Intel "Coffee Lake" Builders Thread

[Flacco]

Yep Newegg just charged me as well. Just logged into the site and it estimated to ship tomorrow.

Ordered at sometime between 3:15 and 3:25est for those wondering regarding if their order will be sent. I'm in Indy for work anyway right now so not going to mind not having the 2 day shipping as much. So pumped to get my build going though. Good luck hope everyone else gets their chips as well.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yep Newegg just charged me as well. Just logged into the site and it estimated to ship tomorrow.

Ordered at sometime between 3:15 and 3:25est for those wondering regarding if their order will be sent. I'm in Indy for work anyway right now so not going to mind not having the 2 day shipping as much. So pumped to get my build going though. Good luck hope everyone else gets their chips as well.

I ordered mine on the first Saturday after launch

Is everybody going to just migrate hardware on the same installation or a fresh Windows install? Sorry to keep aksing about this; merely curious about how everyone gets on.

For those owning the Asus Hero; a new BIOS (0505) came out the 16th. I won't be OCing until the reaches the 1xxx stage; I simply cannot be bothered redoing it with every BIOS update.

 

[Organized_Chaos]

I just received email confirmation from Newegg that my 8700k should ship in the next 24 hrs. Here's hoping some of you are receiving similar emails

 

[TahoeDust]

I just received email confirmation from Newegg that my 8700k should ship in the next 24 hrs. Here's hoping some of you are receiving similar emails

Sick. When did you order?

 

[Aikouka]

Sick. When did you order?

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Not me!!!!! When did you guys order it on the 5th? I ordered mine at 2:46 am PST.

I ordered at 12:04 PST. Someone else mentioned they are getting it, and it ordered about 20 minutes after me. You may either be a bit too late, or they're going in order, and you'll have to wait until they get to you.

 

[ozzy702]

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I ordered at 12:04 PST. Someone else mentioned they are getting it, and it ordered about 20 minutes after me. You may either be a bit too late, or they're going in order, and you'll have to wait until they get to you.

Hmm... I ordered the morning of the 5th and haven't received any confirmation. Hoping it ships soon, I'd love to play with it this weekend.

 

[Slappi]

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I ordered at 12:04 PST. Someone else mentioned they are getting it, and it ordered about 20 minutes after me. You may either be a bit too late, or they're going in order, and you'll have to wait until they get to you.

Something tells me I missed this shipment. Intel is slack.

 

[Organized_Chaos]

Sick. When did you order?

Now that the order has changed from backorder to verification status I don't think it will show me the original time but I believe I ordered just after midnight PST on the 5th. I stayed up half the night to see if they'd be available right at midnight.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So, not quite a paper launch, but limited availability?

 

[Slappi]

So, not quite a paper launch, but limited availability?

The 8600k, 8700, and 8700k I would call a paper launch.

 

[elhefegaming]

The 8600k, 8700, and 8700k I would call a paper launch.

100%
It'd be great if we could add a poll "ordered and already received my [8xxxx]" i doubt there'll be more than 10 "yes" to that poll and a hell lotta "no"

 

[elhefegaming]

Just for fun
https://goo.gl/vyqS1m

 

[Slappi]

B&H Photo is saying November 28th. I assume that means if you order right now but who knows.

 

[phillyman36]

I ordered my cpu on the 5th @4:00am EST

 

[Flacco]

Is everybody going to just migrate hardware on the same installation or a fresh Windows install? Sorry to keep aksing about this; merely curious about how everyone gets on.

I'm hoping to just migrate but we will see how it goes. Not sure if I'll be able to or not since my last mb died and I'm not sure what my Win 10 key was when I did the upgrade from 7. I never signed in with a MS account.

 

[TahoeDust]

I'm hoping to just migrate but we will see how it goes. Not sure if I'll be able to or not since my last mb died and I'm not sure what my Win 10 key was when I did the upgrade from 7. I never signed in with a MS account.

For me, fresh install always. Damn I kind of wish I was building a Coffee Lake machine. I love new shiney stuff.

 

[CakeMonster]

Whoa, didn't even think about that. I upgraded an ages old W7 install to W10 right before the deadline. Will it function or will it screw up when I change mb/cpu?

 

[TahoeDust]

Windows 10 Pro can be bought for under $20 on most hardware forums classified sections or r/microsoftsoftwareswap

 

[phillyman36]

I ordered mine on the first Saturday after launch

Is everybody going to just migrate hardware on the same installation or a fresh Windows install? Sorry to keep aksing about this; merely curious about how everyone gets on.

For those owning the Asus Hero; a new BIOS (0505) came out the 16th. I won't be OCing until the reaches the 1xxx stage; I simply cannot be bothered redoing it with every BIOS update.

Fresh install for me just to be safe. I have already secured erased my 960 pro.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I'm hoping to just migrate but we will see how it goes. Not sure if I'll be able to or not since my last mb died and I'm not sure what my Win 10 key was when I did the upgrade from 7. I never signed in with a MS account.

I did use a MS login. You can download a tool and read out your key.

For me, fresh install always. Damn I kind of wish I was building a Coffee Lake machine. I love new shiney stuff.

Yeah it does feel better to do a fresh install. It's the tuning I dislike (tuned mine to the bone)

Why aren't you building a Coffee Lake system?

Windows 10 Pro can be bought for under $20 on most hardware forums classified sections or r/microsoftsoftwareswap

Not here: €129,00 is the cheapest. There's a site selling for 16 euro but 9/10 got multiple already in use keys at first so I don't trust them.

Fresh install for me just to be safe. I have already secured erased my 960 pro.

Nice one!

Thanks for everyone's input on the fresh install thing, I think I will do so as well. Safer and cleaner. Already made a GPT USB with the latest creator's update.

 

[Crono]

Windows 10 Pro can be bought for under $20 on most hardware forums classified sections or r/microsoftsoftwareswap

I usually get them from Opium Pulses.

 

[Bouowmx]

If you already have Windows 10, use the computer it is installed on and Media Creation Tool to create installation media for Home and Pro editions. I can put Windows 10 on any computer free, but not activated, which changes just 2 functions: watermark to activate and no Personalization (in Settings).

EDIT: If the computer is previously activated, this method's installation is activated. Not activated concerns "new" computers, from Microsoft's perspective

 

[TahoeDust]

Why aren't you building a Coffee Lake system?

I am going to stick with my 7820x and x299. I had it delided and have it tuned pretty nicely...4.8GHz on all 8 cores for daily use. I play at 3440x1440 100Hz with a 1080 ti, so the 8700k probably would not perform any better for me. Also, x299 is expected to have a solid upgrade path.

 

[TahoeDust]

From what I see on redit r/intel it looks like newegg is shipping their first wave of 8700k backorders tomorrow. I'm looking forward to see how well they overclock.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Really interested to see what clocks you guys get. I can get 5Ghz at 1.31v and the thermals are well under control on a 240mm radiator. I think I can probably go for 5.1 but I'm happy with 5.

I seriously think people with a 280mm radiator and a a bit of luck can probably get 5.2 or maybe even 5.3(?!).