Expert reviews

• 07/15/2018

  Summary

  Intel anticipated a performance hit in the range of a 2 to 8% when addressing the Variant 4 vulnerability by disabling Speculative Store Bypass, but in our tests it looks more like 1 to 3%. The impact for Linux users appears to align closer to Intel's cla...

  techspot.com

• 06/25/2018

  Summary

  Intel's Core i7-8700 is surprisingly similar to the company's more expensive -8700K in our benchmarks. You do lose the ability to overclock, but save $50 dollars in the exchange. Unfortunately, Intel's bundled cooler isn't able to cope with the -8700'...

  tomshardware.com

  Pros

  Small real-world performance difference compared to Core i7-8700K, Lower price than the -8700K,

  Cons

  Bundled cooler is not sufficient, Locked ratio multiplier