Motherboard 
Finally, after waiting for this year’s Intel eighth-generation desktop platforms to hit the market, under the pressure from AMD Ryzen, Intel squeezed out a big tube of toothpaste, upgrading from a desktop top quad-core eight-thread model to six-core twelve-thread. Although it still lags behind the Ryzen 7 with eight cores and six threads, at least Intel has shown sincerity, making it feel the threat. Since 115X is the mainstream for desktops, it's natural to test whether the new generation can bring real performance improvements. The release in October really scared us. After the first launch, prices kept rising, and the 8700K once jumped above 4,000. It finally stabilized, but memory and other components remained expensive, which was a big blow for anyone who loves building their own machines.
Platform ConfigurationCPU: 8700K
Motherboard: MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING Motherboard
Memory: G.SKILL RGB DDR4 3200 frequency 16G (8Gx2)
Graphics: ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX1080
Chassis: IN WIN 101 White Tower Chassis
Power Supply: Antec 1000W HCP-1000PLATINUM Power Supply
Cooler: US Corsair H105 Water Cooled CPU Cooler
Fan: Thermaltake Riing 300px RGB Case Fan
Motherboard
The motherboard box is large, and when I opened it, the mainboard felt quite thick.
Overall view of the motherboard
The back of the board shows heat dissipation on the power supply area. PCIE is a PCIEX16, and the other three are X8.
16-phase power supply
Chipset heatsink with an MSI Dragon Shield pattern, and light lines show that it supports RGB linkage.
8-layer PCB
Back IO includes reset CMOS button, KILLER wireless card antenna, PS2 port, USB ports, USB3.1, three KILLER wired network cards, 6.5 audio ports, 3.5 audio ports, enough for expansion.
All accessories include a PCIe dual M.2 expansion card, RGB one-second extension cable, special RGB light strip, paddle antenna, SATA cables, etc.
I previously tested the ASUS Z170-A and wanted to take it apart in detail. So after getting this motherboard, I took it apart and removed all dust covers, heat sinks, and covers. I realized the motherboard's design, visible memory thermal armor, PCIE metal armor, rare 18-phase power supply, and CPU8+4 power supply, which lays a solid foundation for overclocking.
Power supply chip IR35201 
16-phase TI inductor
KILLER1535 wireless network card
KILLER E2500 wired network card
Audio chip, dual crab 1220, and ESS9018K2M DAC, although many people don’t care about the sound card.
CPU
When the listing price of the 8700K CPU went up, but fortunately I got an ES version of the 8700K, which is close to the official version. General users are not recommended to buy beta versions. If you buy now, better go for the official version, which is more stable and comes with warranty.
Today's PC industry naturally needs RGB lighting, but unfortunately, memory prices are still high. I chose the most cost-effective Chi Qi Magic DDR4 3200C14 16GB package.
Memory prices are really painful. . . . .
SSD
Intel 750 400G PCI-E, which can be considered as coming from the same factory as the Intel 8700K.
Although not very high performance, it has a five-year warranty for PCIe.
The backplate is also similar.
Love these two lines, and the United States and the United States have no. . . .
ASUS 1080, in fact, was equipped with an MSI 1080TI Dark Dragon, but unfortunately the final installation was blocked by the pirate ship’s water cooling, just about 1CM, so I had to switch to the ASUS STRIX 1080.
Prodigal Eye Logo
Eyes of Prodigality
The Hard-Wide 101 chassis is a popular iron chassis made in Taiwan, with 0.9mm thickness, affordable, and has side panels.
The internal structure is well-designed, and I think it's slightly better than the 303 model because it's smaller.
Three fans under the air inlet with a honeycomb design.
Dual fan outlets on the back panel are also designed with a hive-like structure.
The side panel glass opens and closes with a simple latch mechanism. Pull it out to open, press it in to lock. Very convenient.
The power supply area has a more restrained Hard-Wide logo.
The power supply is the Antec HCP1000 God-class platinum power supply, which has been idle since the X79 platform was retired. This time it came out, and the custom cable just fit perfectly. Hey, and HCP1000 has zero fan speed, just fits into the Hard-Wide 101 power supply outlet.
The power supply is huge, and even though it's a few years old, the platinum rating still places it in the high-end category. It's still a God-class power supply on the CHH.
ANTEC logo
Power family portrait. This original line... With the winds of Delta, I know you use a lot of materials, but you can't use black and thick.
They have their own red super soft silicone cable, which is very flexible and easy to bend.
Cooler
Pirate Ship H105, 240mm thick water cooler with good cooling performance.
Family portrait, two 120mm fans, and various screws and accessories. Because it's white light, the head is configured with blue, red, and silver rings for replacement.
To match the RGB theme, I used the TT RING RGB triple. The only downside is that it's controlled by its own software and cannot be linked with the motherboard's RGB interface.
Fan accessory family portrait. TT is still an old brand, with a 9-blade hydraulic fan, and silicone pads in the corners. The cable is also long.
Look at the back of the fan.
Third, Installation ProcessThe installation process was relatively simple, just needed to be careful.
The most important point is to install the motherboard IO bezel first. If it's not installed, you'll find it hard to fix later.
Installing the motherboard screw is straightforward.
The TT RING RGB is mounted on the Pirate Ship H105, and the cold head replaces the silver ring.
Apply some water-cooled grease to the motherboard.
Install the remaining fan on the air outlet of the chassis. The fan configuration is complete, forming an airflow path just under the front air inlet. The front 240 and rear 120 fans are placed accordingly, and the power supply fan fills all four positions.
Install the graphics card.
Install the Intel 750, then install the power supply and custom wire.
The custom wire will be installed, and the cables will be tidied.
Configuration information as shown:
Standby temperature is still very cool, thanks to the 240mm water cooling.
Then, overclocking. In the CMOS, I set LLC to all levels, using the most stringent settings. I used a regular profile and achieved an OC of 4.8GHz at 1.35V.
The temperature is still relatively high, and I had to disable hyper-threading, otherwise the temperature easily exceeded 100°C. Disabling it helped, but I wonder why it didn’t work like the 8600K?
R15 score for OC 4.8
Default R15 score
CPUZ test clearly showed the multi-threaded advantage of going from 4-core to 6-core, and single-core performance also improved.
Graphics test:
MSI RGB control software MysticLight offers multiple modes, and the MSI Z370 GODLIKE motherboard also comes with a special 5V RGB light bar, allowing for a more unique "YOYO effect":
TT RING RGB control software: speed, RGB mode, lights off, blinking mode, and linkage control, etc.
1. The new platform is indeed new, smooth in various aspects. Personally, I feel that 115X is still the best for desktop and gaming, but there isn't much difference between the 7700K and the 8700K. However, there are still differences compared to Ryzen, which feels almost like the X99 series. AMD needs to refuel.
2. The Hard-Wide 101 chassis is very affordable and of good quality. When using a 240mm water cooler, make sure the video card doesn't exceed 31cm.
3. The MSI Z370 GODLIKE motherboard uses high-quality materials and has good weight, but due to the 115X socket, it still has some limitations. More actions may be required to unlock its full potential.
4. During testing, the 8700K could boot at 1.26V to 5.0GHz, but couldn't run games. Eventually, I found a stable setting at 1.35V OC 4.8GHz. Through the roast chicken test, I found that turning off hyper-threading significantly reduced temperatures, keeping them around 85°C for 10 minutes during AIDA FPU testing. This seems better than the 8600K's overclocking stability. Haha, time will tell. I'll try the official version soon. One thing to note is that 6-core 12-thread might not be as efficient without a lid. If not covered, no problem. I'm too busy recently, so I'll think about how to play with it next. I really don't want to stop building! ! ! !
5. This year's trend is light pollution and RGB. The memory also became popular, but unfortunately, Samsung particles are expensive. I don't want to say more.
6. The TT RING RGB fans are great, but if they could link with ASUS, MSI, or Gigabyte motherboards, that would be perfect.
7. Happy chicken to go! ! ! ! ! ! !
Dimensions
Length: 12.8mm
Width: 5.8mm
Height: 7.5mm (excludes 3mm for terminals)
Arm length: 13.0mm
Features
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