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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 100 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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97%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers recognize the Core i5-9400 as a great value for the price, especially for budget builds. It is a solid choice for PC gaming and multitasking, delivering impressive performance. Customers are pleased with its ability to handle various tasks and its overall performance.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Product, Better Value

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great for gaming able to handle a handful of demanding cpu intensive programs at once with ease. (ex. Triple A game titles + streaming software+ the 12 tabs you accidently left open in IE) for what it is, and how it performs its a tough value to top

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great processor

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this to upgrade my older I3-8100 processor and I must say you do notice a difference in speed. Not using it for gaming so there was no need for a higher end processor. This thing does a wonderful job for my media center

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    No issue with install!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Unit is installed (make sure you have the proper motherboard) and all is working great! We are happy with the speed increase from the i3 chip.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good product, good service

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased a new processor and RAM and the product price was right inline with other, online sellers, but the Performance of the new device is amazing. I did have a Geeksquad representative come and install the unit, ( once the apocalypse lightened up) here at my home and knocked the installation out with no issues! Great purchase!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    6 Core 65W CPU Beats any I3 by far

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I am using this processor in AsRock Deskmini 310W and I couldn't be more happier with its performance this is a very good rig web browsing, netflixing and does drive my 4K monitor nicely love it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it!!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great!! I use Maya, Substance painter, and Unreal Engine alot and this has no problem rendering things in it. Works great and is up for any task!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    installed & tested beautifully

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    a marriage made in heaven when paired with an ASUS m-board. FYI, the 10th generation i5 socket is LGA 1200 [your m-board can't be an 1151, 1150, 775, etc. it's 1200 or nothing]

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Overclocking

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Budget option, but good

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent choice for a budget gaming build. Single core numbers are good, but can’t OC. Built it for a secondary command center for friends/family.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Budget CPU

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought it on sale and it performs well for the budget. It's still working great as an office PC and good thing that it has an iGPU.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Huge upgrade for my pc

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I recently upgraded my computer with this, and and it has opened up tons of more opportunities in the gaming world

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good for a workstation

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect CPU for a workstation. I don’t even use all the cores but the speed is what makes it so good for its price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast, efficient!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I do many task at once including discord, gaming, stream and this processor handles all very well!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy fast upgrade!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Speedy and easy upgrade to our system. Needed a better processor to run Microsoft Flight Sim 2020, and this did the trick!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Updated computer

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Added motherboard, Intel I5, and Vengence memory to my pc. I shopped around then got it all from Best Buy at a very nice price!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great mid level gaming CPU

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This CPU is perfect if you need a good 6 core mid level gamer. Don’t spend more than you have to. 6 cores, plenty powerful

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fluidly fast!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Wow what an upgrade from i3! Fluidly fast! Exceeded my expectations! Satisfied with this purchase. Highly recommend!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love this!

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is quite good. I never had any problems with this item. Great and dependable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great! No issues. Honestly it really all you need to play most games rn. Warzone and Pex run smooth

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    very fast easy install

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    just built new PC and this processor is very fast so far. Not a gamer so cant speak to that but easy install and works great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Intel Core i5-9000 series CPU

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Intel-Core i5-9000 series 9th gen its very good and fast CPU for personal use and some games.

    I would recommend this to a friend