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Intel to launch 6 core Coffee Lake-S CPUs & Z370 chipset 5 October 2017

Jay343434 said:
Yeah it's certainly tempting. Plus it might even be fine for gaming at 1440p anyway.

I googled but can't find any reviews though. Would love to see how it compares to the 7700k, I'm cruious whether the ipc performances have negated the hyperthreading in gaming.
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Well I decided to go for it and got the i3-8350k as a stopgap. Really need to shift my old system as I promised some parts to my nephew who's really struggling with his system and at least there's an upgrade path down the road.

I might even find that the i3 is all I need...
 
Marak said:
Well I decided to go for it and got the i3-8350k as a stopgap. Really need to shift my old system as I promised some parts to my nephew who's really struggling with his system and at least there's an upgrade path down the road.

I might even find that the i3 is all I need...
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What motherboard did you go for?

I want the strix itx but the price seems slightly inflated...
 
southernorth said:
The AM4 platform (for Ryzen) is seen as much more open than Z370, meaning you can upgrade your CPU more easily in 2-3 years without having to change motherboard. So you could upgrade to Ryzen 2 in a few years if you wanted. With Intel, you can only upgrade to an i5 8600k/i7 8700k in Z370. It's a locked platform in that sense.
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yes but in reality no one ever does this ! its a false sense of security. people like us change our mobos what 2/3 years max anyway.by that time sometimes double the speed is available.look at the benchmarks.realistically you going to have to going from lower end ryzen to threadripper top end in say 3 years time which will be slower than any of probably the mid range new then.8700k beats literally all ryzen now for not much more .why wait. buy the best you can now and then upgrade to new platform when you need to.
 
Gibbo said:
This, we had 30pc 8700K, we put them under regular stock, we would have sold 300pc in a few minutes and not be able to fulfill, as such listed as pre-order with an expected date of end of October, of course they may come sooner. Those 30 units are allocated to binned CPU's and systems only until Intel can improve upon supply.

Intel are launching a promotion on 6700K and 7700K with two triple AAA titles FREE which goes live very soon, as in about an hours time and with 7700K at £319 is quite attractive.
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@Gibbo If i'm after a full system what are my options?
 
Jay343434 said:
What motherboard did you go for?

I want the strix itx but the price seems slightly inflated...
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ASRock Extreme4. I've had my most recent two motherboards from ASRock and they have been solid and this one seems to tick all the boxes I need.

Reasonably priced here on OCUK too, seen it higher elsewhere.
 
£500 for 3% ^^^ why not if you have money to burn....

DragonQ said:
So it should get similar speeds to an overclocked R5 1600(X) for a similar price, except it probably has slightly higher IPC in most applications and doesn't have SMT.
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+1, for gaming the i5 8400 is the one to go for, or the Ryzen 1600, the rest are very much over priced in comparison.

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Gibbo said:
This, we had 30pc 8700K, we put them under regular stock, we would have sold 300pc in a few minutes and not be able to fulfill, as such listed as pre-order with an expected date of end of October, of course they may come sooner. Those 30 units are allocated to binned CPU's and systems only until Intel can improve upon supply.

Intel are launching a promotion on 6700K and 7700K with two triple AAA titles FREE which goes live very soon, as in about an hours time and with 7700K at £319 is quite attractive.
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Only 30 CPUs for a retailer like OcUK?? LOLWTFBBQ??

Is the Core i5 stock in a better shape??
 
southernorth said:
The AM4 platform (for Ryzen) is seen as much more open than Z370, meaning you can upgrade your CPU more easily in 2-3 years without having to change motherboard. So you could upgrade to Ryzen 2 in a few years if you wanted. With Intel, you can only upgrade to an i5 8600k/i7 8700k in Z370. It's a locked platform in that sense.
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plus the Z370 isn't even the top end of the boards with Z390 on the horizon. What are the odds these start to surface when the 8700k actually gets released in December :D
 
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