Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was able to overclock it to 5GHz and still low voltage (1.29), but the heat was getting over 100 degrees C on Intel Burn-In/stress test, which bother me. Using AIO cooler, so maybe with a custom loop that could have helped. 4.8GHz was very stable with occassionally hitting 90 degrees C on some cores, so I settled with 4.7GHz, since it doesn't even go over 75C when stressed and I'm at a 0.020 offset (which is about 1.25V on all cores under stress). Under normal loads, it's around 30C on my setup, and occassionally hits in the 50s when I'm rendering. This one isn't for gaming, although it can post some pretty impressive gaming framerates too for games that are more CPU intensive. Best price available, if you can find it in stock...I was lucky.

I had a hard time evaluating this processor. It's supposed to be an entry point into HEDT, but the performance lags behind the competition. 5831 points on Cinebench R20, a few hundred above the 9900k, but well below AMD's 3900x. Yet it is much more expensive than the 3900x. I'd only recommend this processor if you need 256 GB RAM support and the additional PCIe 3.0 lanes. Also, the power draw at 4.7 Ghz all core boost can reach 225W, so good cooling is an absolute must. Given the additional cost of cooling, power draw and lackluster performance, this should have been priced at $100 less.

I upgraded to this from an I7, and I was quite pleased with the increase in performance! Was also quite pleased with the price!