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

[Spook187]

It's starting to get a bit ridiculous tbh. I'm hoping Overclockers put the price back down around £350 and I will pre-order then.

One shop has them at £389 overclockers £429 lol, 40 notes more lol, pure greed.

 

[AndreiD]

Just wait it out at this point, competition between retailers should drop pricing. It's already close to MSRP (£340~£350) in other countries where availability is better.

 

[southernorth]

The silicon lottery binning figures for i7 8700k's:

As of 11/11/17, 100% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 4.9GHz or greater. ( 1.387V Vcore -2 AVX Offset)
As of 11/11/17, the top 81% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.0GHz or greater. (1.40V Vcore , -2 AVX Offset)
As of 11/11/17, the top 58% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.1GHz or greater. (1.412V Vcore , -2 AVX Offset)
As of 11/11/17, the top 30% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.2GHz or greater. (1.425V Vcore , -2 AVX Offset)
As of 11/11/17, the top 6% of tested 8700Ks were able to hit 5.3GHz or greater.( 1.437V Vcore , -2 AVX Offset)

That's from 100+ CPUs

 

[AndreiD]

Weren't quite a few lads in this thread saying that the 6 core Coffee Lakes will clock worse than Kaby Lake?
Turns out they clock higher, 100% reaching 4.9Ghz and 81% 5Ghz or higher is pretty impressive.
According to Anandtech, for 14nm++ they increased transistor gate pitch to allow for higher leakage transistors, which made it possible to get higher frequencies at the detriment of a small increase in area.

 

[ShreddedGamer]

When will OCUK update the Custom PC builder with coffee lake CPU and motherboards?

 

[Digital X]

6 cores and 12 threads sounds mighty tasty. My 4/4 is starting to age.

Plus 1600Mhz RAM...

 

[southernorth]

6 cores and 12 threads sounds mighty tasty. My 4/4 is starting to age.

Plus 1600Mhz RAM...

With the way RAM prices are nowadays it isn't quite so tempting

 

[Digital X]

No, my stepdad and I were talking about that last night. It's shockingly high. Bring back 2012!

 

[jigger]

With the way RAM prices are nowadays it isn't quite so tempting

RAM prices pale compared to the cost of Coffe Lake.

 

[bradt]

Is there going to be more in the coffee lake lineup such as a I5 8600 none k or a I5 8500?

 

[imginy]

Is there going to be more in the coffee lake lineup such as a I5 8600 none k or a I5 8500?

Don't think there is much room for more, the 8400 is 4.1 and the 8600k 4.3

 

[Things change I've changed]

I'm thinking of grabbing an i7 8700 (non K), what are peoples thoughts on this processor? it's a fair bit cheaper than the K version and seems fast enough with 4.6 turbo, and with only 65w TDP I shouldn't have to have an expensive cooler so saves me money on that front also?

 

[AndreiD]

@lowrider007 If you can wait a month or so until pricing stabilizes, you might be able to get a 8700K for what the 8700 goes for right now, or even less.
The regular i7 8700K price should be around the £340 mark, i7 8700 around £290 and i5 8600K ~£240 (basing this on what I'm seeing at Eastern European retailers). UK retailers right now are just fluffing up the price because demand is high and the supply is limited.
If you're okay with spending more, then go for it, but paying almost £100 on top of what the regular prices should be doesn't sit well with me.

 

[jaffveyda]

@lowrider007 If you can wait a month or so until pricing stabilizes, you might be able to get a 8700K for what the 8700 goes for right now, or even less.
The regular i7 8700K price should be around the £340 mark, i7 8700 around £290 and i5 8600K ~£240 (basing this on what I'm seeing at Eastern European retailers). UK retailers right now are just fluffing up the price because demand is high and the supply is limited.
If you're okay with spending more, then go for it, but paying almost £100 on top of what the regular prices should be doesn't sit well with me.

Prices are mad atm, £100 gives you graphic card upgrade.I would wait.

 

[clone]

Got a few questions about the 8700k does it come with a intel cooler and when clocked to about 4.5ghz would a Aio be ok the cool it.

 

[danny77]

K cpus don't come with a cooler and an aio or a £30 air cooler would be enough for 4.5

 

[Drollic]

I'm thinking of grabbing an i7 8700 (non K), what are peoples thoughts on this processor? it's a fair bit cheaper than the K version and seems fast enough with 4.6 turbo, and with only 65w TDP I shouldn't have to have an expensive cooler so saves me money on that front also?

It's only 4.6 on one core. A clocked 8700k with all cores at only 4.8 would be a fair bit faster justifying the price.

 

[southernorth]

I'm thinking of grabbing an i7 8700 (non K), what are peoples thoughts on this processor? it's a fair bit cheaper than the K version and seems fast enough with 4.6 turbo, and with only 65w TDP I shouldn't have to have an expensive cooler so saves me money on that front also?

Are you looking at the 8700 for £269?

It's only 4.6 on one core. A clocked 8700k with all cores at only 4.8 would be a fair bit faster justifying the price.

It gets 4.3ghz all cores which isn't bad at all. Also, the 8700k is currently £130 more expensive and you also need a £70+ cooler to get decent overclocks.

 

[Defiant306]

Anyone know when we will see the 8700k in stock everywhere, just about all the places I have looked are either way stupidly priced or have no stocks at all. I was also considering a 8700k for Hyper-V host as well.

 

[imginy]

I'm thinking of grabbing an i7 8700 (non K), what are peoples thoughts on this processor? it's a fair bit cheaper than the K version and seems fast enough with 4.6 turbo, and with only 65w TDP I shouldn't have to have an expensive cooler so saves me money on that front also?

I got the i5 8400 and very happy with it and it's only 4.1 turbo 6 threads so pretty sure the 8700 would be really good with the 12 threads and 4.6 turbo.

The 8400 I got runs quietly at around 50c when gaming on stock cooler. Obviously the 8700 would be bit hotter if it uses same stock cooler (im not sure what it comes with).