Gaming is typically somewhere in the 40's C, aka "just fine"

all day 1.345 VCore 25-30c idle 55-60C when gaming and after beating the brakes off of it with Aida64 (after 2 hours of other benchmarks) for 30 minutes

and you've got the best gaming experience you can get for mid-2018.

I use my pc for everything but mostly gaming and it works great

Good Luck and Happy Gaming!

rich Z370 Chipset is the foundation of an amazing gaming and work PC

Temps are 30-35 idle and 55-65 while gaming.

For the best gaming experience, you might consider going through a De-Lidding service, because the 8700k does have some thermal limitations due to its cheap TIM under the Heatspreader

I've yet to try overclocking but my temperatures are exceedingly stable while gaming and multitasking

Gaming is an absolute joy and day-to-day operations move with ease and fluidity.

I wanted the best Intel gaming processor available without going to the new i9 which still runs around $1000.

Pros:-Outstanding gaming performance.-Just about the fastest single threaded performance you can get.-Over-clocks fairly well w/o deliding

-excellent gaming cpu-smoother framerates coming from a 4690k , improved

Love the i7 8700k, one of the best gaming processors on the market

Gaming is unbelievably smooth, if you own a high refresh rate monitor, this CPU should be your first pick

Excellent Gaming CPU, decent at everything else

Great CPU, just make sure you have a top level cooler as it does run hot.

I've been toying with a Core i5-8600k recently and it doesn't even come close to overclocking as well as

100% a step up from my old skylake as well as it's predecessor

We all suffer as we have to wait, and the price is allowed to creep >$60 above release & MSRP.-Forced to buy new motherboard