Very powerful. is running warm but not out of hand, I guess. BOINC; 8 threads of Yoyo@Home under Ubuntu Trusty Tahr: MSI Military Class 4 mATX: 50% Duty:
I wanted a new skylake but they were sold out for Christmas. I was disappointed until I installed this guy and it performed quite well. No problems so far.
Probably one of the best CPUs for gaming. The base clock is the highest available before overclocking. It is also unlocked to allow for easier overclocking. I've had mine for over a year and have had no problems with it at all. It runs cool compared to the AMD chips I've had and roughly the same as other intel chips I've run.
This is my first intel build, and let me tell you that this CPU is by far the best one I've ever owned! This thing eats anything you throw at it without a sweat! Temps stay really low and just performance is out of the water. Love it!
At the time of this writing there are 1,030 other reviews, many of them quite detailed, so I'll keep it brief. If you are incrementally upgrading your PC, this is the best deal going, period. Previously I was running an i5 2500k. In order to upgrade I had to purchase a new motherboard, owing to the 1150 vs 1151 cpu slot. But I was able to re-purpose my (expensive) existing 16GB of RAM. Moving up to the next level of processor would have required replacing all of my DDR3 RAM with DDR4. And the MoBo's are more expensive. I figure it would have cost me an additional $400-$500 to realize maybe 10-15% faster performance. No brainer for me.I paired it with an ASUS MoBo, this one...
ASUS ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A/USB 3.1
. This allowed me to easily leverage the overclocking potential of the chip. Using the auto OC function of the BIOS, I have been able to achieve Passmark scores in the 12000 range, basically the same as the $100 more expensive i7-3930K (and don't forget the added costs).All in all I'm super happy with this CPU. Definitely spend the extra couple of bucks for this rather than the non-K version. It's well worth your $$$, and even if you know nothing about OC'ing, there are plenty of MoBo's that will do it for you. It's free performance.Earns my official seal of approval.
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