CORE I7-2600K 3.40GHZ

Straight off I'm going to say this probably the best processor that you can buy pound for pound. The performance is absolutely stunning and for this low price, you really cant go wrong with this buy.Technology in this CPU is perfected, they've had the sandy bridge architecture out for a while and know what's going to perform well. The performance of this thing is phenomenal! The highly four cores really do speed through anything you throw at it and the hyperthreading makes big tasks fast as well. Video rendering for example will only take a fraction of the time it would with processors just a few years old. This speed is also GREATLY boosted by the Virtu software that uses both on-board Intel graphics and an additional graphics card when transcoding.It also overclocks very easily and well indeed, they had an old age woman overclocking it in one of their adverts just to show this. You can easily reach a 4.0GHz overclock up from the standard 3.4GHz with an air cooler and 4.5 at least with liquid cooling - all this just by changing one setting in the BIOS. The hyperthreading is an old technology reborn; it splits the current physical cores into two meaning they can both handle different threads of work given.The chip runs very cool in my computer idling in the 30C region with a Zalman - CPU Heatsink + 135mm Fan Kit - PWM - CNPS9900 MAX - Blue LED cooler. The low-power design makes it more efficient to run when your computer is built that a older Intel or AMD based machine too. This translates to less money being spent on electricity to waste at heat energy.Finally yes this is a good processor for gaming, however if you intend to only game the i5 2500k would be a better choice as the hyperthreading feature wont add any boost to framerate, the only exception being the poorly coded Grand Theft Auto 4. The i5 is quite a bit cheaper and still exceptionally fast clock speed.Overall I can say I was very impressed by this chip after changing from an AMD 955BE processor, this definitely is a better crafted piece of tech. Intel really have shown how powerful computers of this day are becoming with this chip, 5 star rating and a big thumbs up.

Having upgraded from an AMD 995BE with a big oc this thing blows the chip out of the water! The speed difference is huge but the biggest difference in speed between this and my old chip is in rendering video, it must be at least twice as fast as my old 955 and also able to handle multitasking with heavy programs with ease. It's really solid processor and well worth it as an upgrade for me. Being a little of an AMD fanboy I was hesitant at first but I'm glad I changed platforms it was a solid decision. AMD really dropped the ball on this gens processors with bulldozer and they've nothing to match it :( for that but :D because I now have a screaming fast computer with the i7 2600K.

This is a great Core from Intel, it's to replace my existing i7 which I've had overclocked for years. This will see me through until the Crypto Currency dies off and prices come down.On another note there was an issue with my CPU stuck in customs due to paperwork and UPS (which I've had problems with before) were not helpful. Foxtec the company that sold me the CPU were excellent to quickly send another via FedEx which arrived with no problems. Happy with the purchase all in all!

This process is a real high point in Intel's processor creation like the Q6600.I've been using this since 2012 and in my opinion there has been little reason to buy a newer process in a desktop computer since. The processor to this day offers brilliant performance, better than the current day i5s and not far behind what the newer i7s are doing. I think this is mostly because intel has focused more on laptop, power saving architecture but not on pure, raw processing power.To add to this, I do not think the new broadwell processors are likely to offer much of a speed increase for desktop users, but there may well be some improvements with Skylake which will not be far behind with all the delays on broadwells release.If you have a 1155 socket motherboard and want a quick upgrade, you couldn't do much better that this for the price.

Wow! this processor is the Best I have ever Used, with the turbo running which it runs at 4.50GHz Running with the 8mb Cache and the 4 processor cores with 4 v-coresnow well over a Year down the Line and i still love it paired with the intel SSD its epicIm Running this With* ASUS P8P67 PRO Motherboard* Corsair H60 Watercooler in dual fan, Tempertures: Idle:25c Fullload:30c* Kingston HyperX 6gb DDR3* ASUS Nvidia GTX 570* Intel 520 180gb SSD* 1TB western digital 7200RPM Black* 2TB Western Digital 7200RPM BlackRecommend to Gamers, and Multitaskers

Fantastic item, worth every penny!This processor runs at a very nice 21*C Idle and 35*C under a full stress test with my Hyper 212 Evo cooler, and has yet to find anything that it really breaks a sweat with. Fantastic overclocks of well over 7GHz have been achieved (Although I haven't kept them, just more curiosity than anything) and has proven the 2600K to be the best investment for my new build.No cons, even the stock cooler is fairly decent; nice and silent and keeps the processor cool under load - Can't go wrong for the money!Delivered within 4days of ordering, couldn't be happier!Sam.

I'll be blunt I bought this thing back in Jun 2011 so my CPU is approaching the the 3 year old threshold when I take the next year or two to save for my next machine, however I will be in no rush to do so as the newer CPU's even those with the K and extreme branding do not like to be overclocked to the extent that this one can even if they are more "power efficient". I prefer raw power over energy efficient any day and even Haswell struggles to overclock where as this CPU can hit 5ghz with nothing more than a good air cooler. I have mine water cooled at 4.4Ghz and it's not even breaking a sweat but rather sitting there rendering 3D models and Games quite happily.To sum up if you're on a budget (or even without a budget!) and want a great Intel CPU that is WILLING to be overclocked then this is your best choice!

Although the price may be high in this current economy I can assure you, you will not be disappointed with this as it is MEGAFAST I rendered a 2hr movie in roughly 30-35mins where as my old dell Inspiron 1545 laptop would take 4hrs so I would gladly recommend this BUT make sure you BUY the i7 2600K NOT the i7 2600 as it may be like a tenner cheaper but you may as well get the unlocked version as it would be more efficient as you can increase the processing about %20-40 better and make sure you ALSO invest in a good CPU COOLER as the stock one is crap and could even damage it if really over clocked and on max load. GET THIS PRODUCT NOW!!