IntelCore™ i7-11700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W

the i7 11700K 11th gen sits in between the well reviewed i5 and the poorly priced i9 11900k. I think at this price (I got it at pre-launch sale of $399) it's a good product. It's cheaper than the 5800X, performs very close to it and is a lot more fun to Overclock. Rocket Lake (11th gen) supports specific core overclocks to dial in ratios for the two best cores and other less hot cores. It also can take a tad bit more voltage than skylake++++ (1.45V load voltage supposedly safe according to Reddit AMA) although running at slightly lower all core clocks than comet lake with improved IPC. This actually seems to run slightly cooler for me but power draw can be pretty nuts on stress tests. Gaming load is not bad at all I was seeing around 100w on Horizon Zero Dawn.Unless you want the highest overclocks, the i7 can still get you pretty close or above the stock clocks of the i9 with manual tuning without the price premium and similar real world performance. Coming from the i9-10900k, the gaming FPS is pretty similar at UW 1440p, but rocket lake seems much more stable with overclocking - as in you get watch dog BSOD errors or you don’t - not the WHEA stuff. The RAM gear stuff is a little overblown, the performance penalty of running 1:2 is not as bad as what you see on Ryzen. You can run very high speed ram 4800+ and looser timings and get a ton of performance from these chips. I'm an enthusiast and I've had Ryzen and Intel systems and I just enjoy tuning Intel CPUs. Glad to be one of the first to review this. This came in as same day delivery! Happy overclocking everyone.

Needed to upgrade my cpu from an i5 to an i7. It was a great upgrade, works a lot faster, makes my games run smoothly and graphics aren't even a problem. Was a bit pricey but that's with every cpu. Haven't had any stability problems either.

Upgraded from 10700K so I could use PCI gen4. Made a difference, boot up now 10-15 seconds. Runs at a peak of 4.9 ghz on a msi 590x mb. Runs a bit warmer than the 10700K, had to tweak the cooler fan curves to keep it under 200 degrees under load. Didn't really want the graphics but this one was cheaper than the 11700 without graphics (??). Go figure... overall I've been using this for months now and has been a good performer and stable for me. Keep trying Intel - I'm still eyeing AMD if you guys get too greedy.

One of the best cpu out there for the price and how good it works.

Good cpu

The media could not be loaded. Rates as UFO on User Benchmark & is a very good CPU. For anyone who might wonder though it is not good for gaming unless you have a dedicated graphics card. So the person who answered my question & said it was great for no video card gaming on 1080p, they lied! Any way I am running it with an RX 560 4GB right now on my UHD 52" TV on low settings unless video cards come back down to reasonable prices again & it works fine for the games I play. If you do not game or need use of powerful graphics its great for surfing the web, watching videos & streams. Otherwise I advise you find or have a video card if you want to game or what ever.Great CPU!Update 04/09/2024 - Currently I run this CPU with 96GB DDR4 3200, RTX 3060 Ti 8GB, 500GB WDBlack M2 as OS Drive, 4TB M2 for Games, 1KW PSU, I have 2x 240CFM fans on it, and 3 others to cool my system none of which I ever need to run about 25% air flow.

Works perfectly fine! Fast shipping

...some of the draw backs are basically runs VERY hot even at idle compared to other generations (stays at 40+ C with 24 C ambient temp), but I concede I think I may need to adjust my case fan speeds to get a more aggressively positive pressure airflow in the case. HOWEVER< it barely gets much hotter under full load so perhaps I have tuned fairly well...Value is just OK. It is a bit lower than the 12th gen counterpart, and continually getting a bit cheaper all the time, but it is still close enough in price that if you CAN go with a 12th gen intel build, I would have just gone that route (I was pretty much limited with my choice of mobo, so i could only go as high as 11th gen intel and gen3 m.2).But it has been amazing so far in terms of performance under load, and I see this build carrying me for 4-5 years! I hope.