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Intel Core i5-6500 Skylake Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I56500 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530
- 14nm Skylake 65W
- 6MB L3 Cache
- 4 x 256KB L2 Cache
- Intel HD Graphics 530
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Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark*, MobileMark*, and SPEC CPU are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
Measured by SYSmark* 2014, a benchmark from BAPCo* consortium, which measures the performance of commonly used productivity applications, such as Microsoft Excel* and Adobe Acrobat*. On HD video playback, compared to 5-year-old system.
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- Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Pros: Given my computing needs for this build, I wanted a reasonably fast, modern quad-core processor (some applications I use are fairly single-threaded; some are multi-threaded; and I run at least one VM along with these programs). This processor meets this desire at a reasonable price point. I have no real need to overclock, so I did not count on that. But to my surprise, the combination of this processor, my motherboard, and memory (Asus Z170-A; 2 x 8GB sticks Crucial DDR4 2133 memory) the easy overclocking settings were able to achieve a very stable 15% overclock.
Cons: I know what I was (and was not) buying, so while these might be considered cons I knew I was not willing to pay for them in this build. *No hyper-threading. *Unlikely able to overclock to a really serious degree (not a K version) *"Only" four cores (I do some video conversion and do use VMs, so more cores could be useful at times) *Included cpu fan/cooler is probably only adequate (again, I achieved an easy automated 15% overclock if the Asus software is to be believe). You will need something better if you are really pushing it.
Overall Review: No fault of the processor itself, and I still like Newegg as a vendor. But I did need to pay $10 more for this processor than Intel's recommended price. It is a recent release, so I guess that might change over time. If you are running Linux and using the integrate GPU, you should plan on running recent versions of Linux (or be prepared to build your own kernels or use Arch or something). Lubuntu/Kubuntu 14.04.02 LTS did not work for me (though I see 14.04.03 is now out; I never tried it). I was able to get Lubuntu/Kubuntu 15.04 to somewhat work, but there were graphical performance and stability issues. I turned to a beta version of Kubuntu 15.10 (the GA release should drop any time now), and I have not had any problems. It seems that there has been a lot of work contributed recently to the Intel Linux drivers. I am running on a Dell 3440 x 1440 monitor over DisplayPort 1.2 at 60hz, and things are humming along just dandy. I do not game on this build, though.