I7-2600K 3.4 Ghz Processor BX80623I72600K

This processor simply SCREAMS. I think I might actually be able to hear it? No, really, it's that fast. I upgraded from a 3.9ghz q9550 quad-core, and the transition is AMAZING. My q9550 @ 3.9ghz was about equivalent to an X6 1090t at stock clocks... however, this i7 seems to have doubled my computer's responsiveness. So, that means it's very, very, very fast. I'll post some hard data benchmarks on here when I get my cooling system optimized. So far, I've seen anywhere from a 10% to a 40% increase in gaming performance, depending on how CPU-reliant the game is. I've nearly doubled my FPS in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (very CPU-dependent) and GTA4 (also very CPU-dependent), while I got a modest 5-15FPS boost in Crysis 2 maingame (not-so-CPU dependent). The good news is that this processor only hits about 60*C with a 4.2ghz overclock, using a modest watercooler and a good case. I have a Corsair H60, and I'm seeing about 60*C. I went pretty light on the thermal paste (Arctic Silver), but adding more won't change too much. Make sure your system is ready to handle the heat. I've maxed out at ~4.7ghz, but decided not to tweak voltage over 1.3V. Pros: + Unbelievably, freakishly fast. + Actually pretty dang efficient (~3-5 watts idle, 70-80w max load). + Very overclockable. + Runs relatively cool. Cons: - Some applications are too old-fashioned to use Intel Hyper-threading. Bummer. - Intel HD graphics are useless. AMD APUs actually have a GPU. - Doesn't wake me up in the morning and make my breakfast like a good little computer. - Boxed cooler just takes up space (wouldn't it be awesome if you could save $15 and just buy the processor?). In the meantime, I strongly suggest getting this CPU if you have the need or desire to build a killer machine. If you don't want to break the bank and get the best machine out there, check out the i5 2500k, which is also a totally killer processor. Current Setup: i7 2600k @ 4.2ghz (100.0fsb x 42mult) Corsair H60 Watercooler ASUS P67 Sabertooth REV.B3 8GB OCZ DDR3 1333mhz EVGA GTX 470 (JET ENGINE) Antec 1200 PC Case (Awesome) Cooler Master 1000W PSU WD 500GB 7200RPM + WD 1TB 7200RPM HDDs

I apologize in advance if this review is a little vague on some of the specs of this CPU. I'm not doing this FROM that computer, so I don't have any of the exact details to go off of. I've had a handful of computers [desktops and laptops, including a $5,000 Sager 9262 I bought in 2008] over the years, but they've always been pre-assembled, and I've always wanted to build my own desktop gaming rig. Having just gotten back home from Afghanistan, I had a bit of cash to finally throw into an attempt. I won't go TOO into details on my rig, but I got the Corsair Obsidian 800D with a Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 Motherboard (Mobo), GeForce GTX 570x2, Intel SSD, and Corsair 16gb of DDR3 1600Mhz RAM. And of course, the i7 2600K. #1 - Installation - First of all, installing this thing was a cinch. [For my motherboard] All I had to do was lift the locking mechanism up, remove the dust guard, set the CPU on the contacts of the Mobo, and lock it down. I second-guessed myself when I did this, thinking it should have been a smidgen more difficult, but nope. Simple as that. After installing every other component in my case, and turning this bad boy on, I immediately went into the bios to check it out. You can get pretty deep into the settings on this Mobo, but I got the hang of it rather quickly and familiarized myself with the capabilities of this processor. I didn't overclock it right off the bat (good idea for anyone), so I could get a baseline performance test (before and after, so to speak). I installed the OS and whatnot, followed by a few games like Crysis, Bioshock 2, Arma 2, etc. #2 - Overclocking - The factory clock on this is 3.4Ghz (multiplier of 34). I'm currently pushing 4.4Ghz (or a multiplier of 44) with AIR COOLING, and without getting extremely hot. I plan on getting liquid cooling over time, but I'll wait for that. #3 - Performance - As I'm not at that computer right now (doing this from work), I don't remember my exact framerate (FPS) in these games, I CAN tell you that it's extremely good. If I remember correctly, I got around 65 FPS on Crysis, and ARMA 2 with all graphics settings maxed out. I know that half of that may be the 570s, but this CPU helps A LOT! #4 - Price - For $340, this thing blows the concept of "getting a deal" out of the water! The 2600K is regularly compared against the 990x in stats and performance, and the 990x is nearly $1,000! All in all, I give this thing a 5 out of 5. It's a bargain price for some high-performance, and high-quality hardware. It'll slaughter anything you throw at it, and then some. It's compatible with all current-gen GPUs and most RAM. I definitely recommend getting this CPU if you're planning on building your own gaming computer. It's way beyond nice to have. It's one of the most powerful consumer CPUs out there, and by far the best power-to-dollar ratio out there.

The Intel Core i7 2600k is an outstanding processor. It's extremely good for multitasking such as ripping videos and other CPU intensive tasks at the same time. For the amount of tasks load, it appears to use less electricity than previous generations of CPU. But in order to use this second-generation i processor you would have to upgrade the motherboard as well because it uses socket 1155. It's not compatible with the first generation socket 1156. Both socket 1156 and 1155 uses the same heatsink and fan configuration and fit, therefore can be reused on this new platform. This platform uses DDR3 exclusively. This processor is extremely good at idle power usage in it's default non-overclocked state. The motherboard that I've bought contains the Intel H67 chipset and therefore doesn't allow the multiplier to go beyond 34 therefore does not allow overclocking. This doesn't matter to me since the processor even in its stock state is extremely fast and extremely energy-efficient to boot. The reason I bought the 2600k which is essentially similar over the 2600 is because it no doubt that he came from a higher bin up at Intel's fab. This is what I think, the 2600k version is better and more than likely came from a higher Intel bin number lot. This put it this way, when Intel manufacture processor within a given family on a fab. Each CPU chip is fully tested at different speeds and functions. The best ones are reserved for the highest speed and the lower speed ones are place in bins lower down in order. Some of the chips that has defective sections have those sections and more turned off and configured as a different model such as ones with less cache memory. Some of those lesser chips may even have some functions permanently disabled and sold as cheaper CPUs models such as with and without Hyperthreading even though they came off the same fab. This model also has a better onboard graphics engine than the non-k version. This feature is not important for me since I use a separate graphics card. This CPU works like a charm and approximately three times faster than my previous one which is Intel Core2 Duo E8500 clocked at 3.2 GHz.

I bought this at a certain price. Then 3 days later it dropped by $30. I contact Amazon support by chat and the person tells me oh you'll get a credit on your next purchase. It won't show up but it will be automatically deducted from your next purchase. This did not happen. When I talk to them a 2nd time they tell me that they will not in fact match their own price change even days form the purchase after being told I would get a credit from a previous representative. I have spent nearly $2,000 on Amazon during a 30 day period. It really pisses me off getting lied to about something like that. They dont seem to have the corporate backbone to understand thats a no go to keep a customer happy that drops thousands a month for their business on your site. As far as the CPU. Its a mean screaming machine. Overclocked out of the box to 4.8ghz with the H100 Liquid CPU cooler. Runs 25-30c temps at idle and this thing is just insane for encoding my MKV to MP4 files for my new Apple TV. I am also using this in a Hackintosh setup with 16gig ram and this is one of the nicest machines I have yet to use. CPU A+++ Amazon Support Staff F--- You

As far as the product it is fine. It works like its supposed to and as expected. The only complaint I have is in the shipping, it was so slow getting here. I paid $12 extra for expedited shipping and it still took a week and a half, it arrived a day after the guaranteed time frame. If you order don't be in a hurry, dont spend the money on the faster shipping, get the free shipping it will arrive at the same time.

I have to start by saying that this Intel processor is just super fast, REALLY EASY to overclock even your grandma can do it (lol search for the video in youtube) and depending on how you see it, the price is awesome. On synthetic benchmarks it will perform *almost* as well as the infamous i7-990x which is a six core CPU and it costs $999!!! The i7-2600k comes with regular (and cheap IMO) cpu fan cooler, but it does the job, if you are not planning to overclock at the beginning just use the stock cpu fan. This processor is for enthusiast, hardcore computer builders, people who run virtual computers, and photo video editing. If you are a gamer only or planning to use the computer for regular basic stuff, please save some money and buy the i5-2500k instead. 90% of your computer needs will be pretty much the same with an 2500k which can be overclocked and it also has 4 cores (but no hyperthreading). You will save +$100 which can be put towards an SSD or a good video card. Pros: Super Fast Quad Core 8 Threads with HyperThreading) Easy to overclock, all I have to do with my asRock gen 3 mobo is to enable "auto overclock" to 4.4 ghz and thas it. Temps with stock fan: 34c idle, 82c load using Intel Burn, NOT overclocked (coolmaster enforcer case, ambient temp: 80f-85f) Temps with Corsair H60: 29c idle, 70c load, overclocked to 4.4 ghz This CPU will most likely never be your "bottleneck". Integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics will do an awesome work with your basic graphic needs. Cons: Might not be the most for your money. again 90% of people will be better with an i5-2500k Cheap Fan, you need to buy an aftermarket cooler to overclock it. Neutral: VT-d was disabled from the K version, you dont know what is it? then you dont need it :) Conclusion, you want to have the fastest computer, show off your friends, overclock, and money is not an issue? Get this processor. If you are in a budget, dont care about having a bigger "e-p3n1s", you game only, or basic stuff, get the i5-2500k

Very fast, and those effective 8 cores allow you to do many things at once, all at full speed. There also is a 2700K model available for $50 more. That'll give a 4% faster CPU for $50. Whoopie. You'll never see it unless you run a benchmark. Pro: There are 2 issues controlling the speed you get from a modern, multi-core CPU: The number of cores and the speed of each core. This CPU runs 4 cores, each of which your operating system can hyper-thread, giving 8 effective cores. The multiple cores allow several demanding processes each to run at full core speed, and so the speed of each core determines how fast each of those applications runs. This chip is a winner on both counts. But you'll need Windows 7 x64 or 64-bit Linux to take maximum advantage of what this chip offers. It really screams. For we techno-geeks, following are some benchmarks: Floating point calculations are critical to the performance of my image processing and numerical analysis work, so I ran my standard double-precision floating point benchmarks on a single core running at the stock speed under Windows 7x64 Pro and 1600MHz DDR3. This benchmark mixes different proportions of add/subtract/multiply/divide operations doing real-world calculations. A mix of [50%,0%,50%,0%] -- that is, only adds and multiplies, which run very fast -- gives 4.8 Gigaflops (billion floating point operations per second) per core. For a [43,29,14,14] mix, which is relatively heavy on the slow operation of division, I get 1.6 Gigaflops per core, which still is exceptional. Putting this in perspective, the stock i7-2600k gives 10x the performance of a Cray YMP supercomputer of 1992, and is more than 1000 times faster than my Sun Sparcstation of the same era. On the other hand, the stock i7-2600k is around 1/4000 as fast as the Fujitsu "K computer" in Japan, the world's fastest supercomputer that eats 12 Megawatts of power and costs $10 million/year to run. Con: The CPU fan that Intel provided was a bit noisy. I could hear it wind up in RPM when the CPU came under a heavy computing load. For a few bucks I replaced it and all was good. Mine was probably a fluke, so don't let that get in the way of purchasing an i7-2600k. In summary: Get this chip --- it's a dream. You'll not find a significantly faster CPU near this price for at least a couple of years.

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