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by Most favourable review

Fantastic cpu

Purchased this cpu as lots of my pc parts broke due to a leaking watercooler. My last cpu was an overclocked i7 4790k so whatever i bought had to outdo that (not an easy task), the i7 8700k has done exactly that happily outperforming my old cpu with ease! The 6 cores 12 threads really help with a multitasking load on pc and gaming is a dream. Anyone who purchases this cpu im sure you will not be disappointed.Read full review

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: cheapselleruk

by Most critical review

Price is still a tad high compared to 8 cores Ryzen 3xxx CPUs

Being able to work on all consumer socket LGA1151-2 motherboard without needing to worry about BIOS updates (you should always keep BIOS up to date) is a great boon since the Z370 price are starting to come down (late-July 2020).
A 9700/9900/k/kf would be a better upgrade path for existing LGA1151-2 motherboard owner (who have updated BIOS for coffeelake refresh). As the compatible chipsets (Z3xx) are no longer in development, there's really no point in getting an unlocked CPU (the i7-8700k being reviewed) with thermal-paste under the IHS when the 9700/9900k exist with soldered IHS instead. Soldered IHS grant a with much better overclocking potential compared to thermal paste (unless you delid, but that's beyond what most user are willing to do).

Bottom-line: a good choice if you can get this CPU & Z370 mobo for <£250, AND assuming you already have some slower DDR4 (Ryzen 3xxx memory sweetspot is 3600MHz) already. Otherwise, look elsewhere, the perf/£ isn't there for a from the ground up build/system with or without used parts.
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Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: 6xkd2bxtrba@Del...

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Monster beast, low temps with delid

I7 8700K, OEM variant, got it for £279!. Performances are great and delid was also requested and performed free of charge, as per description. It's able to keep the CPU overclocked at 4.7GHz @ 1.08V at 70°C max under load... Insane! Greatly recommended.Read full review

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: newSold by: xlyu-uk

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Excellent

It arrived on time in good condition, well packaged. Runs games at high settings at 90 plus frames. works beautifully no complaints I would recommend this product.

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: newSold by: labourofwood

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Great for everything even overclocking!

Works great! Easy to overclock and even with a fan cooler it holds temperature lower than 50°c! (at 4700MHz!!)

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: danielm332

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Step up from i7 2600k

After running 2nd gen processor for last 7 years you can really feel the difference in the 8700k in the processing and the overclock temps running much cooler than the 2nd gen.
Worth while upgrade I.m.oRead full review

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: shortyrasta312

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Great purchase

Came as described, been able to keep it clocked at 5GHz OC, saved a good 100-150 pounds buying.
Thank you :)

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: british.gaming....

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Great purchese

The i7 came very quick, the performance is great and the temps are cool so it looks like it has definatly been delided.

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: aladdins-cave

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working great. thank you.

working great. thank you.

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: pre-ownedSold by: pcpartden1

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I7 8700k

Great product great guy. Don’t hesitate to purchase off him!!!

Verified purchase:  YesCondition: newSold by: herculated

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