Intel Core i5-3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2GHz (3.6GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i53470

Pros: Got it on sale for less than 185.00! Fast!

Cons: notta

Other Thoughts: Don't really need a HSF for this since your not going to OC. Temps are normally in 38-40c. However, I think I am still going to get a new HSF anyways cause I have a window on my case and would look cooler :)

Pros: I have had this CPU for 6 months. I have had no issues at all. I can achieve an overclock of 4.0 on a sabertoothZ77 mobo with a hyper 212 doing the cooling. Temps at idol are around 20-25 degrees. When I run Prime95 the temps only climb to 55 degrees after 4 hours of running. with the stock cooler I was getting temps of well over 80 while running Prime95at stock clock, so there is a huge difference.

Cons: The only con is the included stock cooler, but that goes with out saying.

Other Thoughts: I would easily buy this CPU again. i5 is the way to go for any gaming PC. The only advantage of an i7 is hyper-threading, which gaming rigs don't really need. A great CPU for around $200

Pros: Arrived in one piece. No pin issues. Running a bunch of stuff on VMware Workstation 9 on it and haven't seen any slowdown yet.

Looks easy enough to bump up to 3.6, but I'll likely wait until I install a better cooling system.

Cons: The heatsink/fan it comes with looks less than impressive, but that's not really Intel's problem, so no reason to drop an egg.

Pros: Pretty quick compared to my i3-2120, great price too! runs cool.

Cons: None

Pros: Cool and quiet. Runs great on a GIGABYTE GA-H77-DS3H motherboard.

Cons: none

Pros: it's working well for what I need : games and development on windows 8. I've got a graphic card so no use for i7.

Cons: None

Pros: So fast compared to my old cpu. Although probably any processor would be better than my old one.

Cons: I was hoping for a 7.9 on the windows experience index, but it gave a 7.6. That is not really a con but i thought i just put it out there.

Other Thoughts: Great processor for the price.

Pros: plug and play .....without problem . thats what I wanted !

Cons: none

Pros: worked out of the box
fast

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: my friend that I just did this custom build won't be doing any overclocking, this is a great CPU for a non overclocker.

Pros: Not a bad deal for a quad core 3.2 Ghz processor, it this one last as long as the last dual core did, this won't be a bad investment. fast, runs cool and fast.

Cons: No so far

Other Thoughts: Running with a Gigabit MB using 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, and SATA 6.0Gbs 1TB hard drive, Diablotek 450 powersupply
O/S is Windows 7 Ultimate (highly recommended, really nice O/S)