Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

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Fast and robust, excellent price for the speed. With a Hyper 212+ I was able to dial it into four.7Ghz on air cooling., and operating about 65c at full load. Wonderful speed for the cost. It hasn't picked my winning lottery numbers but. 102mhz BLCK with a 46 multiplier at 1.35volts and smooth as glass at full load. I may possibly be able to push additional with some extra voltage, but this is very rapidly with a conservative voltage setting.

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Great CPU, really easy to OC (4.7 on a Gigabyte D3H-B3), but above that it starts becoming very unstable. 4.8 will constantly crash no matter what my voltage settings are at, so I just stick with 4.7

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Running at 4.6GHz on a p8p67 board. 64c with Prime blend & megahalems w/ push - pull config at 900rpm (dead silent). This CPU has no problems playing BF2 beta and live streaming to twitch.tv while doing so. 80-90% cpu while doing both. 65-70% while just playing BF3 beta.It does everything I need. I'm curious to see what the i7's do now.It's a champ in my books.

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Totally awesome power for the dollars. Has preformed at a continuous reliable very fast speed. I don't know what else to say. Does precisely as advertized. Stock Heat Sink and Fan looks good and was uncomplicated to install. I also noticed it runs a little hot. Type of concerns me but haven't encountered any issues. Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge three.3GHzMSI P67A-GD65 (B3) MotherboardMSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC Video Cardtwo X 2GB 1600 Mhz Corsair XMS3 memorySeagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPMFractal Design Define R3 Silent PCWindows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

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Processeur performant et facile d'installation. Je l'ai monté sur une carte mère Z68XP-UD4 (sku:62197) avec un refroidisseur à l'eau Coolit systems Eco (sku:50327).

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This is the best CPU to get for a medium-budget gaming tower at the moment. I was surprised to see that the metal portion of the stock heatsink was only about half the size of the stock heatsink that came with my q6600. Overall a good upgrade.

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Cost vs PerformanceOverclocks easily on air! OC Geanie on my MSI board got mine to four.2 GHz 30C idle, 60C 100% load with prime 95 With a Cooler Master 212. None But

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All I can say is wow, for $200 this is the fastest and best bang for your buck cpu out there. I have this running at 4.8ghz and it doesn't go higher than 55 degrees under full load with a voltage of around 1.4v. Blazes through anything, an absolutely solid product that I have recommended to all of my gaming buddies looking to upgrade now or wait!

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This is a great chip. OC Beast. Currently set at 45x at 100. Will keep pushing it till i hit the limit with the Corsair A70. With a thermal limit of around 90C, im only at 60C loaded.I picked this up for system i am building for a friend. I will recommend this to any one that is currently looking for a gaming system.Well worth the few extra bucks for the unlocked version.

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Amazing processor. Overlcocks great as well. The only thing I would suggest is buying an after market cooler, especially if you plan on overclocking. The stock cooler and thermal paste is junk.

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This processor screams along with my new build. Light-years ahead of the performance from my old AMD build. Don't spend the extra hundred bucks to get the 2600; stick with the 2500.

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Great processor, I would recommend it to anyone.

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This CPU is a beast. It has great overclocking potential.It's fast enough for Gaming. It's really a great upgrade from a C2D E8400. It's fast enough for everything I need to do.

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get this processor if u are going to game , amd 6 cores processors look like children toys when they are compared with this bad boy

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i ordered this because it got recomended by and friend and so far i havent found a thing that slows it down. works extremly fast for my animation and gaming

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A great CPU, it the best choice for high perfomance at a reasonable price. The stock heatsink and fan are average, but it a minor issue.

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just built a system with one of these, it runs pretty cool and smooth at stock and isnt very loud. also has the bonus of being unlocked. definitely worth the premium and a easy choice if the prices are in line with the locked version. should run anything you throw at it pretty well.

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Have had this CPU for a month now, and it destroys whatever I throw at it, AT STOCK. I have yet to OC this beast (super easy with the Asus z68 pro, change one number!). Many say that you can easily get to 4.5GHz with a good heatsink (I have the CM 212+). Will easily last me several years.Best CPU for gaming by far. Spend the extra 100$ from the 2600K on a better GPU or SSD.

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Upgraded from a e6750 ocq3.4ghz..This cpu is beast and never goes over 20% on any core while just doing general stuff. Going from dual core to this for gaming is like comparing a Honda Civic with a Ferrari.If you want the best gaming cpu for the money. Look no further, this is it.

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Particularly fast processor! Overclocks without breaking a sweat. I am at present sitting at four.5ghz @ 1.28v. I am using an H70 to cool and I haven't seen over 63c using prime or intel burn test. I was a little nervous about overclocking 24ǝ but soon after seeing how stable I am running full time. I have uneven core temperatures. Some say its bad sensors, some say I require to reseat the waterblock. Nothing is overheating so I am operating with it. Installing this processor into an MSI P67A-GD65 took some severe force. I seriously thought I broke something the first time I tried to close the retention lever. I read that is typical but I am going to warn you now, it takes ALOT of pressure. You will really feel like you broke somthing. Havent had any problems so far other than the coronary I had installing the processor into the socket.

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love this thing although it gets a little hot with stock cooling units n such with just a slight upgrade in that you can OC this baby to 4.5GHZ with no real problem.

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Rapidly, went suitable in, no problems to report none so far

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Fantastic CPU. I have mine OC'd to 4.5Ghz, but it can do much better than that. One of the best priced processors out there, very much worth the money. Highly recommended to anyone.

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It is a great product for overclockers! No hyper-threading but that's ok for less threaded applications...

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This CPU kicks butt in no time at all I had this up to 4.5 ghz and stable.