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Copper plating allows it to absorb more heat from the cpu than a normal heat sink.

Fast and works great, it was easy to install and the new Intel cooling fan is quiet.



Work perfectly with my ASUS Prime Z390-A. Paired with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan and it consistently runs 4.5 GHz to 4.8 GHz. Slapped in G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-32GTZR using XMP specs now I not only have a blazing speeds, but one hell of an RGB light show. Lots of OC options.

I immediately gained at least 30 FPS to my minimum and maximum FPS, and in some games that was closer to a 50-70 FPS improvement (Graphics card is 7900 XT). Games like Helldivers 2 and Valheim (especially with a large built up base) that would strangle my Ryzen 7 3800X perform much better with the extra L3 cache of the X3D

Amazing Single core performance Good idle TDP (30W recorded) Very great boost clocks Very nice prize and performance bump compared to a 12600K

Super fast, reasonably priced , decent overclocking, got free games with it.

Low wattage draw - stays around 9-13 watts unloaded. The included Stealth cooler fan only runs a quiet 1,000-1,600 RPM in my Silverstone shelf case. The six cores run 31C at idle and so far, have never reached above 43C in moderate use. Cold boot to fully loaded using this processor, in my setup, is never more than 17 seconds. I could have easily used my old monstrous OCZ cooler from an AM2/3 build years back but the CPU runs so cool with the stock cooler there was no need. Very capable business/home use processor. Decent pricing. A.I. ready.

It shipped slightly ahead of estimate and very near a holiday no less. Great price point


8 cores Not an Intel (no, I'm not a fanboy, I just hate Intel's cost/value skew) Faster than I need and I haven't touched OCing it yet.