
Best CPU for both gaming and productivity so far. Definitely a very good upgrade from a 13th Gen Intel i9 that had instability issues. Doesn't get so hot when multitasking. This thing is fast

Simple. Period.

The cpu is crazy fast

Great performance Stellar fps in all games

- Better then 9950X in production - Fast in gaming beating i9 14900K

It's fast enough to blow your hair back.

Price point was good they had it in stock and I got it in 2 days.

Works perfectly as expected. Games great, does everything else great. Perfect processor.

Excellent CPU....easy to install for certain as compared to the CPU's with very fine pins. Worked first time and no problems...including the new Motherboard.

Powerful, and not too much slower than 13900k, but much less expensive. Four extra e-cores compared to 13700k. Huge upgrade from my 3770k which I've been using since 2012.

16 core 32 threats. Powerful and less power demand.

I had no problem installing into my pc.

Not only has my FPS and overall gaming performance improvedespecially in older titles like World of WarcraftI went against popular opinion and sold my underwhelming AMD system, upgrading to this one. I originally aimed for the 270K, but when it sold out, this model popped back in stock, and I decided to take the chance. I run multiple LLMs, game, stream, do light video editing, and experiment with AI and video generationbasically a little bit of everything. I already had a 5080 and 64GB of RAM, but wowthis machine is a beast. I was worried Id lose 1015% performance, and in some games I did lose about 5%, but what truly matters is that I can now use my PC however I wanteven while gaming. No more shutting down my LLMs just to play casually. The best part? My 1% lows jumped up massivelyby around 35% in MMOs. Thats far more important to me than raw FPS. No more micro-stutters, OBS crashes, or rubberbanding. I used to spend hours tweaking settings just to get games good enough to enjoyand I always felt I fell short. Im not claiming to be a hardware guru, just a hobbyist whos built PCs for over a decade (RIP 1080 Ti). Long story short: if youre chasing every last frame and dont care about AI, 1% lows, or multitasking, this is an incredible bargain at $200.

Had been on 8-core CPU's for the longest time, but I found that I was multi-tasking more and more. This CPU fit the bill and it was a noticeable speed bump over my old 5800X. It was a nice middle ground as the next level up, 9950X, was beyond my budget. Plenty good enough for gaming also. Power efficiency is still good enough to stick to air cooling.

Faster game play in intense gaming sessions than the [email protected]. Still running the 285K at stock settings.

High productivity with good power consumption. Plenty of cores/threads for gaming and productivity.

- Don't have to marry into the thread ripper eco system. - Cheaper than thread ripper. - Good for AI and Gaming. - Zero scheduling issues.

Awesome: Newegg customer service was incredibly reassuring and resolved the problem posthaste

- Consistent and reliable performance - Reasonable to keep cooled adequately - Has areas where it does in fact outrun the directly competing other-brand chip

Rock stable, fast and actually runs cool as long as you have a 360 AIO. Gaming 65C, idle around 30-35C. Looking at 4k gaming and this is only around 4% slower than a 9950X3D and cost's much less! Productivity apps and gaming all run smooth and stable.