Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 12-Thread Processor Review
Peter Donnell / 7 years ago
Power Consumption and Temperatures
Power Consumption
The 8700K is a powerful hex-core CPU, so obviously it uses a fair bit of power. It actually used more power than any Ryzen 7, but again, it is turning that wattage into raw performance, so it’s not like it’s wasting it.
Stock
Overclocked
Temperatures
At 66c under full load, it’s pretty easy to keep this CPU cool. It did freak out a bit at 5 GHz, but 90c is still manageable, and we expect a delidding will cure that classic Intel mistake of not soldering their CPUs.
Stock
Overclocked
