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Great overclocker, very easy to get to 4.4Ghz. Old school, but still great quality anf to haver fun with if you have a great Z77 chipset motherboard. Can keep up with modern GPU's Can. Om Cinebench R15 you can easily get in the high 700's on multi-core performance.
Verified purchase: No
Worked as advertised. However, I used my existing heat sync as the mount did not line up the same on the motherboard. No problems so far.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This Chip is a total BEAST! I have mine mated up with a Asus V-Pro Mobo and an EVGA GTX 570 and all I have to say is WOW. I put a very light Overclock to 4Ghz and this thing Runs all the latest graphics-intensive games on the Highest settings with EASE! Simple to install and a very cool runner, mine never gets above 60 degrees even at full load on benchmarks. I also have this in a HafX case with 5 fans as well as water-cooling so heat will never be a problem anyway but I really think even if I had this chip cooled on air alone, it would still run cool. I got a good deal on this chip($265)used and struck gold! My chip runs(slightly over stock rated speed of 3.5) 3.6 at stock speed. And I have read that the Batch number with 2nd Gen i7's and newer means very little and that it's a relative crap-shoot to get a Cherry unlike 1st Gen i7's where you wanted certian batch#'s to get the real good part of the wafer for a good performer. I really can't say enough good things about this chip! I'm a fan!Read full review
I bought this product because at the time it was the fastest processor and had a great price. I would have bought the 2600K however the 1MHZ difference was enough for me. What I like about it is that it chews through everything. I used to have a q6600 overclocked to 3.4ghz. This processor blows it out of the water. My framerate used to vary a lot and I just thought that was because of the game. I couldn't be more wrong my CPU was bottlenecking my gtx 480 big time even at 1680x1050. Now, almost every game I play there is a HIGHLY noticeable increase in performance. The framerate is more stable and its higher. Even my Boot times are faster. I can't explain to you enough how it improved my game performance its incredible. What I don't like is that it is a bit hotter than my old quad. I noticed that my corsair H50 will not keep it cooled well enough to keep a overclock 24/7. However I'm here to tell you that YOU WILL NOT NEED TO OVERCLOCK IT! So pretty much there are no cons.Read full review
Excellent. Runs fine, passed all tests.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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