Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530

Pros: This is currently the fastest quad core I7 you can get. The stock clock of 4ghz makes it blazing fast even if you do not choose to overclock. The fact that is is a K model means with the right Motherboard you can easily push it to 4.6ghz, some have pushed these close to 5ghz, but I was not so lucky.

Cons: Very hard to find for sale due to Intel not making enough

Overall Review: I know you are asking yourself should I get this or go for the 5820k. I think it depends on your use case, for video editing and other heavy multi threaded apps you will see better performance on the 5820k, but difference will not be huge and it will use more power and cause more heat. I think the difference in performance is only measurable in benchmarks and not so obvious in real world use. Regardless of your primary use you will be happy with this chip. It does everything very well

Pros: Fast speeds. Priced right for a 6th generation i7. The onboard Intel HD Graphics were enough to play counter strike global offensive getting on average 45 frames. with a range from mid 30s to mid 50's. Game play was very smooth on high settings. If this is the only game you play I wouldnt even see a need for a dedicated video card.

Cons: Wasnt free.

Overall Review: I'm mainly writing this review out of concerns for my temps. I am on the Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 motherboard. Im using the captain 240 liquid aio. I ran prime95 for over 20 minutes and my temps ran average mid 60's and highest hit 74. Using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and monitoring with CPUID HWMonitor I ran a 5 minute stress test and my hightest temp was 62. I would like to see other users temps and what you used to get them. Please post them.

Pros: Is newer and a new platform. Overcolock well I had mine to 4.4 no problem but wouldn't pass stress test.

Cons: A backward step so far from the Z97 platform but has future possibility's A 4.4 wondows exp rated it 7.7 for those that want to know..

Overall Review: I have a 4670k ant it rates 7.8 at stock and a 4790k that rates 7.8 also and no matter how are a push I give any of then I can get a 7.9 across the board.

Pros: Price ($243) Price to Perf Ratio

Cons: Lower Base Clock (3.5GHz & 3.9GHz Boost) No hyperthreading (4 Cores, 4 Threads) 6MB Cache

Overall Review: This is a great price to performance CPU. There is really no need for Hyper threading unless you know you have applications that can actually take advantage of the extra threads (Spoilers, most games don't do this yet). Coming from an i5-3570K I definitely didn't have an issue with running another i5 in my system. I was going to splurge on the i7 this time around, but after waiting over a month for it to be released as a stand alone product (which is still hasn't at the time of this review), I got sick and tired of waiting. I didn't really notice a huge jump in performance from my 3570K which was overclocked to 4.3 GHz, but I never really went into this with that intention. I went into this because the new technologies it brings with the z170 chipset such as DDR4, PCIe M.2 support and several other things are really what had me sold. Overall I am very satisfied with my purchase and would highly recommend this for those who can't find a real purpose for spending the extra money on the i7 as this CPU can easily be overclocked to match the speed of the i7.

Pros: No unwanted heatsink to throw away. Fast. Low power.

Cons: Needs more cowbell.

Pros: i7 is always good

Cons: TOOO DAAMN expensive, cant eat for a month.

Pros: -A MASSIVE improvement over my old AMD FX-6300. I was shocked at how much better it is. -Able to run intensive games with background programs running with no slowdown at all.

Cons: -None.

Overall Review: Really only got the 6600K because I couldn't afford the 6700K, but so far I haven't felt limited by it. It's taken everything I've thrown at it like a champ.

Pros: is the electronic circuitry within my computer that carries out the instructions of my computer programs by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by my instructions.

Cons: Only knows two numbers, zero and one. That's pretty frustrating!