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

Great for gaming. Even tho AMD beats it in multi core workloads doesnt mean its not a good processor. Its a stable reliable processor. And best of all its in stock. In gaming it trades blows with my ryzen 5800x. So for I havent run into any bugs or glitches. Thats what you get with intel. Stability. If your only gaming Id say this isnt the way to go. But my wife does do work station application and the extra cores reduce her time. Id say this is niche processor and very few people would actually benefit from the extra cores. If your just gaming go with a 11600k. My daughter build is running an overclocked 11600k and it trades blows with this one.

Plays everything I want at high frames and smooth as can be.

Amazing boost in PC speed works very well with MSFS 2020

Todo estuvo bien

<Edit: Future me here. This review aged about as well as the 7700k itself. >

The processor running too hot, i cant cool it even with Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler - 3rd Gen which TDP is 280 Watt and processor itself getting sometime more then 300 Watt. It passed all tests, but because of it running too hot 80 Celsius + i was forced to under clocking it and Im frustrated about! Without Turbo its running cool, but you get 3.6 Ghz thats why Ive decided to just under clocking it from 4.9 to 4.2 !!!

Fantastic chip.

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) its a good product. Its 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.

It is replacing a fourth generation I7 CPU. It runs so much faster and no problems installing or running.

Its a i7. I cant say how much better than the 10 series it is but its a smooth system.