Intel Core i7 8th Gen - Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 95W BX80684I78700K Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630

Pros: Speed binned I7-8700K. I'm running all cores OC'd at 5GHz with a modest voltage down with a Corsair Hydro H100i V2. I was planning to delid the CPU, but even before swapping the stock thermal compound of the Corsair cooler I'm running all cores under 78°C. With these results I thought to replace the stock thermal and call it a day, but I'll likely delid the CPU, just to get a couple more years out of it. Loving my results with this chip so far.

Cons: This rebranded chip is $75 to $100 more for a guaranteed 'lottery win' I7-8700K. Essentially, this chip will run a more stable OC than most I7-8700K. That said, there are plenty of reviews online that suggest that there were many non-speed binned I7-8700K's capable of the same thing. If you plan to OC you could always play the I7-8700K lottery, but for $75 more it was worth knowing the chip was OC ready, to me. HOWEVER, If you don't plan to OC this chip, then save yourself the extra cost. Only one core ships with boosted clocks and those clocks are minimal increases.

Overall Review: It's nice knowing you will get one of the better chips in the batch. I like the idea of having the option to pay a little more for a better binned part, and it would be interesting to see this trend become mainstream (with the obnoxious rebranding). What I don't love is that this chip was advertised as if its architecture was different - not the truth, which was that it was a speed binned I7-8700K. I don't really understand this, because as I said I would have been happy to have the opportunity to purchase a higher binned part either way as, I believe, many others would have been as well.

For me, I did my research first so I knew this was an I7-8700K with a modestly increased bin. I even knew that buying an I7-8700K was likely to give me the same results, but I wanted to make sure that my chip would give me the OC I was after. Still I think if I hadn't had this information up front I likely would have been upset. Bottom line, always do your research and know what you're buying. 'Hype' and 'Newest' are never good reasons to purchase a product.

Pros: -Best CPU on the market beyond some HEDT.
-Overclocks well

Cons: -The Newegg of 7/8 years ago would not have price gouged. Shame on you.
-Make no mistake, market demand is high, but clearly Intel is generating scarcity on purpose to limit AMD Ryzen sales. We all suffer as we have to wait, and the price is allowed to creep >$60 above release & MSRP.
-Forced to buy new motherboard. I bet 9th generation /10nm processors will also require the same.
-Still using inferior thermal material. Runs hot.
-No included heatsink. I like that there is a 3rd part market for cooling solutions, therefore I'm not in the camp that this needs to be provided. However, the price should also be decreased to compensate.
-Major failure for Intel. You've set back the desktop enthusiast market, and burned loyal customers badly.

Overall Review: -There is no avenue to reproach Intel and Newegg beyond these product reviews. Intel has deleted or quarantined all of the critical commentary regarding the Coffee Lake / 8th gen release on many of the social media platforms.
-It is good hardware, but the shameful business practices many of us had to endure to get one in-house are difficult to suffer.
-I am not AMD fanboy. They make an inferior product, but you get a lot more bang for your buck.
-Launch of X299 -Sklylake X and Z370- Coffee Lake are two strikes against Intel. I wish that the discussion regarding dissatisfaction with desktop computing would reenter the limelight. Everything appears muted or even suppressed.