Product as described but cpu box squashed upon opening. No padding or protection for something so fragile. Different/deeper box in padding guys for this stuff! And put fragile stickers on it!! Hopefully all ok and working.

Paired with a 1060 6GB and it runs everything I've tossed at it at default clock speed. Not really into overclocking so I don't have an opinion on that.

The i5-8600K is a great choice for a high-end processor that won't burn too big of a hole in your wallet. Although I haven't benchmarked it, loading times and physics simulation for demanding games I've played (Tomb Raider, Witcher 3, Everspace, X-Com 2) are fast/reasonable.

I will join the masses of people and say that this is indeed probably the best quality for money I5 8th gen core you can get on the market, It has never let me down a day in it's life, and is super fast for a CPU of this stature for gaming and productivity, both in 1080P and 2K (this being paired...

Upgraded from an old i5 and I'm extremely pleased with this product. Has worked flawlessly over the past few weeks.

Upgraded from a i7 3770 and seen quite a big difference in performance and overall smoothness. Would recommend.

Intel's new Core i7 8700K managed to impress, the Core i5 8600k is, however, the more sensible solution for a gamer. For the multi-threading mongers however you will have to forfeit a little lacking Hyper-threading and the smaller L3 cache, that is measurable and noticeable on the overall...