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If you are buying a CPU for gaming you would be better off with i5-8400 which is half the price and performs equally well in most games. Oh, and it comes with a
by snicky 9y ago
If you are buying a CPU for gaming you would be better off with i5-8400 which is half the price and performs equally well in most games. Oh, and it comes with a stock cooler (8600k and 8700k don't).
- MrMember 9y agoWhen did Intel stop including fans with some of their processors? The last processor I bought was a k branded i5 in 2012ish and it came with a fan.
- zanny 9y agoAMD doesn't include coolers with their X chips either. It makes sense, you really only should buy those chips if you intend to overclock, and you won't get a reasonable OC on stock heatsinks. As long as they were including those heatsinks they were just wasting the aluminum almost every sale.
- panopticon 9y agoA few of generations now. I was looking at replacing my aging 2600K with something in this generation and was surprised as well.
- jandrese 9y agoIt's just on the -K processors, because those are the one that are unlocked for overclocking. If you're not planning to overclock there's no point in paying more for the -K.
- vbezhenar 9y agoK series provide faster boost rate, so they are faster without any overclocking. Also overclocking voids warranty, so I'm not sure if many buyers are really going to overclock it.