE HELL OF A YEAR for processor launches: Kaby Lake, Ryzen, Thread Ripper, Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X, and now Coffee Lake as well. That's six different SKUs in less time than it takes to spit, each housing a plethora of fantastic advances for the...
Swift response from Intel, Versatile chip, Cost-effective...
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Intel core i7-8700K review – While Intel's Core i7-7800X offers an overdockable and affordable way to get six cores and 12 threads, all eyes have been on the mainstream Core i7-8700K instead, and for several reasons. Firstly, the 7800X's quad-channel memo...
Huge six-core power, Highly overclockable, Stable and easy-to-use platform, Mighty single-core speeds and gaming performance, Cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X...
Doesn't compete with Ryzen 1700 or 1700X on price, Cheaper 8-core Ryzens offer similar multi-core performance, Not compatible with older motherboards...
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It has been ten years since Intel introduced quad-core processors into its mainstream product range. It was expected that six-core parts would hit the segment a few years after, however due to process improvements, microarchitecture gains, cost, and a lac...
It has been a long time coming, but we finally have something bigger than a quad-core processor on Intel's mainstream platform. Fundamentally it might be the same architecture as the processors preceded it, but after a decade of quad-core Intel parts, it...
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On a recent visit to Intel we were given a flight case full of goodies, we thought you guys may like the chance to get your hands on this swag. If you watch the video below you will see we have a Tshirt, socks, stickers, sweets, a mug, a portable battery...
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Legit Reviews has been using Blender in our benchmarks for years and hopefully you've found the results worthwhile and interesting. Blender, for those that might not know, is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D p...
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Geekbench 5 was officially released by Primate Labs today and Legit Reviews has been taking a look at this benchmark in the lab. The release of Geekbench 5 brings new machine learning, augmented reality, and computational photography workloads to the CPU...
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We've been hugely focused on Windows benchmarks lately, so it's about time we spice things up and get another collection of Linux tests together. The last time we tackled CPU performance in Linux was with the launch of Intel's Core i9-9900K. That article...
We recently updated our Linux testing suite a wee bit, making minor changes, but at the expense of dropping all single-threaded benchmarks – by accident. We hadn't thought much about every single set of results being hugely optimized for core counts, whic...
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In the course of our reviews, when we get a chance to get hands on with random processors, we run our test suite and add the data to our database. Sometimes that doesn't materialize directly into a review, but at least we have the data. Two very similar C...
Battling CPUs at $60 is going to be a tough call. Do you throw the best hardware around the chip that money can buy to compare the absolute limits of the hardware under ideal conditions, or do you keep it more reasonable for the price bracket it is intend...
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Intel's new i7-9700K is available for about $400 to $430, which lands it between the 9900K – priced at around $550, on a good day – and the 8700K's $370 price-point. We got ours for $400, looking to test the new 8C/8T CPU versus the not-that-old 8700K and...
The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to 6C/...
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Today we're reviewing the Intel i5-9600K CPU, a 6-core 8th-Generation refresh part that's been badged as a 9000-series CPU. The 9600K is familiar to the 8600K, except soldered and boosted in frequency. The new part costs roughly $250 and runs at 3.7GHz b...
By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also che...
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Earlier this month we tested graphics performance in Battlefield V covering a massive range of graphics cards at 1080p, 1440p and 4K. We also looked at real-time ray tracing performance. For those tests we used the single player campaign to measure perfor...
Battlefield V is playable on quad-cores but you can expect frequent frame dips, resulting in less consistent frame rates. For the most part, we've found that the older Core i5-7600K has been hanging in there pretty well with AAA titles released in 2018, b...
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Today we're finally bringing you the epic gaming battle between the Ryzen 7 2700X and Core i7-8700K that so many have been requesting. From AMD, the Ryzen 2700X packs 8 cores and 16 threads clocked between 3.7 and 4.3 GHz, depending on the workload. From...
Having established that the Core i7-8700K is hands down faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X for gaming, it's also not a great deal faster. Realistically at 1080p with a beastly graphics card you'll stand to gain up to 15% performance at the high-end, but will m...
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It's the age-old question that has spurred endless debate: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has reached new heights with AMD's Ryzen 2000 Series, often referred to by users (but not AMD) as "Ryzen 2," competing against Intel's 8th Gen "Coffee Lake" for d...
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Raven Ridge APUs are interesting as products. In a world where MSRP acted as an infallible decree handed down by galactic overlords, the GT 1030 would cost $70, the RX 560 would cost $100, and the G4560 would always have been $60. In this world, however...
The R3 2200G offers highly competitive performance at its price and, ultimately, really has no immediate competition. At $100, the CPU offers 78-85% of the performance of the R5 2400G at 58% of the price. Not bad at all. We can strongly recommend the R3 2...
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It's time we revisited the good old Core i7-8700K, an Intel CPU we're rather fond of after it remained at the top of the game for quite some time, and maybe even today.But not everyone may have the same kind of feeling towards it. If you were building a...
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