Core i9-10850K Desktop Processor - 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 - Intel 400 Series chipset 125W

This cpu was a big upgrade coming from a ryzen 2600x. It does get hot, so if you get this get a 240mm liquid cooler atleast. I say get the 280mm, but I got the cappelix 100i elite and I'm at 68c on full load at 5ghz. I had to get this cpu because I didn't want to get bottlenecked because I have a 3080. With this cpu and 3080 I'm getting around 80-100 fps in cyberpunk all ultra settings with dlss on quality and rtx psycho. If you can't find a ryzen 5900x reasonably priced get this you won't be disappointed.

this was made because of the shortage of i9 10900k processors with just a 100mhz drop on the clock. honestly you cant tell the difference between this and the 10900k. just as fast and overclocks smoothly.. paired with my asus rog maximus hero z490 board and i get a smooth 44% overclock with a corsair aio 360 cooler.. cant go wrong as the price keeps dropping and will continue to do so when the new 11th gen comes out. faster than you will ever need gaming.. if youre doing rendering and 3d cad go with the amd threadrippers with the higher core count, but for gaming this is still the best bang for the buck.

Very happy with this processor, heard good things about AMD but I’ve always trusted Intel as my processor and it has made me happy, 11/10.

After waiting for some months for 10900K to be available, I was happy to see that 10850K was made available. Clocks 100 MHz lower across the board vs 10900k, miles cheaper and actually available. With also BestBuy's price match, it was a a simple decision. Performance = Super. Haven't tried OC, most likely it will stay stock for a while. Paired up with 2 x 1080TI with 128GB memory! Awesome.

I bought this as a replacement for a Ryzen CPU that went bad due to overheating. Not the fault of the CPU, but the case it was in was badly designed for airflow. But it did give me a chance to buy Intel again, which I have on all my other PCs. Paired with a Z490-E MBO along with my 3070 GPU in a Thermaltake Crystal case it all seems to work well so far. I use this PC primarily for work, but it needs to process a lot of data (big data queries) and it does it fast. Occasionally I will use it to play a game like Elden Ring and I have no problems with lag or dropped frames. So overall I am very happy with this purchase.

Mine does 5GHz no sweat. I mostly use the PC for gaming so this suits me perfectly. Go for this instead of the 10900k and save a few bucks.

Paired with a cooler this thing clocks very cool, and runs snappy. Coming from the 7700k, running a 3080 Suprim X, and running benchmark test, it finally seemed that my cpu was bottlenecking my GPU causing problems from what I was expecting. After upgrading to the 10850k and running the benchmark without clocking at all, performance was night and day almost marked 10k higher. Very good buy. I paid $399 for the chip, and compared to other comparable chips these days, it’s well worth the investment.

Specs: Intel I9-10850k MSI Z490 Wifi Motherboard Corsair 32gb - 3600 MHz Ram MSI 240mm Water Cooler MSI Fans: 4 total (3 in front and 1 in rear) 2TB Crucial M.2 NVME 1TB Samsung EVO SSD MSI Nvidia graphics card RTX 3070 OCx3 MSI Case - Sekira 100R Monitor: Samsung G7 1440p - 240hz with Gsync Headset Logitech wireless G733 white Logitech G600 mouse, Pro keyboard, and the gaming board Xbox controller - game pass Windows 10 Home