Intel 3.4 5 LGA 2011 64 Technology Extended Memory CPU Processors BX80633I74930K

There were some games that were unplayable when more than 10 people are on the screen. I thought I needed to update my gfx card (evga gtx 680 superclocked). Nope, turns out that the gpu's perfectly fine and can play in max settings 120hz (1920x 1080 in 3d) almost without a hiccup. I probably won't need to upgrade it for another 3-5 year or so (but I'll probably get the maxwell because I hate being out of date). All I did was replace my amd fx8150 (and obviously the mobo). Wow, smooth as a baby, no more studder. I guess it turns out that the fx8150 was the bottleneck (oc'd to 4ghz). I thought cpus were better than that nowadays? I guess not. For the last 10 years I've been AMD all the way. But now I guess I'm going to be an intel fanboy. Okay, I suppose AMD is still the best bang for the buck hands down. But if you want top raw performance, AMD won't give it to you. I heard the fx9000 series were disappointing and not that much better so I took a chance on this 4930k which was cheaper, I'm glad I did! Pros: -No pins, wow when did that happen? I was worried because instead of pins, the cpu and mobo only had tiny gold bumps. I'm not too fond of connections that don't lock in, but I also don't like accidentally bending pins. I guess these guys know what they're doing. -4.2ghz without even trying to oc. like seriously. I just put turboost on auto and it maxes out at 4.2ghz when it needs to and comes back down to 1.5ghz on idle. Well I'm sure I probably did something while stumbling through the bios. -Processor speed debate aside, this thing is the fastest cpu I've owned. I probably wont need to upgrade until they come up with quantum cpus. -Very cool, not as hot as the other intel processors I've had in the distant past. Also I suck at putting on thermal paste, can't ever figure it out. So I'm glad this runs cold. Cons: Its too sexy, I caved in and bought it. I'm hope some of you have more willpower than I do.

We have a requirement for some decent processing horsepower, in contrast to the succession of low price laptops we've used over the past 10 years. Servers in this performance class appear to start at about $6,000, so we decided to build our system from scratch with case, power supply, mother board, memory, graphics card, keyboard, mouse, and this cpu. It installed easily and works great. Because of the detents and markings, there was little chance of installing it improperly. On choosing which CPU family to purchase: The 3000 series (eg 3930, 3960, etc) are the older Sandy Bridge technology, while the 4000 series (eg 4930, 4960, etc) are the next generation Ivy Bridge technology. I haven't seen reviews suggesting there is a big difference in performance among them. On which CPU among the families to purchase: We wanted top performance, so we chose Hex cores (6 processors) over Quad cores (4 processors). The price seemed to scale fairly linearly with number of cores, so you get what you pay for. The primary difference between the Hexa-core 4930 (3.4 GHz) and the Extreme 4960 (3.6 GHz) appears to be clock speed, which is less than 6% (probably not humanely noticeable), while the price difference is 2x ($500 vs $1000). You decide, 200% price for < 6% performance? We chose not. On coolers: We were surprised by one thing. In contrast to other Intel performance chips, this chip ships without a fan, but if you run it (even at low clock rates) without one, it runs hot enough to burn your hand. After just a few minutes, we became worried and shut it down. We immediately ordered a cooler from Amazon and waited a few more days before we could finish the build. After reading many reviews, we ordered the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO which is working fine. In retrospect, though, we wish we had ordered the Cooler Master 212 EVO Plus (this newer variant hadn't been reviewed). As near as we can tell, the Plus is the same exact cooler kit with an additional fan attached. It delivers extra cooling and is still compact enough to not interfere with adjacent memory and PCI cards, and if (for whatever reason) you just want the 212 EVO, you can easily unclip one of the fans and you've just saved yourself $12.11. The 212 EVO is $38.99 on Amazon prime, while the 212 EVo Plus is $26.88. If you really want to overclock this CPU, you'll probably want a circulated water cooler. Again we compared clock rates you might achieve (4 GHz with our cooler, 4.6 GHz with a decent water cooler) and decided it wasn't worthwhile to spend 400% the cost for 15% performance improvement. On cost vs performance trade-offs in a power build: To put these decisions in perspective, the cost of all the components for this performance machine was about $4,000.00. We traded some cost for marginal top-end performance. The highest performance CPU would have cost maybe $600 more for 6% performance improvement (eg 15% cost growth for 6% performance growth). This was probably a good trade. The best performing cooler would have cost maybe $80 more for 15% performance improvement (eg 2% cost growth for 15% performance growth). One could question the wisdom of this trade, and we may re-think it. Since we've already bought the fan-based cooler, our upgrade cost is $120 not the $80 difference between air and water, so we would bear a 3% cost growth for that 15% performance growth. Time will tell... Just for background info (or ego), here's our total build: 212 EVO cooler fan thermal grease cpu solid state hard drive windows 8 pro 4K 20 Hz monitor monitor insurance gtx 780 graphics card rosewill thor case asus dvd 16 gb gskill trident ddr3 2800 asus rampage black edition lga 2011 motherboard extended warranty rosewill lightening 1000 power supply haven't bothered to address all software packages, as your own personal software installation will vary considerably. Hope this was helpful. Whichever build choices you make, I know you'll enjoy your PC for a long time to come, and I hope you have as much satisfaction as we have had throughout the extended planning, building, installing, and operating process.

Coming from an overclocked 4ghz i7-920, this was a pleasant upgrade. If you're upgrading to this expecting a huge jump, you'll be disappointed. I upgraded to this mainly because I do a lot of video editing, 3D modeling, and photography work. Rendering my raw Nikon D3100 footage with effects in Sony Vegas were much noticeably faster, and the preview screen didn't skip frames like on my old rig. The same goes for my GoPro footage, although the 2k/4k resolutions did seem to make it skip a little bit. Most of my multi-threaded apps were noticeably faster. If you are a gamer or just uses this for daily browsing and not really doing a whole of intensive tasks, this probably isn't for you. Quad cores nowadays are more than sufficient for gaming and browsing. Save yourself some money. I'm a gamer also and didn't notice a difference in any of games except maybe ARMA3. Flight Simulator X also was an improvement, but anyone who actually has been on FSX for a long time knows that simulator is more about clock speed than cores. I didn't mess with a whole lot of overclocking, I did get it to 4.0ghz a little bit and it was pretty easy but I didn't test it for stability. So I can't really say much there except that I've heard this chip doesn't overclock too particularly well. It certainly runs cooler than my i7-920 too. All in all, this processor was a nice upgrade for me. It's not for everybody, and certainly isn't worth the price tag if you're just gaming or browsing.

È senza dubbio un processore piuttosto costoso ma vale fino all'ultimo centesimo. Prima di pubblicare la recensione ho provato a spremerlo un po' con giochi, video editing, AutoCAD...tutte applicazioni piuttosto pesanti ma non ha fatto una piega. Se si ha anche la possibilità di affiancarlo con altro hardware di buon livello più che un Pc, ci si trova tra le mani un missile. Per gli indecisi frenati dal fatto che costa un po' di più rispetto ad altri processori, è bene che sappia che sono soldi ben spesi, questo carro armato non sarà obsoleto per un bel po' di tempo...

La caja venia un poco maltratada, pero es por el tiempo que estuvo almacenada. Pero el procesador funciona al 100..

Compré este procesador a principios de 2014 para renderizados de animación 3D complejos y aluciné con la velocidad a la que renderizaba. Terminaba los renderizados tan rápido que decidí aumentar los efectos especiales, la resolución y los detalles en pantalla para que se viera mejor sin perder mucho tiempo. Y para juegos, llevo montado una R9 270x de gama media y lo que me falta de gráfica, lo compensa con este procesador en ajustes Ultra. Encima lo compré en su mejor precio, 495€.

This is a wonderful CPU for those who need it or would benefit from the perks of the extra cores. The thermal performance of these chips is reflected wonderfully by the price; the die is soldered onto the IHS, meaning that there is increased thermal conductivity between the surface and the external heatsink being used. I can run this chip at 4.6GHz easy with an air cooling Hyper 412s with dual Noctua NF-F12 push-pull method running at ~300rpm and the temperatures rarely rise above 45c. This is a chip I would recommend to anyone who knows where and when this would be useful, and would say to people that unless you will trully use its features, save the money and stick with the Z platform, you will likely get the same performance in the things that you do.

Excellent product I have no problem running any heavy program with it, I am running it on my new ASUS X79 which is also great. and also bought through Amazon :)