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• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-15

  Reviews (2042)

  An****J.

  I Know Fast.My bike will go 170 MPH, my car will do 0-60 in 3 seconds, my girl will,...ah,..um,...my processor is a 4790K.I've said before that I'm out of the overclocking business. I mean, I kicked the habit, but like a junkie I started reading the articles and I see the higher base clock and smoother power delivery, improved thermal interface material and lower temps and in a dream state, I placed an order. Through the gauzy haze of the evening sky, one dusty footstep succeeding the next, I entered,...The Devil's Canyon. Did your lights just flicker too?Next thing I know I have packages arriving and out pops a  MSI Z97M , 16 GB of Kingston 2400 Mhz RAM , a  Hyper 212 EVO  along with a  SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD  among all the rest of it. It may be time to remove that credit card information, so I have to enter it to make a purchase.I spent $1050 using a  Cooler Master N200 case  and an  Antec High Current 620W , case fan and wireless along with what I mentioned earlier, which altogether might be $50 cheaper today, you know how that goes. I already had the video card and I'm skipping the optical drive, I'll go external for storage, not wanting the extra heat.I was overclocking back when we used aquarium pumps and chests full of ice water for cooling our CPU's, strange days, but I haven't been for about a decade, so call me an old newb (on second thought, don't ever call anybody that), but I've tried to catch up with LOTS of research.I wanted to be reasonable and still end up with something that would humiliate the 3.4/up to 3.9 GHz 4770 plus SSD I'm using with a GTX 660 Ti. That upgrade did little to impress me over Sandy bridge, in all this recent research that I've done, I found out that the 4770 and 4770K only run 3.7 GHz on all four cores according to Intel. But the 4790K's turbo runs two cores at 4.4 GHz, four cores at 4.2 GHz and all four can be clocked 4.4 or higher, like the four barrel and four speed in a Olds 442. Face it guys, if we could drive our computers to the local drive in, park and open the hood like it was the 1960's, we would.Enough silly nostalgic similes, I want to tell you what happened!I received a recent creation being batch # L419B650 or Malay/2014/week 19/B650. Using it the first day I left it stock and it was weird to be shutting down my computer, but I believe a proper break in requires allowing it to cool and run at operating temperature. Then I did the full burn in and all my heatsinks are sunk. Speaking of heatsinks, this does come with one, that's not designed for overclocking.I first used just the auto overclock and it was stable at 4.5 GHz, I didn't expect the top overclock using a mid priced micro and air. I would of used water cooling if needed, but if the temps are better with this chip and they seem to be, then maybe it's not, it is one of it's selling points after all. After just a little adjusting I'm seeing 4.7 GHz on all 4 cores, a 44x cache with improved RAM timings and I feel like I got a free NOS kit. That's 500 MHz over stock and a 21% faster clock speed than a 4770 and add in the faster RAM and faster SSD and...BAM, I've kicked it up a notch. Remember that on four cores you're starting at 4.2, not 4.4 GHz. It will run Sandra's burn in over and over and Intel's ETU stress test, so I feel it's stable.That Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is really something, you can start playing after dinner and the next thing you know, you smell breakfast cooking. You will want to save your profile in the BIOS anyway, but it shows default and your changes highlighted in an easy to see way.I think I might hit 4.8 with some more time, but maybe not, trying is the fun part after all and I've only restarted it 60 or 70 times. The temps are okay at 80 degrees max and I haven't tried anything to lower them yet so I can up the voltage beyond 1.26, my room is a cool 70.5 degrees F. I've found that just re-installing the heatsink a few times might lo

  

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-15

  Reviews (2042)

  Te****ce

  This thing screams. Paired with the Asus Z97A board and 32GB Corsair Dominator RAM

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-15

  Reviews (2042)

  Je****on

  I know this was advertised an overclocker's dream chip, and it doesn't quite deliver on that, but does at least reach a bit higher than my other chip. Besides that, at even stock speeds this thing absolutely screams, and with it at the same price point as the 4770K, why would you buy anything else?

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  An****J.

  I Know Fast. My bike will go 170 MPH, my car will do 0-60 in 3 seconds, my girl will,...ah,..um,...my processor is a 4790K. I've said before that I'm out of the overclocking business. I mean, I kicked the habit, but like a junkie I started reading the articles and I see the higher base clock and smoother power delivery, improved thermal interface material and lower temps and in a dream state, I placed an order. Through the gauzy haze of the evening sky, one dusty footstep succeeding the next, I entered,...The Devil's Canyon. Did your lights just flicker too? Next thing I know I have packages arriving and out pops a MSI Z97M,16 GB of Kingston 2400 Mhz RAM, a Hyper 212 EVO along with a SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD among all the rest of it. It may be time to remove that credit card information, so I have to enter it to make a purchase. I spent $1050 using a Cooler Master N200 case and an Antec High Current 620W, case fan and wireless along with what I mentioned earlier, which altogether might be $50 cheaper today, you know how that goes. I already had the video card and I'm skipping the optical drive, I'll go external for storage, not wanting the extra heat. I was overclocking back when we used aquarium pumps and chests full of ice water for cooling our CPU's, strange days, but I haven't been for about a decade, so call me an old newb (on second thought, don't ever call anybody that), but I've tried to catch up with LOTS of research. I wanted to be reasonable and still end up with something that would humiliate the 3.4/up to 3.9 GHz 4770 plus SSD I'm using with a GTX 660 Ti. That upgrade did little to impress me over Sandy bridge, in all this recent research that I've done, I found out that the 4770 and 4770K only run 3.7 GHz on all four cores according to Intel. But the 4790K's turbo runs two cores at 4.4 GHz, four cores at 4.2 GHz and all four can be clocked 4.4 or higher, like the four barrel and four speed in a Olds 442. Face it guys, if we could drive our computers to the local drive in, park and open the hood like it was the 1960's, we would. Enough silly nostalgic similes, I want to tell you what happened! I received a recent creation being batch # L419B650 or Malay/2014/week 19/B650. Using it the first day I left it stock and it was weird to be shutting down my computer, but I believe a proper break in requires allowing it to cool and run at operating temperature. Then I did the full burn in and all my heatsinks are sunk. Speaking of heatsinks, this does come with one, that's not designed for overclocking. I first used just the auto overclock and it was stable at 4.5 GHz, I didn't expect the top overclock using a mid priced micro and air. I would of used water cooling if needed, but if the temps are better with this chip and they seem to be, then maybe it's not, it is one of it's selling points after all. After just a little adjusting I'm seeing 4.7 GHz on all 4 cores, a 44x cache with improved RAM timings and I feel like I got a free NOS kit. That's 500 MHz over stock and a 21% faster clock speed than a 4770 and add in the faster RAM and faster SSD and...BAM, I've kicked it up a notch. Remember that on four cores you're starting at 4.2, not 4.4 GHz. It will run Sandra's burn in over and over and Intel's ETU stress test, so I feel it's stable. That Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is really something, you can start playing after dinner and the next thing you know, you smell breakfast cooking. You will want to save your profile in the BIOS anyway, but it shows default and your changes highlighted in an easy to see way. I think I might hit 4.8 with some more time, but maybe not, trying is the fun part after all and I've only restarted it 60 or 70 times. The temps are okay at 80 degrees max and I haven't tried anything to lower them yet so I can up the voltage beyond 1.26, my room is a cool 70.5 degrees F. I've found that just re-installing the heatsink a few times might lower them 5 degrees, because the best install is rarely the first try. Maybe I'll try a second fan on that big ol' rad he ate her. The rated max te

  

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  Te****ce

  This thing screams. Paired with the Asus Z97A board and 32GB Corsair Dominator RAM

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  Je****on

  I know this was advertised an overclocker's dream chip, and it doesn't quite deliver on that, but does at least reach a bit higher than my other chip. Besides that, at even stock speeds this thing absolutely screams, and with it at the same price point as the 4770K, why would you buy anything else?

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  Hu****uz

  Extremely fast and reliable processor

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  c****g

  Rips through everything fast, and doesn't require a lot of power to run. I'm running a pretty decent videocard, with this CPU and a Z97 motherboard and a couple SSDs. Only needed a high quality 500 watt power supply to power it all.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  Sa****mi

  Best processor i owned

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  Ch****te

  excellent processor, intel to now if I solved the problems that had cooling the 4770K and 3770K, let alone the rendimietno. highly recommended if you're a fan of technology

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-14

  Reviews (2042)

  N****n

  Normally, I'd give a product like this either 5 stars or 1 star. Basically, you'd think it either works or it doesn't. I'm giving this 4 stars because the chip, which is the primary thing you're buying, is great. However, the fan/heat-sink provided is terrible. It works, but is also incredibly loud. It sounds like you have a kettle on the stove at all times.If you're looking for a fast chip, I highly recommend this processor, but you should purchase an aftermarket heat-sink to go with it.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  Hu****uz

  Extremely fast and reliable processor

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  c****g

  Rips through everything fast, and doesn't require a lot of power to run. I'm running a pretty decent videocard, with this CPU and a Z97 motherboard and a couple SSDs. Only needed a high quality 500 watt power supply to power it all.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  Sa****mi

  Best processor i owned

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  Ch****te

  excellent processor, intel to now if I solved the problems that had cooling the 4770K and 3770K, let alone the rendimietno. highly recommended if you're a fan of technology

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  N****n

  Normally, I'd give a product like this either 5 stars or 1 star. Basically, you'd think it either works or it doesn't. I'm giving this 4 stars because the chip, which is the primary thing you're buying, is great. However, the fan/heat-sink provided is terrible. It works, but is also incredibly loud. It sounds like you have a kettle on the stove at all times. If you're looking for a fast chip, I highly recommend this processor, but you should purchase an aftermarket heat-sink to go with it.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-13

  Reviews (2042)

  B****s

  The 4790k fixes everything wrong with 4770k for the same price as it's predecessor. You will experience no slowdowns and your computer will fly through literally anything you throw at it. while overclocked, this CPU can beat out intel's lower-end 6 core, socket 2011, Enthusiast CPU's at stock. This processor is also just fun to play with, being a great overclocker due to it's redesigned power management and redisigned TIM. If you have a 4770k, it might not be enough to jump the gun, but if you're looking for an upgrade, this is the one.Edit: Due to the Meltdown fix, CPU speed and I/O speeds have been reduced, (the latter far more than the former). Still, this is not acceptable, and as such I have knocked a star of the review.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-12

  Reviews (2042)

  B****s

  The 4790k fixes everything wrong with 4770k for the same price as it's predecessor. You will experience no slowdowns and your computer will fly through literally anything you throw at it. while overclocked, this CPU can beat out intel's lower-end 6 core, socket 2011, Enthusiast CPU's at stock. This processor is also just fun to play with, being a great overclocker due to it's redesigned power management and redisigned TIM. If you have a 4770k, it might not be enough to jump the gun, but if you're looking for an upgrade, this is the one. Edit: Due to the Meltdown fix, CPU speed and I/O speeds have been reduced, (the latter far more than the former). Still, this is not acceptable, and as such I have knocked a star of the review.

• US$ 69.99

  2014-07-10

  Reviews (539)

  K****n

  Purchased refurbished item from AIM USA, arrived in 1 1/2 days looks and works like new, perfectly happy with the up front activity. Logitech K310 has a nice size, it's very thin and the white keys against the black platform makes it very easy to use in a low light environment (your screen may offer sufficient room light). The keys are soft touch and short travel, very nice. I bought this to be able to really clean my keyboard and I expect that to function well. The price is certainly modest, it is a good value. Would have given 5 star rating except for two minor items: First the keys are a bit noisy, a little more clack than I care to hear although I have heard much worse. Silent would be good in a perfect universe. Second the cord only works when connected to a USB port, this means the PS-2 functionality does not work (yes of course a plug adapter is required). This is OK 99.% of the time but if you need to do an F8 safe mode , a Drive configuration or a BIOS adjustment you will need another keyboard for many computers that require the O/S to configure the USB ports when booting up.

• US$ 299.99

  2014-07-10

  Reviews (2042)

  Ch****an

  I was very happy when I received the Boxed 4790K CPU. The batch no. is L352C120. I searched in google and found that L352C120 is not so good in overclocking compare to L4 batch no. However, I tested this CPU in my ASUS Maximus VI. The default VID for 4.4Ghz is only around 1.185V. I overclocked it finally to 4.6Ghz @ 1.21V with memory running 2200Mhz (9-9-10-24-1T) stable with Prime95 for 10minutes. The full load temperature is around 85 C with Antec 920 closed-loop watercooling. I am quite satisfy with this CPU. I think I can lower the loading temperature more if a more powerful cooler is installed. Overall, I am quite satisfy with Amazon service. Thanks !!!