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Did not want to overclock, so saved some $ by not buying the K version. Using it now with the included graphics.

Wow to spare. Awesome!

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.

Amazing performance from this CPU. I installed it on an ASUS Prime Z590-P motherboard and it was easy after reading the excellent instructions that came with it. My PC boots up in seconds and is fast.

- Inexpensive - Fast (I know there are faster, but this guy has plenty horsepower. - Rock solid

Waiting on a special cooling set up for this and then will see how far I can push this chip. On air cooler right now and have a very stable oc of 4.7GHZ, heat is staying down at this oc in the 38-41C range. When I compile videos it does get up to 56c but not bad for air cooling. Will update the review once I get the exotic cooling solution in and see if I can get this chip to scream.

- It's not AMD - Biggest pro right there! - Fast - Runs cool - In all the tests I see it appears that the 256K is the absolute best value...more below.