- use good quality thermal paste, mine with 11.

- use good quality thermal paste, mine with 11.  Read Less

Stable and solid with the proper board.

Stable and solid with the proper board.  Read Less

The beast gets hot but with proper water cooling this thing destroys my old cpu.

The beast gets hot but with proper water cooling this thing destroys my old cpu.  Read Less

The biggest issue isn't the processor overheating but the socket/nb as liquid cooling provides no airflow, this leads to the mo...  Read More

The biggest issue isn't the processor overheating but the socket/nb as liquid cooling provides no airflow, this leads to the motherboard cpu sensor reading 80c+ temperatures and massive cpu throttling .  Read Less

This is a fantastic processor for the money.

This is a fantastic processor for the money.  Read Less

Great fast processor for very little money, supported by about six motherboards in all the world, all of which are almost alway...  Read More

Great fast processor for very little money, supported by about six motherboards in all the world, all of which are almost always out of stock, running 200$ each even used on ebay.  Read Less

I paid less than 140$ per cpu.

I paid less than 140$ per cpu.  Read Less

1 as it was the easiest to obtain and the only compatible board that was reasonably priced, but know that it struggles as it us...  Read More

1 as it was the easiest to obtain and the only compatible board that was reasonably priced, but know that it struggles as it uses doublers to meet the power phase requirement of the chip.  Read Less

Received the processor in less days than expected and came well packaged.

Received the processor in less days than expected and came well packaged.  Read Less

The shipped it in a bubble envelope.

The shipped it in a bubble envelope.  Read Less

"you'd be better off buying a ryzen 5 since this is an older cpu.

"you'd be better off buying a ryzen 5 since this is an older cpu.  Read Less

At the time of purchase i paid about 250$ which is a lot better than the prices for similar i72.

At the time of purchase i paid about 250$ which is a lot better than the prices for similar i72.  Read Less

Buy at least 1600 mhz or the kind that be overclocked (most brands that aren't low-end).

Buy at least 1600 mhz or the kind that be overclocked (most brands that aren't low-end).  Read Less