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  • 6 Cores / 12 Threads
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    Intel BX80684I58600K 8th Gen Core i5-8600K Processor

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    Great For Gaming

    Outstanding gaming experiences extend beyond personal gameplay to your entire gaming community. Share those experiences by live-streaming or recording, editing, and posting your epic highlights. To perform at your best, get a great gaming PC powered by an 8th Gen Intel Core processor that lets you live—and share—the ultimate gaming experience.

    Incredible VR

    Great VR experiences involve the entire platform, not just any one component. The ideal combination of processor, graphics, I/O connectivity, display, and audio are required. A high-performance processor is key to achieving a balanced platform to make your VR experiences great. Attach your premium head-mounted display (HMD) to an 8th Gen Intel Core processor-based PC, and prepare to be amazed.

    Ultra HD Entertainment

    To play premium movie streams in stunning 4K UHD, get an advanced platform that supports the latest media technologies and entertainment. Bring premium, high-quality content to your desktop, with smooth streaming of premium 4K UHD entertainment, including 4K video creation and sharing and 360-degree viewing.

    Unlocked and Overclocking

    For the enthusiast, the unlocked 8th Gen Intel Core processors provide you the opportunity to tweak the platform performance to its fullest potential and enjoy great gaming and VR experiences. An impressive portfolio of standard and unlocked devices for a broad range of usages and performance levels provides you more control and more granularity for overclocking2 your platform.

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    133 customers mention129 positive4 negative

    Customers are happy with the performance of the processor. They say it gets the job done, is easy to install and set up, and is an incredible desktop and productivity machine. It's a great CPU for gaming and easy to overclock. Overall, it runs smoothly and is perfect for everything.

    "...Overall, the processor has been a reliable component to the gaming PC I recently built (Jan 2019)." Read more

    "...The performance is so good I doubt if I'm going to be noticing any difference overclocking other than getting higher numbers running benchmarks but..." Read more

    "...Outside of that, its runs perfectly fine for everything that doesn't really need Hyperthreading which i7 CPUs have...." Read more

    "...any game I play, but also just destroys at being an incredible desktop and productivity machine...." Read more

    38 customers mention34 positive4 negative

    Customers like the value of the computer processor. They say it's the best bang for the buck, runs great for its price, and is the best budget processor you can get. Some mention that it overclocks to 4.8GHz without having any issues.

    "...Highly recommend as the price has gotten much better on these i5." Read more

    "Great CPU for a medium budget build!! Can over clock easily to over 4ghz and can run games such as Call Of Duty with no problem! Highly recommend...." Read more

    "runs great for it's price only hiccup i'm noticing is something i can't guarantee is cpu related...." Read more

    "Amazing for how cheap it is and it functions with games amazingly. if you have the money then you should go for these 8th gen processors...." Read more

    30 customers mention30 positive0 negative

    Customers find the installation of the computer processor to be easy. They mention that it works great and is easy to set up. Some say that the processor is overclockable and runs cool.

    "...Installation was straight-forward for someone who has assembled only one PC prior...." Read more

    "...Pretty easy to install the chip itself, but it doesn't come with a stock cooler, so you'll need to buy one of your own...." Read more

    "This cpu was not hard to install i want to be fair the only reason i gave 3 stars for instalation was that in order to be able to over clock this..." Read more

    "...I got a new motherboard and it works great. Easy to install. And it’s lowest clock speed is 3.6 which is enough for most high quality games...." Read more

    21 customers mention16 positive5 negative

    Customers like the cooling of the processor. They say it runs cool as can be, offers decent thermals, and doesn't over heat. Some say it has great performance and low temps.

    "...Stock was around 90-95 watts @ 4.3 GHz. It runs so cool, I don't even need to delid...." Read more

    "...Riing Trio 360mm AIO to cool it, I run it overclocked with no heat issues and it is blazing fast...." Read more

    "...It's pretty quick and offers pretty decent thermals...." Read more

    "...It's perfect stable but a little bit heat issues. (80-85 degrees, 5Ghz, 1.36-1.372 Vcore)..." Read more

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    Customers are satisfied with the quality of the computer processor. They mention that it is a great choice for a high-end processor, a gaming PC, and an excellent upgrade. Some say that it meets all their needs without breaking the bank.

    "The i5-8600K is a great choice for a high-end processor that won't burn too big of a hole in your wallet...." Read more

    "...This i5 processor is great though along with my MSI motherboard, I am able to put on "Gaming Mode" and bump up the multiplier to 102 which gives me..." Read more

    "...Keeps up with all of the latest games, even ones that say they require a "better" CPU...." Read more

    "So far this CPU is great...." Read more

    8 customers mention8 positive0 negative

    Customers like the overclocking of the computer processor. They mention that it's easy to overclock, has good overclockability, and runs into no overload issues or heat issues.

    "Excellent i5 Coffee Lake CPU & overclocks well out of the box on a Aorus Z370 Gaming 5 mobo...." Read more

    "...Overall a great CPU for gaming and easy to overclock too." Read more

    "Awesome processor, better than the i7-7700k and is easily overclocked...." Read more

    "Great CPU for a medium budget build!! Can over clock easily to over 4ghz and can run games such as Call Of Duty with no problem! Highly recommend...." Read more

    9 customers mention0 positive9 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the fan of the computer processor. They mention that it does not come with a cooler or heatsink.

    "...Pretty easy to install the chip itself, but it doesn't come with a stock cooler, so you'll need to buy one of your own...." Read more

    "...This unit doesn't come with a stock cooler however so expect to pick one up along with this purchase...." Read more

    "...The only negative thing was that the processor did not come with a cooler...." Read more

    "...recommend investing in a decent cooling system, as this CPU does not come with one." Read more

    It's cool. Literally.
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    This is an amazing CPU,Upgraded from an i7 2600k @4.2ghzEverything I couldn't run smoothly before ran perfectly now, those being:Star Citizen, the unoptimized mess, from 20-30fps to 40-60fps.FFXV, from high settings 40-50fps to max 50-60fps.Everything else either had a small bump in performance or an unnoticeable one (such as League of Legends going from 200-250 to 300-350 fps or CS-GO)Using a 212 evo with Coolermaster thermal paste:Playing FFXV, the utilization was on 100%, after a 2 hour game session, my temps were averaging 58, maxing on 63. This is impressive. It idled on 30-35c. (As reported by HWMonitor)The accompanied ram ran at its advertised speed of 3600mhz, the i5 supported it perfectly.I didn't try to overclock it yet, but the turbo was just fine, every time it was under load it ran at 4.2GHz, vcore @ 1.2v.
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    Genji Lim
    5.0 out of 5 stars A nice processor; a nice value
    Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019
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    The i5-8600K is a great choice for a high-end processor that won't burn too big of a hole in your wallet. Although I haven't benchmarked it, loading times and physics simulation for demanding games I've played (Tomb Raider, Witcher 3, Everspace, X-Com 2) are fast/reasonable. Installation was straight-forward for someone who has assembled only one PC prior. (**Just make sure your motherboard is compatible with your processor before buying it!**)

    Coupled with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, I've been running all my games on their highest graphics settings with no noticeable choppy FPS. Once in a while, a game-related or optimization-based stutter might occur, but these are negligible to my personal gaming experience. Overall, the processor has been a reliable component to the gaming PC I recently built (Jan 2019).
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    MLO
    5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty good for me
    Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2018
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    Built new system and cpu was part of the upgrade. Replaced a I7 3770k with this I5 8600k. A couple of generations newer with newer tech. Could have got an I7 for almost a hundred bucks more but decided this time an I5 should be fine for me. Turns out it was. For me and what I do, an I7 is kind of overkill. Nice to have the top dog but not really practical if you actually don't need it, and this dog still hunts plenty good. Paired this with a GTX 1070 my gaming experience puts a smile on my face. I am not overclocking anything as I've not had a need to do so. The performance is so good I doubt if I'm going to be noticing any difference overclocking other than getting higher numbers running benchmarks but that's not my thing. Overclocking is going to get me more heat and more power consumption but probably nothing I can 'feel' so I'm going to leave it as it is unless later I have a need to do so.
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    Ezveedub
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great 6 core Coffee Lake i5 CPU!! Loving it so far....
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017
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    Excellent i5 Coffee Lake CPU & overclocks well out of the box on a Aorus Z370 Gaming 5 mobo. Under water cooling, it runs cooler than my 7700K and at 4.7Ghz, it only saw 50C only on an EK monoblock running Intel stress test & benchmarks. Be advised that availability has been thin and has pushed the price above MSRP at times (won't use that issue in the rating of the actual product) so if you do purchase one, it may take time for it to ship. Outside of that, its runs perfectly fine for everything that doesn't really need Hyperthreading which i7 CPUs have. Unless your strapping this to a serious highend GPU, you won't miss the Hyperthreading of the i7. And since this is priced for more saving with performance, its the better choice. If you're into gaming/overclocking for general apps & programs mainly, this will fit the bill instead of an i7 8700K, so save the extra money for a good mobo and DDR4 memory instead.
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    David Carrison
    5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Powerful and Efficient!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2018
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    I bought this baby for $230. For that amount of money I got a processor that not only rips though any game I play, but also just destroys at being an incredible desktop and productivity machine. Sure its not as good at that as say, a Ryzen system, but I use my PC for gaming 90% of the time, so for people like me, this thing is beyond perfect. I have it on a permanent 4.8 GHz turbo/overclock (All 6 cores) and I only run 1.235v though this thing (Stable on Cinebench for multiple passes and aida64 for 30+ minutes). In the end it runs temps about 63c on a full load (Aida64 etc) and pulls about 83 watts max. Stock was around 90-95 watts @ 4.3 GHz. It runs so cool, I don't even need to delid. Mind you this is all silicone lottery stuff, but damn am I happy for $230.
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    Andrew
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Processor
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018
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    Got this for a friend that needed it badly. Was making a video with Premiere Pro and he was just using integrated graphics on an i5-4600. This changed his view on how fun it can be to have a nice computer. Got this paired with a GT 1030 and 16GB of RAM. I have never seen such a big smile come across a skeptical computer user's face before. I have a Noctua cooler sitting on top of this. I know it can be overclocked and got it just for those reasons in the future. I would have picked up the non-K version, but was thinking a few years down the road to boost the speed if somehow this speeds down this the big updates that come every few months from MS. This thing just hums along doing what it needs to do. A bit overkill for a basic computer, but a huge improvement in Premiere Pro.
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    Aaron Hollenbeck
    4.0 out of 5 stars good little chip
    Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2019
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    I got this one for doing some overclocking on. is it the best chip in 2019? nah. is it the fastest? not necessarily. can it overclock? heck yes! I may have gotten a golden chip, as i was able to push it to 5.55ghz on chilled water cooling. max temps were 10 C under load. i used it in conjunction with a 2080 Ti to get near the top of the unigine superposition leaderboard. very happy with how it worked out. I did end up shoving 1.52v through it just to keep it stable at those speeds, but it was worth it. great chip to play with for enthusiast overclockers on a budget.
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    Margarito Alonso Hernandez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Soberbio
    Reviewed in Mexico on November 21, 2018
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    ¿Que se puede decir de este producto que no se haya dicho? Excelente por donde se le vea.
    De primera mano he enfrentado a este i5 con su rival directo el i7-7700 y puedo decir sin problemas que gana por bastante consideración. Esto utilizando herramientas para estresar y llevar al máximo su rendimiento.
    Se puede llevar fácilmente a 4.3 Ghz con Overclock.
    Yo lo monté con los siguientes componentes (todos adquiridos en Amazon):

    Motherboard Asus TUF Gaming-Pro Z370 (Por tener el soquet LGA 1151)
    Procesador intel core i5-8600k
    Disipador Coolmaster Hyper 212
    SSD ADATA 480 GB
    16 RAM DDR4 Corsair Vegeance a 2666 Mhz
    Fuente de poder EVGA de 500w
    GPU Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050ti de NVIDIA con 4GB
    Mouse y teclado en kit de Eagle Warrior
    Monitor HP 23"
    Sistema de sonido Cyber Acoustic CA-3602FFP
    Todo perfectamente montado en el gabinete Corsair Carbide Spec-04 Midi-Tower.
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    Margarito Alonso Hernandez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Soberbio
    Reviewed in Mexico on November 21, 2018
    ¿Que se puede decir de este producto que no se haya dicho? Excelente por donde se le vea.
    De primera mano he enfrentado a este i5 con su rival directo el i7-7700 y puedo decir sin problemas que gana por bastante consideración. Esto utilizando herramientas para estresar y llevar al máximo su rendimiento.
    Se puede llevar fácilmente a 4.3 Ghz con Overclock.
    Yo lo monté con los siguientes componentes (todos adquiridos en Amazon):

    Motherboard Asus TUF Gaming-Pro Z370 (Por tener el soquet LGA 1151)
    Procesador intel core i5-8600k
    Disipador Coolmaster Hyper 212
    SSD ADATA 480 GB
    16 RAM DDR4 Corsair Vegeance a 2666 Mhz
    Fuente de poder EVGA de 500w
    GPU Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050ti de NVIDIA con 4GB
    Mouse y teclado en kit de Eagle Warrior
    Monitor HP 23"
    Sistema de sonido Cyber Acoustic CA-3602FFP
    Todo perfectamente montado en el gabinete Corsair Carbide Spec-04 Midi-Tower.
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    M. A. Rahman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Price performance - Save money
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2018
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    Intel New Coffee Lake i5 8600k 6 core unlocked CPU requires a z370 motherboard and 6+power phase Board if you want good overclock. With CPUs coming out every year you might see a better and cheaper CPU before next year so you might need to buy a new CPU & motherboard when you upgrade. Hence I dont recommend spending a lot on motherboard unless you upgrade after 3 years or more.

    Overclocking: Greatly depends on your sample. My previous 8600k did 4.7GHz @ 1.31v 90c where as this one does 5GHz @ 1.31v 85c

    Gaming Performance: From stock to overclock speed the performance gain isnt that noticeable unless you got 3000MHz or higher speed ram and also GTX 1080 or above for 100FPS plus on 1080p. If you got a lesser GPU or slower ram you can save money by opting for i3 8350k or i5 8400.

    Productivity: Acceptable performance when overclocked however a 8700k might be better choice as more core/threads helps.

    Power consumption: My i5 8600k CPU stock total system pull 110 Watts cine bench load 40 watts only idle. When overclocked 5 GHz at 1.31v 85c the cine-bench load went upto 200 Watts from wall ! I found my 24/7 sweet spot power/performance 4.6GHz @ 1.17v 65c & 45 watts idle 140 watts cine-bench load.

    Summery: 8600k and 8700k both priced high for the performance you get. I paid £230 for oem sample.These are the fastest unlocked intel CPUs now however the performance gain from a sky lake isnt that noticeable. However upgrade from sandy or ivy or even older generation definitely worth it. Overall I am happy with my processor. I hope my short review will help you to decide your purchase. Thank you.
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    DevGhosts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Puissance à petit prix
    Reviewed in France on June 10, 2018
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    Il était temps que je change mon petit i3-6100 (dual core) contre ce i5-8600k (6-core). Puissant, gain de rapidité dans certaines tâches sur mon pc gaming (analyse virale, photoshop, etc.). Overclocké avec les outils de Gigabyte fourni sur le CD de ma carte-mère, natif à 3.6GHz / 4.3GHz en mode turbo, je l'ai fais grimpé jusqu'à 4.8GHz sans broncher soit un gain de 12% vis à vis du mode turbo mais par contre le mode XMP de la RAM DDR4 est désactivé, sinon activé l'OC tombe à 4.5GHz. Ce CPU a été serti sur une Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming WiFi-OP !
    Ma config :
    - MB : Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming WIFI-OP
    - SSD/HDD : Intel Memory Optane 32GB couplé avec un Samsung 850 EVO 250GB en RAID SSD (System + Logiciel) + 1 Samsung 860 EVO (Jeux) et 1 Seagate Barracuda 1TB (session et stockage)
    - Drive : ASUS BW-16D1HT
    - RAM : 2x8GB G.Skill Ripjaws 5 Series DDR4 3000MHz CL14
    - GPU : MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4GB
    - Cooling : CM Seidon 120V Ver.2 + 4 Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 140mm (2 en top et 2 en front)
    - PSU : Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 550W 80+ Platinum
    - E/S : MSI Interceptor DS4100 (clavier) + MSI Interceptor DS300 (souris) + ASUS ROG Orion Pro (Casque-Micro)
    - Devices : Asus 24" LED VE248H + ASUS 24" LED 3D VG248QE
    - Boitier : Be Quiet! Silent Base 800 Window (Noir/Argent)
    - OS : Windows 10 Famille v1803
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    Jader Moura
    1.0 out of 5 stars Mandaram produto errado.
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 13, 2019
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    Mandaram o processador da nona, fiquei no prejuízo.
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    Dante Mejia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bueno
    Reviewed in Mexico on May 25, 2018
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    Se dice el mejor procesador para gaming en el apartado de consumidor normal o semi entusiasta, empatando y superando en varias ocasiones al i7 8700k. Como el gaming es el princial uso de mi nuevo build, ésta fue la elección. Estable a 5.0Ghz me hizo ganar muchos frames extras. Una chulada para mis juegos a 144fps y excelso para Realidad Virual.

    Hago muchas cosas de productividad, nada profesional y no he sentido que me pierdo de algo por no haber comprado el 8700k. En gaming sólo va a ser superior en pocos juegos como BF1 que si aprovecha el hyper threading.
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