Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 88W BX80646I54690K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600

Pros: Coming from a C2Q Q6600 system, now the video encoding it only takes half the time it used to with the Q6600. Overall computing power has change and I'm glad I went from a Q6600 to a 4690K. I had Dell and HP in between but after 9 years I wanted to build a faster system and I'm glad I did, sure it takes time but it's so much better. My current system: Asus Z97 Pro Wi-Fi ac i5 4690K Enermax ETS-T40-TB KLEVV Genuine DDR3 2400 MSI GTX 960 eVGA 750W G2 I am completely unfamiliar with EUFI BIOS and how to overclock (com'on, my last board is the P5B-Deluxe Wi-Fi) and with the ASUS 5 way optimization, all I had to do was to fallow the instructions and choose the optimization that I knew it was going to push this CPU to the safest overclock possible. After the two, three reboots, the system took a little while to recognize the best and safest frequencies for the CPU to run at and now my i5 is running at 4.40ghz with 1.23v. I know with a little more voltage it could run at a higher speeds but will leave it as it is for now. A 500mhz increase in speed over the Turbo Boost? I'm happy with this CPU, and temps are very good, full load it hits 70-75 degrees C. I've been using Intel since 1998, have had several of their CPUs and never an issue with an Intel system and this CPU is amazing at what it does and for the price, a good bargain. Considering I paid $330 for my E6600 back in 2006.

Cons: None.....Intel, have two types of box for "any" of your procs, $10 less for those of us that want to buy the "retail" version of the processor but w/o the stock heatsink. I'd rather have $10 in my pocket then paperweight sitting my my closet or throw them away.

Overall Review: If you have a Kentsfield or Conroe still? This is way to go, sure, there's the i7 but for $100 more, the performance difference was pretty much negligible iimo. So, opt for a much better motherboard (from Asus) with a Z97 chipset.

Pros: Fully unlocked intel haswell quad core AKA devils canyon, this refresh offered better thermal interface material between the cpu die and the heatspreader in an attempt to get better temperatures than the 4670k and for the most part it does!

Cons: None, other than the fact that intel is so far ahead of AMD and with no other manufacturers and no competition intel focuses on power savings and not much else. All of the performance increases were due to die shrinks and *slight* improvements

Overall Review: Overclocks easy! Really fast, plays all my games i could want it too and more. Got mine to 4.5ghz with 1.25v, a phanteks cooler doesn't hit over 60c in intense gaming.

Pros: So... I grabbed this little critter for my wife's computer build. and it is doing laps around my 8 core AMD cpu .... I cry myself to sleep every night knowing she has a better cpu than me ....

Cons: No cons so far. It seems to be working as designed.

Overall Review: Something that really had me worried was that the instructions specifically shows that you are NOT to put on ANY paste at all. So ... I used the stock fan/sink, installed it on the motherboard with the cpu, and had no problems so far, temps are always around 30C.

Pros: Absolutely everything.

Cons: Doesn't warm my room up as well as my old Q9650 rig. But in all seriousness, I wish there was an option to buy the chip without the cooler. This would reduce the price (not to mention waste) by a non-trivial amount. I'm sure most of the people who purchase at this level toss the stock heat sink in favor of superior solutions, especially for the "k" series processors which imply the intent to overclock.

Overall Review: I have this running with an ASUS Z97-A and a Cooler Master Seidon 120V. I was able to overclock the turbo from 3.9GHZ to 4.6GHZ and REDUCE the turbo voltage from 1.2V to 1.12V. Idle temps are around 26C and full load (Prime95 small FFT test) temps are from 60C to 65C. This was truly a great purchase, and I would highly recommend spending the extra $$ for this CPU.

Pros: All around this CPU is a beast. I'm running it at stock and I'm very happy with my results in game. Battlefield 4 with the Ultra preset over 60 fps, Titanfall on Ultra settings 60 fps never lags or stutters. Dark Souls now runs on my new pc, locked at 30 fps but hey it ran at 15 fps and dropped on my previous computer! APB Reloaded which is very cpu and ram intensive is 62 fps and never drops. Dead Rising 3 with the framelock disable 40 fps and plus. Finally I tested out Skyrim Ultra preset and 60 fps and above. Obviously I mainly use this CPU for gaming but for basic desktop use, I zip through everything super fast. Loads up HD video, music, and high resolution pictures quite fast! I can't wait to start doing some video editing and picture editing with this cpu! I also tried to do some in game recording and I was actually very surprised at how well my cpu ran. I took a video of dark souls and it did not stutter at all during the recording! I'm very happy with this cpu and I highly recommend this product to anyone looking for an all around great cpu and that don't really want to pay for an i7.

Cons: None actually.

Overall Review: I've heard a lot of people talk bad about the stock cooler and honestly I'm using it on my system and it works fine for me since I'm not overclocking. Though I would recommend not to use this for overclocking. The temps are great with the stock cooler, it idles at 30c and when under load its usually around 50-60c. So I'm happy with the stock cooler along with the processor. My PC specs: Intel i5 4690k ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 motherboard Radeon HD 7950 (will upgrade to a GTX 970 soon) G. skill 1600mhz 16 gig ram 128 gig ssd san disk 1tb hard drive western digital 620w sea sonic psu

Pros: Let me first say that I have been an AMD fanboy for the past 5+ years. As far as I'm concerned price per performance is still in their corner. However I was willing to spend a few more bucks on this build and got a sweet deal so I upgraded to Intel. And with that said, I'm very happy I did. The 4690K chews through every I throw at it (mainly gaming). I have this paired with an Intel 530 Series 120GB SSD as a boot drive with small programs. In benchmarks the 4690K is absurdly better over my old Phenom II X965 and that continues in real world usage as well. The only time I get a slowdown is with high pressure stress testing but granted that's Intel Burn Test running with Chrome (10+ tabs), Dota 2, OCCT, Corsair Link, AMD Catalyst and a file server running at the same time. I'm impressed. I've also done well with the silicon lottery. 4.6GHZ @ 1.25Vcore. Idle temps average 25C and load temps with IBT hit around 70. This is with an H80I set on performance mode. Real world/gaming never goes above 60C. CPU intensive tasks like file compression/rendering/unzipping are easily 75-150% faster than my previous system. Just a great buy when on sale. I'm also running a Radeon 7950 with this chip. I haven't found a game yet that I can't play on Ultra with my 23" 1080P LG Monitor. Granted thats more graphics card dependent but I certainly don't have to worry about a cpu bottleneck. Even with Wolfenstein and COD I don't go above 60C. Buy this cpu if you can afford. End of story.

Cons: Intel chips get hotter. Account for that. The silicon lottery on Intel is also harder to win. I've seen many people not be able to get over 4.3 with their i5. But even at that speed it's a great chip.

Overall Review: My system: i5 4690K Intel 530 120GB SSD WD 1TB Blue; Seagate 1.5TB ADATA 8GB 2400 MHz DDR3 Radeon 7950 Corsair H80I

Pros: More time to enjoy this More time away from wife

Cons: Will one day have to part ways

Overall Review: I'll be good to you. You have saved my life!

Pros: Fast Good thermal with the redesign in devils canyon Efficient with its turbo clock without ever lagging behind the curve

Cons: Absolutely none

Overall Review: It's no i7 so obviously no hyperthreading where it counts such as rendering, BUT, for gaming, this thing is insane. Coming from an AMD Phenom II X4 965 which I've ran into the ground since 2009 and having a GTX 970 SSC with above marginal performance in FPS, it is amazing just how much my GPU was being held back. Now in most modern titles where even with the card I'd have to keep my settings on medium to high, can just now full out Ultra on anything and it performs beautifully. Half the things I throw at the CPU it doesn't even stress about taking the jobs in stride. I'm incredibly happy with this purchase.