Intel's Limited Edition Core i7-8086K Is On Sale

[Guest]

If you didn't win one of the 8086 Core i7-8068K CPUs Intel gave away during a brief sweepstakes, it's time to make other plans.

Intel's Limited Edition Core i7-8086K Is On Sale : Read more

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Or you could be smart and get an 8700K and a good cooler for less and overclock it. Just my humble opinion... and common sense. It is cool as a collectible, but on paper it isn't worth the price premium.

 

[dudmont]

Or you could be smart and get an 8700K and a good cooler for less and overclock it. Just my humble opinion... and common sense. It is cool as a collectible, but on paper it isn't worth the price premium.

Exactly. Without a change to the TIM, this is just a binned 8700k.

 

[danwat1234]

Ordered one, hope to sell it on Ebay after they all sell out for 808.60 on Ebay...

 

[zodiacfml]

I wouldn't be surprised if it will be sold out in less than a month despite just a money grab.
I can't blame the buyers, this will be Intel's best consumer chip for a while till 1st quarter of next year.

 

[kyotokid]

...requires W10, no thanks, I'll stick to my older Xeons.

 

[akamateau]

Your money is better spent on Threadripper.

 

[kyotokid]

Your money is better spent on Threadripper.

...at least there are ways, not necessarily easy ones, to get Ryzen and Threadripper to work on W7.