Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610

This is absolutely the best value desktop processor that Intel has. For most people for most tasks, including most games, this Celeron is almost as fast as some older i7 processors. This processor is more than adequate for 95% of people. I needed to buy Intel for an OSX86-capable rig. This Ivy Bridge Celeron has low power consumption, which makes it great for something like a virtual currency mining rig, and it can handle all but the most demanding games. At the time of the writing of this review, September 2013, the G1610 is the only Intel processor currently on the market that is performance/price competitive with AMD. Should you decide you need something faster, and don't want to buy a whole new computer, you can upgrade to a much more expensive i5 or i7 LGA1155 processor later.

I built a rig that was $350 with a decent gfx card (Powercolor 7770 ghz ed.) and this cpu. I am absolutely blown away by the performance. So far, Tomb Raider, Planetside 2, and Dota 2 all run at a solid 60fps on high settings. Only when turned all the way up to ultra on TR and PS2 did the fps drop to 30. Temperatures stay at or below 40C when idling and do not even reach 60C on load. Most games on this simple rig play on a mix of high and ultra settings. I also do some music programming using software such as Pro Tools, Ableton, Reaper, Superior Drummer etc. and everything is fast. My sound libraries load quickly. Compressing and importing & exporting is a breeze. There is nothing that I do that this cpu can't handle. The efficiency and the price/performance ratio is unmatched by any other processor on the market, period. I am coming from a 1st gen Core i3 370m, and this thing blows it out of the water. That is really saying something, considering the 370m still holds up to any task today, with ease I might add. This processor is perfect if you are considering a build with a dedicated gpu. If you arent getting one & you are using a 1080p monitor, then I would recommend getting a Core i3 over this Celeron, as the integrated gfx here is the only downfall of this processor. At 1080p it plays choppy Youtube videos. However, as long as you buy a cheap dedicated card, this won't be an issue and you can save $75 on your gaming build by getting this over the i3 3220. I am so happy with my $43 purchase, and I can't wait to upgrade to a 3570k in 5 or 6 years :)

This ain't your daddy's celeron. This is an ivy bridge processor, a subset of the newest i3 and i5 processors (at the time of this writing, 7/2013). I used this in a computer build for a friend who does nothing more than word processing, email, internet browsing, and watches a youtube video now and then. For her needs, this is the perfect processor at a fantastic price. It comes complete with the stock Intel fan & heatsink with what looks like really good thermal paste pre-applied on the bottom of the heatsink. It fits 1155 sockets and is 55W. I put this onto an Intel mini-ITX board with 4GB of DDR3 memory, new 80GB hard drive, little mini-itx case, and put in Windows 7. She loves her new computer, thinks she's died & gone to heaven after struggling with her 8 year old laptop for so long.

good price, shipping was norm. And cpu worked as it should. Great buy. Got this as a quick fix, my board got fried need something good and cheap. But got cheap and great, love it

I bought this to replace my Brazos-based HTPC motherboard and CPU (E-350 to be exact). While the E-350 was just sufficient for media playback (and my CableCard TV with a bit of hacking), it did not have the muster for the additional tasks I wanted it to perform. For cheap I: - Host my TFS server - Host the content for my local network (HD MKV streams, music, etc) - Run a couple websites - Watch TV - Backup my local computers Granted, none of these take tremendous power, but this thing is substantially faster at ALL of them than the AMD APU (though, that APU was still cheaper... And would have been fine for media playback). Overall, 1000% satisfied. Fantastic CPU for an even better price.

Fan was dead on arrival tried everything to no avail but thank goodness I have an old one that works

The Celeron G1610 is not a bad CPU if super cheap is what you want/need, but it does have severe limitations that you need to know about. This processor does not support Dual channel DDR3 1600 memory speeds. It will only run at Dual channel DDR3-1333. See the micro-architechture specs here: [...] That does not sound all that bad until you have a motherboard and memory that refuse to run at that lower speed and cause stability issues. Another downside to these lessor processors is that they won't enable PCIe 3.0 even if your motherboard supports it. Be sure that you're other hardware is compatible before you buy.

Very good cheap cpu for running the internet. Will not work will for games. I got it for my young daughters computer i built her and has trouble handling basic games. My programs show the cpu as the bottleneck.

No solo llego antes de tiempo si no que quedo perfecto para la build que estoy haciendo con una placa madre Asrock.

z68-i7 2600kからz77マザーに乗換えて、余ったz68用に購入しました。 z68-i7 2600kとz77 i7 2600k特別変わり感じられません。気分だけ新しい感じ! z68-G1610は、3D以外と幾つもの同時動作しない限り体感的にz77-i7 2600kと特に変わりません。 とは言え、そこそこの同時動作も必要十分です。 ネット動画でもHDで綺麗に見れますし、ちなみにハンゲームなどは楽勝です。 動作もサクサク動きます。 高いCPUは、特別な事をしない限り要らないて感じです。 z77-i7 2600kは、SSD仕様ですが、z68-G1610 SSD仕様にすると必要十分になるでしょう。 今でもz77-2600k少し落ち込んでます(笑・・) 少し格差を付ける為に当分、AHCI Mode-HDDで使用します。 起動、終了が数秒違う位です。 G1610に対応か、対応するようにBIOS最新更新しましよう。 高性能CPUが良いに決まってますが、G1610は本当にあっぱれです。 お勧めです。

Thanks good product

検証用PCを作るため購入しました。価格、品質ともに満足しています。

ブラウジングやExcelなどのちょっとした作業は軽々こなせるので、安価で最低限のことがしたい人にはおすすめです ヘビーユーザーでもBIOSアップデートしないと新しいCPUが使えない！といった時や、CPUが故障して繋ぎに安いものが必要！って時に持ってると便利です