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

Matt26LFC · 22 Nov 2017 at 19:47

Spook187 said:
I see the price gouging still going on at overclockers, no sale then simple as i shall wait it out, only a clown will buy that those prices.

Have you seen the prices of the pre binned 8700Ks today! The 5.2Ghz is now £900!

BriT · 22 Nov 2017 at 20:38

Wow even more price gouging, well done OC.

jasonsony735 · 22 Nov 2017 at 21:54

I'm guessing they have done this so they can advertise them cheap on blackfriday and make it look as if you are SAVING money ! HAHA

IT Troll · 22 Nov 2017 at 22:29

Matt26LFC said:
Have you seen the prices of the pre binned 8700Ks today! The 5.2Ghz is now £900!

Does 8Pack pop around and install that personally? Or does it just come with a free OcUK mug?

Panos · 24 Nov 2017 at 13:40

BTVA said:
so I bought the Asrock Z370 ITX Gaming. The Strix sucks now.

How so? Give more info mate

IT Troll said:
Look on the bright side, every day you wait it out, Z390 gets even closer. May as well wait for the proper chipset at this point.

When few pages back wrote to someone that ain't worth to upgrade right now, since we know that Z390 and 8 core CFL coming out late Q1 2018, everyone and his dog fell on me.

BTVA · 24 Nov 2017 at 13:53

Panos said:
How so? Give more info mate

When few pages back wrote to someone that ain't worth to upgrade right now, since we know that Z390 and 8 core CFL coming out late Q1 2018, everyone and his dog fell on me.

I retract my previous comment. Asrock is good when dealing with memory at 1T and cache overclocking but everything else it is behind the Asus

Panos · 24 Nov 2017 at 14:25

BTVA said:
I retract my previous comment. Asrock is good when dealing with memory at 1T and cache overclocking but everything else it is behind the Asus

Ahh

Haven't come around to update the BIOS. The system runs perfectly at 5.1core/4.8ring with ram OC at 4133C16 (from 3600C15)

BTVA · 24 Nov 2017 at 14:27

nice one there!

IT Troll · 24 Nov 2017 at 23:36

Panos said:
How so? Give more info mate

When first released the Strix boards were in petty poor shape. LLC didn’t work, causing bad vdroop, and XMP with multi core enhancement resulted in excessive over volting. I think that is all mostly fixed now with the latest beta bios, but it smacks of a rushed released. They also seem to be strangely stingy with rear USB ports for some reason.

Panos · 24 Nov 2017 at 23:46

IT Troll said:
When first released the Strix boards were in petty poor shape. LLC didn’t work, causing bad vdroop, and XMP with multi core enhancement resulted in excessive over volting. I think that is all mostly fixed now with the latest beta bios, but it smacks of a rushed released. They also seem to be strangely stingy with rear USB ports for some reason.

Ofc is fixed. I have the Z370I these are long ironed issues

He was referring to 1T on ram.

Jono8 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:17

Happy with the 8700 (non k). Basically performs exactly the same as a stock 8700k and as i won't be overclocking (need 64gb ram and rock sollid stability for DAW work)

Boosts to 4.3ghz all core and up to 4.6 on one core/low work loads

not bad for £269

southernorth · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:50

Jono8 said:
Happy with the 8700 (non k). Basically performs exactly the same as a stock 8700k and as i won't be overclocking (need 64gb ram and rock sollid stability for DAW work)

Boosts to 4.3ghz all core and up to 4.6 on one core/low work loads

not bad for £269

What are you cooling it with, and what are temps like under load?

Jono8 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:58

southernorth said:
What are you cooling it with, and what are temps like under load?

Intel stock cooler and temps are bad (naturally ) Goes up to 80 degrees in cinebench.

I have an aftermarket cooler on the way as i need it to be totally silent.

RavenXXX2 · 6 Dec 2017 at 17:47

Jono8 said:
Happy with the 8700 (non k). Basically performs exactly the same as a stock 8700k and as i won't be overclocking (need 64gb ram and rock sollid stability for DAW work)

Boosts to 4.3ghz all core and up to 4.6 on one core/low work loads

not bad for £269

£269, still get it for that?

Jono8 · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:01

RavenXXX2 said:
£269, still get it for that?

Not as far as i know/can see

deuse · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:29

I see the 8700k prices are back to nearly normal now....well except here.
Mine should be here soon.

Doogles · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:39

I was going to go buy a 8700k but with the extreme markup with the low supply I'm just going to wait another few months to see what Ryzen+ brings, it'll be interesting to see what Icelake is like with the Z390 chipset, wonder if it'll be 8c/16t.

AndreiD · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:54

It's impressive how the pricing in the UK is so bad when in some countries on the continent the 8700K is at MSRP already:

£326 for the boxed version at an unnamed retailer (I don't want to get banned) in Eastern EU. In fact I counted 10 retailers with 8700K stock at close to the £330 mark.
Meanwhile in the UK... price gouging galore.

Elfmeister. · 6 Dec 2017 at 20:30

It's listed in the UK for pre-order at £349.90 at the time of writing, although when it will be dispatched I don't know. I'd imagine Easter time at a guess, so supply and demand will keep the price"Fair" until then.

deuse · 7 Dec 2017 at 09:20

I've just cancelled my order as I've heard it will be back to £300 very soon.