We're walking through the recurring challenge Intel faces regarding motherboard manufacturer freedom and stability, high thermals, and needlessly high power consumption on the 11700K. Sponsor: Buy Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste on Amazon (https://geni.us/JMVNtOE) or Hydronaut paste for water cooling (Amazon - https://geni.us/Fsray) Watch our full explainer of the Intel power limits (PL1, PL2, Tau), TDP, and motherboard behaviors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4th6YElNm5w Watch our Intel Core i7-11700K CPU review & benchmarks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n0_UcBxnpk The best way to support our work is through our store. You can get our unique mouse mats, fully custom tool kits, shirts, and more: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus The Intel i7-11700K didn't do well in our review when compared vs. the AMD R7 5800X, R9 5900X, or even Intel i7-10700K of last generation. We're once again back to explore why performance will be somewhat variable on these 11-series parts, and further, why stability, thermals, and power could be problems with some motherboard configurations. Testing was done using parts we acquired entirely on our own, including from retailers, as open components available on retail channels. Other components, like the Intel i5-11600K and i9-11900K, remain under embargo until a future date as they were provided by Intel. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intel Turbo Limits, MCE, & Power 06:14 - Intel Turbo Power Consumption (All-Core) 09:56 - Cinebench Power Consumption Data 11:01 - Temperature Differences (11700K Gigabyte vs. ASUS) 13:27 - Core-to-Core Thermal Delta 15:09 - Differences in All-Core Frequency 15:52 - Single-Core Frequency Differences 16:24 - "Real-World" Benchmarks - F1 2020 (1080p & 1440p) 17:35 - Red Dead Redemption 2 CPU Benchmarks 18:02 - Rainbow Six Siege MCE & Tau Benchmarks 18:31 - Cyberpunk 2077 Benchmarks 18:45 - Hitman 3 11700K Benchmarks 19:30 - Blender Rendering Performance 20:22 - Adobe Premiere Rendering CPU Benchmarks 20:45 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Benchmarks 20:56 - 7-Zip (Compression & Decompression) 21:17 - Chromium Code Compile Benchmark 21:42 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Host, Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman