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Intel Celeron G1610 Ivy Bridge 2.6GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80637G1610
Amazingly Good for under $50
- Pros: Cool, surprisingly quick, very cheap for what you get.....
The basic goodness and IPC of Ivy Bridge is so good even being crippled by Intel can't drown out all that basic inherent goodness.... - Cons: Crippled by Intel.... no hyper threading, turbo boost, etc...
- Other Thoughts: Did a quick and cheap build for the in laws... Picked up a bunch of bargain parts and the $50 cpu allowed enough money to buy a small SSD to be part of the build...
For most users a $50 cpu plus a $125 SSD will make them far happier than a $125 CPU and a $50 mechanical hard drive...
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Reviewed By:The Vorlon,6/18/2013 4:15:02 PM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 week to 1 month.
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AMD A8-6600K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8570D AD660KWOHLBOX
Awesome
- Pros: - Great performance for the price
- (mine) Came with a game
- No need for new motherboard, fits FM2
- Stable - Cons: - Mentioned by another viewer, it can run warm
- Other Thoughts: I've been running my 6600K at 4.2GHz and the video clock at 1000MHz slightly under-volted for two weeks with no issue.
I'm able to play games like
- BioShock Infinite
- Tomb Raider
- World of Warcraft
- Marvel Heroes
- Dead Island
- Company of Heroes
- Skyrim
All on medium to some high settings @ 720 res (some at 1080) with the highest temp of 71c (CM Seidon 120M cooled)
F2A85X-UP4
8GB Kingston HyperX Blu Red 1600MHz
120GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD
140GB Spinny HDD
450W RAIDMAX PSU
I went from an A4-5300 to this chip. It does seem to run a bit warm at light load, but it seems to scale well at full load. I assume that most of that is because of the water cooler. (You can pick one up for $35 here on newegg if the deal is still going!!)
If you're looking for a "gaming rig" skip the APUs until the next generation or beyond, but this is a very good step in the right direction. In all I've spent under $500 in parts with the deals I've found (99% of them from newegg).
If you're looking for good value with flexibility. I would go with this or the A10.
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Reviewed By:N/A,6/18/2013 2:25:09 PM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is Somewhat High and has owned this product 1 week to 1 month.
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Intel Core i5-2550K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Without IGP BX80623i52550K
Awesome CPU
- Pros: This processor is amazing. It's fast out of the box, you can obviously ramp it up beyond belief without ever using water cooling. This quad core chews through everything. Installing was a breeze, booted right up. I love it.
- Cons: I'm going to put this just as many others do and it IS a valid complaint - the included cooler is so-so at best, and terrible at worst. Yes, it works, but beyond that it doesn't do much.
Here's my reasoning - the K series chips are Intel's chips made to go faster and all that jazz - we know this. It's unacceptable that the included cooler keeps it at barely OK levels at normal speeds. If you purchased a Corvette, you don't need to do ANYTHING to it - it's fast right off the lot. The included radiator(s) keep the engine more than cool. You can make the Corvette do 2-3x the speed limit with ease and it's not going to overheat. Chevy isn't dumb and realizes people will do this with their sports car, even though you can't legally go over 75mph just as this chip 'shouldn't go over 3.8ghz.
- Other Thoughts: I can't say it enough, this processor is a beast. I love it, never a bottleneck in my system. I got mine from a local brick and mortar store on a fire sale. I could have spent approximately $50 for an i7-2600 (not the K) but I figured my needs don't require hyperthreading and the extra cache wasn't worth it when I could get more RAM or a much better FX card.
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Reviewed By:N/A,6/18/2013 11:54:44 AM
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AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD AD680KWOHLBOX
Fantastic little processor
- Pros: This processor blows through everyday tasks like nothing. At 4.1GHz, this is expected. Also, it runs nice and cool with the stock heatsink. I did replace the stock thermal compound with Arctic Silver 5, however.
- Cons: None so far.
- Other Thoughts: Haven't seen graphics capability as I'm running a GeForce GTX 550 Ti as my graphics card, however I see a Radeon 7750 in my future. Odd that it unofficially Crossfires with the 7750 and no other 7000 series cards.
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Reviewed By:LlamaSandwich,6/18/2013 11:36:18 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is Somewhat High and has owned this product 1 day to 1 week.
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