
Value, not much difference between the X version with pbo enabled.

I installed this 14500 on a ASUS Tuf B760 motherboard, and it has been operating flawlessly for a couple weeks. Its a fast, affordable chip! Im using a 3rd party tower cooler, so I cant comment on the stock cooler, but it stays cool (less than 70C) even during heavy power spikes past 150W.


It's Fast Beautiful packaging 10nm one Free game

Super fast and reasonably priced on sale.

After searching and comparing I concluded that this CPU is best value for money. And one that will last for years. [My i3 lasted for 10 years without a hitch].

Able to game Fast OC option GPU shortage makes this APU worth it

Good price for a 8c/16t cpu was less then 176. Great single/multi thread to finish off AM4. Bios and OS says it is what it should be performance is great even with a old 4g AMD RX570 Came quick within a week.

Much faster than my last CPU the 2700x from years ago. Improved my frame rate pretty substantially going from 70fps in STALKER2 to 150. The price was good - 135.00$ is a small price for the gains.

I don't need gaming or other heavy lifting for a CPU. I just needed a cool, quiet, modern platform that will last me for a good number of years. I chose Intel over AMD as I find Intel's Quick Sync hardware capabilities to be better in my application for a media server. This CPU fit the bill. It's the cheapest option to get into a socket 1851 platform at this time with no budget oriented Ultra 3, Pentiums, or Celeron chips available. Having 10 cores available is nice to have, but a bit overkill for my application. I am pleased with the CPU. It stays cool and quiet. The stock cooler has a copper core and is VERY quiet! It does everything I need.

- close in performance to much more expensive CPUs - 18 (!) cores - matches AMD in gaming and handily beats in productivity


Very high performance. Customization available in bios. Fine tuning. Keeps my room warm.

Stays at good temp

Upgraded 2020 budget mini ITX build from Ryzen 5 2600. Updated mobo before disassembly. For unknown reason CPU would not register/ black screen, then it magically went to working after I asked for replacement. LOL. Does not come with fan, which I knew. Reused Nomura fan and cooler. Temps very moderate. I also upgraded to an NVMe 1tb ssd, all paired with existing GTX1060 6 GB, 16 GB RAM. Could not be happier. Noticeable difference in speed. Should be good for several more years now. Fast shipping too.

When i ordered this i thought it would take a long time to get here but it got here a week early and it was completely intact and clean, plus sent me an email confirming it works, I would definitely buy from here again. Thanks for all of your hard work. Also the CPU Works great :)

NovaBench score went from 2900 to 3500 - same memory, ssd and RTX 4060ti gpu



My first AMD processor works as expected. Discrete graphics available It is nice to have the CPU cooler present in the box.