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  2016-04-01

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  Jo****es

  Still a gaming monster when paired with a gtx 980ti.

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  2016-03-31

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  C****r

  Have been looking forward to upgrading my i5 to an i7 and finally got the money together to do it. I had checked out possible upgrades including a better i5 but decided that I wanted an i7 and chose this one based on reviews and product information. I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 that came with a i5 4460 running at 3.2 gigs. I don't overclock so I wanted something that would run faster without having to overclock it. This seemed the best bet for me. I made up my mind when I brought a i3 system running at 3.7 gigs. This little system had a bit of zip to it and it, so far, has run most anything I could throw at it along with it's GTX-750 Ti SC graphics card. So I ordered the i7 and it came in right on time and I opened the shipping box to see what I had. The first thing I noted was the included heat sink fan combo that came with it. It was OK, but plastic push pins have failed me before as mounts on the case fans so that I didn't like. Also it was about half an inch thick and the heat sink fan combo on the existing i5 CPU was about an inch or over tall and had much larger fins. I did note that the heat sink combo that came with the i7 had a copper surfaced contact area where the heat sink seated on the CPU but the pins and size made me decide to stay with my i5's old heat sink cooler that came with the system. (I also noted that the i5 combo mounted to the MB with already mounted screws so if I needed to I could still switch combos a bit easier. (This didn't turn out to be the case, however.) So I got the Inspiron and brought it to the kitchen table where I do any inside-the-case computer work and removed the side panel and got busy. Laying it flat and grounding myself well, I proceeded to remove the heat sink fan combo with the only problem being it took a bit of force to get the screws holding down the heat sink to come loose as they were tightened down really well. After getting the screws loose, I checked out the mounting for the fan heat sink combo to see how it had been mounted so I could make sure and replace it properly. I like the way the heat sink was held down with four springs which push the heat sink down onto the top surface of the processor and provide a very firm fit after you've got the heat sink compound on. (I used Artic Silver which works for me.) The one thing that surprised me a bit was the amount of force that was needed to re-latch the hold down clip. It was a bit more than I felt it should be, but after checking how the i5 felt it wasn't all that much force to latch it. (Made sure to get the new chip in right too.) After I got the heat sink compound on and replaced the heat sink combo, and got it tightened down firmly. it was time to see what it would do. I normally leave the side panel off till I check out any new installation I do. In that way you can find any problems and correct them. The last thing I did was re-plug the heat sink fan back into the MB and then took the system to the Computer Room and hooked everything up. I turned the power on and went to the BIOS as a check to see if the CPU was seen correctly and it was with all functions showing OK. I then got the only glitch of the hold morning when I exited the BIOS and instead of booting to Windows10 Pro, it just shut down. Ops, I said to myself and pressed the power button again. This time the system started up with no problems and booted right into Windows. I noted it felt sort of like my i3 in that it seemed to zip into Windows instead of sort of walking in. I had been reading that these i7s were noted for running a bit hot, so I ran Speccy and checked the temps. At idle it ran at 35 to 36c and under load it topped out at 65c and that was lower than what I expected it to be. A very pleasant surprise indeed. I got another one when I checked the actual speed the i7 was running at. It settled in at 4.2 gigs. and I hadn't done anything but install it. I sat there and watched the temps for a bit and noted that they didn't get above 40c when idling and when I loaded it down it just stayed around 65c with only one time peaking out at 68c. It

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  2016-03-31

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  Br****da

  Bought this chip cause I was hungry. Intel knows how to make a tasty. Chip. 10/10 overclocked my stomach.

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  2016-03-31

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  C****C

  It may be more expensive, but Intel always provides the best performance.

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  2016-03-29

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  Am****er

  Excellent CPU that can handle anything gaming can throw at it. Having upgraded from an FX8350 build, GPU bottlenecking is finally an issue of the past.

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  2016-03-27

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  Ja****ch

  I upgraded from an old Core i3 530. This absolutely blows it away, as you'd expect.Converting blu-rays to x.265 using Handbrake with RF ~20 using the medium preset I get a little over 12 frames per second on average (no overclock). I tried the slow preset and was getting 5-6 fps, which is too slow to maintain my sanity. I never even bothered trying video conversion on my old i3 so I don't really have anything to compare it with.I'm using a Corsair Hydro H80i GT for cooling and it idles around 84F (~70F ambient). Peak temperature while encoding (CPU between 95 and 99% usage) seems to be 127F. Not using any special thermal grease.I tried the auto-overclock option in my motherboard's bios and that just forced the cores to their turbo-boost speed of 4.4 Ghz. Haven't played with any *real* overclocking yet.Can't wait to get a i7-6950X and see what that can do. :-)

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  2016-03-26

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  D****i

  Very, very, very, very fast!!!!!! Did a bench test and it was in top 7, Didn't even overclock, that's my point. Since it comes with the i7 sticker that you put on the desktop, very proud of displaying an i7. Heatsink that it comes with sucks, don't use it unless you will do nothing demaning.

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  2016-03-26

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  B****.

  Hyperthreaded madness. This baby is the center of my build and sits quite happily at 4.5GHz (with liquid cooling). It crushes video encoding procedures and makes multitasking a breeze. The onboard graphics are capable enough for me to avoid buying a graphics card, which is a nice bonus.

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  2016-03-25

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  A.****er

  Great CPU! Now I just need nVidia to release their new video card and my upgrade will be complete.

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  2016-03-23

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  Ma****rt

  Great processor, no cons to speak of

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  2016-03-21

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  IT****rs

  Thank you.

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  2016-03-21

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  Je****ca

  Works as expected. I love this chip.

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  2016-03-21

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  Ty****ks

  Yes love it

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  2016-03-20

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  Ro****ey

  Fast and runs cool!

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  2016-03-18

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  Pr****le

  Rocket fast, factory unlocked, CPU. Speed for cost is amazing.Liquid cool and your power will be limitless!

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  2016-03-17

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  Je****ne

  One of the best i7 CPU ever built. I Overclocked mine to 4.7 with no heat issues

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  2016-03-17

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  M****.

  Other reviewers have posted benchmarks and reviews, and most are aware that it performs close to the newer i7-6700k. Having owned a i7-3770S, i7-5820k, FX-8320E, A10-7850k and many others, I'd have to say the most important part of any CPU is its processing power (most importantly) and features or features of the chipset (ie SATA3 vs. SATA2, PCI 3.0 vs. 2.0, M.2, etc.). Do the i7-6700k's offer enough new features to choose them over the i7-4790k? Maybe if you're starting from scratch. The i7-6700k's do support DDR3 low voltage, and if you find a motherboard your old RAM may work with the chip. But high voltage RAM (assuming you're not using DDR3L) can strain the memory controller, and potentially void the warranty. Anyone with an LGA1150 board or a considerable amount a spare DDR3 memory, looking to build a high end system should give this processor a glance.

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  2016-03-16

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  D****s

  If you are even thinking about getting it. Do yourself a favor, and do it.

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  2016-03-14

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  Am****er

  good

• US$ 69.99

  2016-03-14

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  n****m

  Bought these to use on public computers in our break area. We needed something washable. These keyboards are perfect, and have been washed multiple times with no issues and the keys are still readable.