Intel today has announced the Core i7-8700K
limited edition processor with upto 5.0 GHz single-core turbo frequency. It is
the new hyper-frequency version of the company’s Coffee Lake processor in
the Core i7-8086K. Intel says that the Core i7-8700K limited edition
processor will only be made in limited 50,000 units.
The processor has a base frequency of 4GHz and
a single core turbo speed of 5GHz and the higher frequency allows for
improved single-threaded performance to handle games and consistently high
frame rates. It features the first 6-core, a 12-thread processor with
integrated graphics in an 1151-pin package supporting a 64-bit instruction set.
Though it is a limited edition, it shouldn’t be hard
for Intel to manufacture considering that it was just a case of binning the
silicon from the production line. The Intel Core i7-8086K is a limited edition
processor that will be available for purchase beginning on June 8, 2018. The
company didn’t mention anything about the pricing yet, but its sweepstake
mentions the average retail value of the processor as US$ 425.
