Intel Core i7-8086K Anniversary Limited Edition, 5 GHz, 6 Core, 12 Thread Processor Review

Intel Core i7-8086K Anniversary Edition - Cooler Performance and Temperatures

The Intel Coffee Lake processors feature higher clock speeds and more cores, this means that the temperatures can directly be affected by the updated design. In terms of packaging, the processor's ship with the same TIM between the IHS that has been used on previous mainstream Intel CPUs. In short, they aren't as great as soldered ones but we should expect temps to stay under somewhat level of control due to tweaking. The results were carried out with the Corsair H115i PRO liquid cooler:

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9.0

WCCFTECH RATING

The Intel Core i7-8086K features great performance out of the box and celebrates one of the most iconic moment in the x86 architecture history but the Core i7-8700K does almost everything that the 8086K could do for $70 US less.

Pros

• Great out of the box performance (4 GHz base / 5 GHz boost clocks)
• Fastest Intel 6 core processor as of right now
• Faster multitasking performance
• Excellent Gaming performance
• Features enhanced 14nm++ process node and 6/12 core config
• Over 4 GHz boost across all cores at stock configuration
• Great overclocking capabilities

Cons

• Very high price ($429 US)
• Very high power consumption when overclocked
• Very high temperatures when overclocked
• Performance not that great when compared to the Core i7-8700K (both stock and overclocked)

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