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Quality
Overall, i am very pleased with this processor.
This cpu is very powerful and can rate on par with the modern iterations.
I decided to check out my symptoms and while checking compatibility of i7-4790 with the asrock h87, which it is, i discovered i... Read More
Considered going with the 6700k skylake, but decided against it being as there isn't much difference aside from the ability to ... Read More
Price
Price was right, performance is only slightly better than i5.
Shipping
The shipping speed, packaging and price have always been right.
I upgraded my 500-490's cpu from an i3 to this, and it is quite fast!
Packaging/appearance
Exactly what i wanted, arrived quickly, great packaging.
It went right to the win10 login screen with so much as beep.
All it involved was swapping out the i5-4430 and inserting this cpu in its place along with a fresh application of thermal past... Read More
Competitiveness
I have since replaced it with a ryzen 5 3600-based ibuypower prebuilt, and i'm enjoying it as much as i enjoyed the envy 700-07... Read More
Upgrading the pentium included with my dell inspiron 3847.
Not the best value on the market compared to the ryzen 5 2400g or 3400g, but offers similar performance to those cpu's.
Running on a z97 board, with 1333mhz memory.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 72.5% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 542 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 14 2021.
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Sometimes reaches 65°c when using only 5080 of the cpu load
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If buying new though youre better off buying the latest
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This cpu is too expensive new
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It went right to the win10 login screen with so much as beep
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As others have noted the fan that comes packaged with it comes with horrible plastic mounting pins that dont seem to go down i would have preferred screws like the stock i3 had
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There was also no thermal paste included so i had to purchase it from amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not a k model that allows overclocking
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That cpu is a beast even if it cant overclock
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