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With faster, intelligent, multi-core technology that applies processing power where it's needed most, Intel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They are the best desktop processors on the planet.You'll multitask applications faster and unleash incredible digital media creation. And you'll experience maximum performance for everything you do.
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35 of 43 people found the following review helpful
The i7-2600K is the last of Intel's quad core generation of chips; and they definitely saved their best chip until last. So, after a long run of chips which never quite lived up to their hype, the 2600K is truly blazingly fast, and I'd definitely not be in the slightest bit be interested in their hex core chips because this one is, frankly, THAT brilliant. Now, I know what you're thinking - why should I buy this quad core when the hex core is around the corner? Good question, save that the first generation of hex cores should be considered as a 'trial run' for the later generation, just as these 2600K's are the perfect best, albeit last in the quad core release line, after their over-hyped earlier Q6600's, i7 920's etc.
So you're buying Intel's most perfected quad core chip, as opposed to your waiting to buy the first generation chips which will undoubtedly be overtaken by later released hex cores. Thus, you should buy the best of something while you can (and look at just how quickly Intel pull off chips from the market when it suits them to do so!) rather than wait for the un-perfected first gen of hex cores. Surely that makes sense to you as it does to me?
Past chip release history guarantees that, at best, it'll take well over 5 years before they're even close to releasing a chip which smokes these utterly brilliant 2600k's at everything. And I was never as happy with a chip as I am with these 2600k's. Mine is running at around 30 degree while idle and barley hits 70 degrees on full load with after-market cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler. I recommend that you bin the supplied heatsink and fan as it is absolute rubbish - my temps were hitting an egg frying 90 degrees, with stock cooling, on load! Allegedly, Intel were clever enough to supply the first few thousand of these with decent cooling - knowing well that those would be the ones that would hit reviewer's desks first. Very cunning indeed! But one thing hasn't changed, as this chip matures on the market: speed.
Complaining that the 2600K is not fast enough is like complaining that your new Ferrari has mediocre performance. That's how fast this chip is in real world terms. Besides... who needs Ferraris, when you've got a 2600K parked in your board!? ;-))
So you're buying Intel's most perfected quad core chip, as opposed to your waiting to buy the first generation chips which will undoubtedly be overtaken by later released hex cores. Thus, you should buy the best of something while you can (and look at just how quickly Intel pull off chips from the market when it suits them to do so!) rather than wait for the un-perfected first gen of hex cores. Surely that makes sense to you as it does to me?
Past chip release history guarantees that, at best, it'll take well over 5 years before they're even close to releasing a chip which smokes these utterly brilliant 2600k's at everything. And I was never as happy with a chip as I am with these 2600k's. Mine is running at around 30 degree while idle and barley hits 70 degrees on full load with after-market cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler. I recommend that you bin the supplied heatsink and fan as it is absolute rubbish - my temps were hitting an egg frying 90 degrees, with stock cooling, on load! Allegedly, Intel were clever enough to supply the first few thousand of these with decent cooling - knowing well that those would be the ones that would hit reviewer's desks first. Very cunning indeed! But one thing hasn't changed, as this chip matures on the market: speed.
Complaining that the 2600K is not fast enough is like complaining that your new Ferrari has mediocre performance. That's how fast this chip is in real world terms. Besides... who needs Ferraris, when you've got a 2600K parked in your board!? ;-))
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Straight off I'm going to say this probably the best processor that you can buy pound for pound. The performance is absolutely stunning and for this low price, you really cant go wrong with this buy.
Technology in this CPU is perfected, they've had the sandy bridge architecture out for a while and know what's going to perform well. The performance of this thing is phenomenal! The highly four cores really do speed through anything you throw at it and the hyperthreading makes big tasks fast as well. Video rendering for example will only take a fraction of the time it would with processors just a few years old. This speed is also GREATLY boosted by the Virtu software that uses both on-board Intel graphics and an additional graphics card when transcoding.
It also overclocks very easily and well indeed, they had an old age woman overclocking it in one of their adverts just to show this. You can easily reach a 4.0GHz overclock up from the standard 3.4GHz with an air cooler and 4.5 at least with liquid cooling - all this just by changing one setting in the BIOS. The hyperthreading is an old technology reborn; it splits the current physical cores into two meaning they can both handle different threads of work given.
The chip runs very cool in my computer idling in the 30C region with a Zalman - CPU Heatsink + 135mm Fan Kit - PWM - CNPS9900 MAX - Blue LED cooler. The low-power design makes it more efficient to run when your computer is built that a older Intel or AMD based machine too. This translates to less money being spent on electricity to waste at heat energy.
Finally yes this is a good processor for gaming, however if you intend to only game the i5 2500k would be a better choice as the hyperthreading feature wont add any boost to framerate, the only exception being the poorly coded Grand Theft Auto 4. The i5 is quite a bit cheaper and still exceptionally fast clock speed.
Overall I can say I was very impressed by this chip after changing from an AMD 955BE processor, this definitely is a better crafted piece of tech. Intel really have shown how powerful computers of this day are becoming with this chip, 5 star rating and a big thumbs up.
Technology in this CPU is perfected, they've had the sandy bridge architecture out for a while and know what's going to perform well. The performance of this thing is phenomenal! The highly four cores really do speed through anything you throw at it and the hyperthreading makes big tasks fast as well. Video rendering for example will only take a fraction of the time it would with processors just a few years old. This speed is also GREATLY boosted by the Virtu software that uses both on-board Intel graphics and an additional graphics card when transcoding.
It also overclocks very easily and well indeed, they had an old age woman overclocking it in one of their adverts just to show this. You can easily reach a 4.0GHz overclock up from the standard 3.4GHz with an air cooler and 4.5 at least with liquid cooling - all this just by changing one setting in the BIOS. The hyperthreading is an old technology reborn; it splits the current physical cores into two meaning they can both handle different threads of work given.
The chip runs very cool in my computer idling in the 30C region with a Zalman - CPU Heatsink + 135mm Fan Kit - PWM - CNPS9900 MAX - Blue LED cooler. The low-power design makes it more efficient to run when your computer is built that a older Intel or AMD based machine too. This translates to less money being spent on electricity to waste at heat energy.
Finally yes this is a good processor for gaming, however if you intend to only game the i5 2500k would be a better choice as the hyperthreading feature wont add any boost to framerate, the only exception being the poorly coded Grand Theft Auto 4. The i5 is quite a bit cheaper and still exceptionally fast clock speed.
Overall I can say I was very impressed by this chip after changing from an AMD 955BE processor, this definitely is a better crafted piece of tech. Intel really have shown how powerful computers of this day are becoming with this chip, 5 star rating and a big thumbs up.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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The Title says it all. GREAT chip. you want Fast then you need this. Easy to install, comes with standard cooler, but you will need thermal paste. Have made a one and half hour hi def DVD, with this chip running, Video convertion, menu and burning all processed and burned in 30 mins 7 secs. WEll worth it, and would highly recommend. Thanks INTEL.
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Reccomended
Perfect CPU if you want speed but don't want to spend a grand on 6 cores. I managed to overclock to about 4.2GHz, but wouldn't suggest doing that without a water cooled system. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Dann Byers
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I bought this based upon great reviews for a CAD/Render build.
Stable overclock to 4.4GHz using UEFI Bios on motherboard in about 30 minutes (using Corasir H80) with... Read more
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The i7 was primarily bought for HD video editing - as although my last processor (dual core... Read more
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Having upgraded from an AMD 995BE with a big oc this thing blows the chip out of the water! The speed difference is huge but the biggest difference in speed between this and my... Read more
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What can I say, has not failed me yet. Runs everything smoothly, obviously. Have not attempted to overclock as I'm a giant baby. Read more
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