
If you are looking for the best performance on a budget, this is your chip. I built two systems with similar hardware except for the CPU - one with this and the other with a core 7 265. I can't tell a difference in Star Citizen, one of the most demanding games on a CPU.

-I'm blown away by just how smooth everything is now. -The x3d architecture bringing more cache is incredible for games. If you are having micro-stutters, then this is your fix. -Seemingly better than the current intel line-up -No pins on the CPU!

Extremely Fast Overclocks better than previous models Fits in my Z-87-A ASUS Motherboard



Price. Good CPU. Does everything I ask of it. Runs cool and runs well with a 450watt psu and a 1070 FTW graphics card.

- Fast! - Only 65w - 20 cores


Awesome 👍


+Fast! faster than my 6700K but that's a given anyway. +Scored 3,000 points more than my old 6700k both at stock speeds +Great temperature under PRIME 95 (See below)

The CPU mounted easily, and ran well first time out of the box.

- Fast. SUPER fast. - Overclocks easily to 5GHz on all eight cores. - Nice box for display on your desk. I display it on my office desk and get looks all the time.





Lots of cores, great for compiling, VMs, general infrastructure Good balance of single-core and multi-threaded performance out of all the Threadripper CPUs

