

item arrived in a timely fashion, new as advertised, installed easily without issues. running a perf' test shows CPU at full clock and spec, no problems. kit had all needed hardware for installation.

Seems to be running well and not too hot and intergraded graphics are working.

Awesome speeds for 65 watts! No need for liquid cooling; wraith cooler is near silent.

Built a mini-ITX w/ this beast and a 4070 TI ( NZXT H1 v2 case ) and this thing is just fine with it. Doesn't complain, doesn't make noise, sits at 30-40 degrees for general software engineering / use. Went w/ this over the new AMD because of the single-thread performance which affects perception of speed way more than pretty-rare-for-me-at-least-multi-core workloads, which is all I think about all day as an engineer. So far am not disappointed.

-Fast -Overclocking galore

- Fast CPU - Good overclocking tools (with more to come via PBO2) - So many cores



I have both, but in different boards; i read a review that said the hyperthreading only counts in certain games, and since I run a dx-11 title on my surround view rig, i can't notice any disadvantage, nor a boost when playing american truck driver. the one thing i have noticed, is it's currently a lot cheaper than my 3600, lol! but seriously folks; I've run a few hundred hrs with this proc, using an msi r-9 290, a gigabyte wind force gtx 1650 o.c; and an asus rtx 5050 o.c. without a single hitch! i love the new 5050 by the way; i removed the plastic back plate, and re-installed the screws, to use the shroud as the support plate, so i could set a 92mm 4-pin fan over the pcb (dart tips fit the mounting holes, and are trimable for height) and it runs 5760 x 1080p at about 60% load, and 120 degrees F.... (44 fps and full eye candy) i'm on an asrock b550 phantom 4; 16gb timtec 16-18-18-38 3200mhz; a 40" tv, with two 32" viewsonics for the side windows, and it rocks! i'm old school; i built my first rig in 1995, and i never overclock, i just upgrade to go faster, lol! my bragging rights come from the years i can squeeze out of the cash i paid; i have 20 motherboards; an abit ax5 with a 100 mhz dx4, and perfect caps after 30 years. i have a foxconn destroyer, an asrock 990fx fatalty killer, an asrock z590 steel legend atx's all. a pair of zotac 780 gtx's amped editions with full solid copper water blocks, a gigabyte ud5 with an i7 core / and 8 x 4 gb sticks quad channel ddr3 patriot 1866 mhz copper aluminum spreaders with copper bars inside..................................... an original foxconn 8800 gtx i purchased the day it was released

Great performance, low cost Stock cooler actually looks nice


Fit like a glove into ASRock B450M/AC R2.0 AM4 AMD Promontory B450 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Performs well - comes with some heat trasfer ... very quite fan ..

- It exceeded my expectations when compared to my i9-14900k. I get more FPS and lower wattage! an Amazing Combo


-Super fast -Very powerful

If you are looking for the best performance on a budget, this is your chip. I built two systems with similar hardware except for the CPU - one with this and the other with a core 7 265. I can't tell a difference in Star Citizen, one of the most demanding games on a CPU.

Low power, good igpu, cheap


6 Cores includes cooler good price