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

AndreiD · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:29

Nelly said:
Reading on the Techpowerup review, the 8400 will only clock to 3.8GHz across all cores, and 4GHz on single thread. They was unable to increase the clock speed to 4GHz across all cores no matter what they did.https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i5_8400/17.html

Seems to be a bios 'issue' with the 3.8Ghz on all cores, wonder if it's going to be 'fixed'.
The i5 8400 looks like ridiculously good value otherwise, they really did hit some good price-points with the 8300 and 8400.

TrickyTris · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:36

BriT said:
Surely binned cpu's should be done after decent stock has arrived?

You'd think so wouldn't you, along with the motherboard/cpu bundles. Seems a bit of an odd way to handle the demand when you know theres a low initial supply. Suppose it means extra profit for OcUK though, as people unwilling to wait will spend the extra to just have it now.

Nelly · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:36

AndreiD said:
Seems to be a bios 'issue' with the 3.8Ghz on all cores, wonder if it's going to be 'fixed'.
The i5 8400 looks like ridiculously good value otherwise, they really did hit some good price-points with the 8300 and 8400.

Sure does seem decent value compared to the AMD 1600 on a budget.

Makes me wonder what the i7-8700 currently clocks to across all cores with what was mentioned in regards to the 8400, it states 4.60 GHz Max Turbo Frequency. I can't see any reviews for that chip at the moment. :confused:

mikedigitales · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:37

I'm sure I read somewhere that the 8400 only did 3.8 max on all cores, think that's just how they are locked.

zola25 · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:39

Nelly said:
Makes me wonder what the i7-8700 currently clocks to across all cores with what was mentioned in regards to the 8400, it states 4.60 GHz Max Turbo Frequency. I can't see any reviews for that chip at the moment.

Most reviews seem to be quoting 4.3GHz all core turbo for the 8700 non-K.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:41

Its funny how places like TPU rate the K series chips very highly and gave the Core i5 8400 a sub 9 score.

On most forums,people seem more impressed by the Core i5 8400.

Dr Delphi · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:43

orbitalwalsh said:
what time did you place the order?

CPU dispatched at 14:04 order time
Motherboard etc in process will dispatch tomorrow probably as it’s saturday Delivery

AndreiD · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:44

I wouldn't put much weight in TPU's scores, their benches are their strong points, the scores are just fluff to please companies sending review samples.

And yeah, all of the locked Coffee Lakes have higher all core turbos than the stated base frequency. You're only going to be stuck with the base if you're throwing some AVX workloads at it.

gavinh87 · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:46

Probably not wise to go all out and get the hero if this is only ever going to support 1 CPU, hmm

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Rainmaker · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:51

What a let down of an effectively paper launch from Intel. No guys, wait, please don't buy AMD. October 5th, October 5th! Announce the release a bit early to keep interest... October 5th!... Then 'Pre-orders only.' What a crock lol.

AndreiD · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:52

@gavinh87 If most lines are similar to Z270, then the boards with the quality VRMs should be the ASUS ROG Maximus line, ASRock Taichi and the expensive Fatal1ty and for Gigabyte the Gaming 7 and maybe Gaming 5.

southernorth · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:53

Rainmaker said:
What a let down of an effectively paper launch from Intel. No guys, wait, please don't buy AMD. October 5th, October 5th! Announce the release a bit early to keep interest... October 5th!... Then 'Pre-orders only.' What a crock lol.

Well the i5-8400 is widely in stock and does seem like an excellent CPU in terms of price/performance. But I do agree, a disappointing launch. Gibbo did warn us yesterday though.

signal11th · 5 Oct 2017 at 16:55

southernorth said:
Well the i5-8400 is widely in stock and does seem like an excellent CPU in terms of price/performance. But I do agree, a disappointing launch. Gibbo did warn us yesterday though.

Very true.

8 Pack · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:05

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Well, yes, £800 for a 5.2Ghz chip that will make 3fps (made up for effect) difference in games would be stupid, though from previous posts I think you said these chips find their way into business' where those fractions start paying them back. People have the choice so really doesn't matter though does it.

4.9 is so far the minimum OC I have seen in the reviews, for me personally I would roll the dice. I would imagine a fraction of the money into good cooling may be money better spent.

If you dont delid no matter what your cooling your stuck at less than 1.3v to stabilize the OC.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:19

8 Pack said:
If you dont delid no matter what your cooling your stuck at less than 1.3v to stabilize the OC.

Ah, interesting, thanks. So toothpaste TIM really is an issue if you want to push them.

8 Pack · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:20

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
Ah, interesting, thanks. So toothpaste TIM really is an issue if you want to push them.

Ofcourse 6 cores to cool this time. Check out my video or see my thread and you will see the evidence.

esoteric · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:30

Been checking this thread all day. A bit gutted they're out of stock, price for the 8700k is exactly where I expected but I don't know if I'll go for an i7 this time. I've not seen any benches yet but I don't expect there to be a significant difference to the i5 8600k.

AthlonXP1800 · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:43

Wow Gigabyte now has promotion offer £20 and £40 Steam voucher on Z370 AORUS motherboards.

Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 now back in stock for £259.99 with free £40 Steam voucher.

Very tempting fantastic price so I ordered it.

Really very gutted 8700K are out of stock anywhere so I pre-ordered it on OCUK, hopefully OCUK will have 8700K stocks next week.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 5 Oct 2017 at 17:44

AthlonXP1800 said:
Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 now back in stock for £259.99 with free £40 Steam voucher.

HOW MUCH?????????

Very tempting fantastic price so I ordered it.

Fantastic?? A consumer chipset motherboard costing as much as a X299 motherboard.

Its fantastic but together with the words rip and off!!

Whats happened to the days when a motherboard which cost "only" £100 to £150 was more than enough for a consumer chip??

What the heck are Intel and AMD smoking nowadays??

At this rate a B series motherboard will be like £150.