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This is the processor that finished the age of real revolution in processor design. Newer i7's make fractional improvements in performance but the only reason to upgrade is due to chipset features that can generally be added at the expense of PCI lanes. These are nicely overclockable with anything but the stock cooler. Ours runs on a z77 intel board and keeps up with the rest of the i7's in the house and beats an older Xeon by just a bit in a "seat-of-the-pants" test. PerfMark shows more of the whole story but that's not super relevant for the non-workstation user once you are above the 2500 mark... for now anyway.
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The Cpu itself is great and the packing was perfect! The only negative i could say is that these types of posts annoy me as I was looking at lots of cpu's and this photo makes it appear you are buying multiple yet only recieved one.
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The 3770K is super fast. Handles multi-tasking, video-editing, you name it; never breaks a sweat. Gaming wise it's good, but the built in HD4000 it's not enough for heavy modern gaming. You'll need a 660TI, 670 OR 680. Avoid AMD's 7000 series video cards, the drivers simply Suck! Intel should have a class action suit filed against them by all 3570K and 3770K owners, for false and misleading advertising. The TIM,{Thermal Paste} used on these processors is utter junk. The units are built and marketed for over-clockers, but the damn TIM they used; restricts it due to heat escalation. Intel had to know this, but didn't give a damn about "Us Consumers." If you have a Sandy 2500K, 2600K or 2700K, in my opinion; do not upgrade to the Ivy Bridge 3570K or 3770K. Yes you gain native USB3.0 and PCI 3.0, but really; those gains do not offset the "Heat Issues" if you're an over-clocker. Having said all that, this is a great processor. It's extremely responsive, when run in Raid Zero like mine; well it's "Stupid Fast." You can get these to 4.5, 4.6 with various aftermarket "All in one liquid coolers" or "Water Loops." I've got mine on an Asus Maximus V Formula with an Antec 920, stable at 4.6 with temps that I'd not push higher. Here is my set-up: it "Hauls Balls." Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus V Formula {Wireless Built In, Auto-Boosts 3770K to 3.9 on all 4 cores} Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2400 C Drive: Dual Corsair Force Gt 180's in Raid Zero D Drive: Dual Corsair Force 60's in Raid Zero Video Card: Asus DC2T 670, this card 1058 base, 1137 boost. Out of box runs at 1217 all the time. It's "Dead Silent and Stupid Cold." If you can find this card out there, buy it. This card runs circles around most 680's, plus it's dual slot; not 3 slot. CPU Cooler: Antec-Kuhler 920 in push/pull, you must have a top of the line CPU cooler to Over-Clock these Ivy Bridges..No Other Way. PSU: Themaltake TPG1050M Tough Power Grand. Hint: buy a good and larger PSU than needed with Ivy Bridges, this will help some with the heat issues of the Ivy Bridges. Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I. I pulled all the color-shift fans and the 140 rear out. I'm running it with 4 200mm Cooler Master MegaFlows, the Black ones; I no fan of "Club Lighting." I'm running 2 Cougar 120's on the 920 and a third as a bottom intake. The amount of air running through my rig.."Like a Hurricane." Best part...Dead silent, except the subtle sound of air, not fans; moving. I put in a blu-ray writer by Lite-On, and run an external LaCie Porsche 2TB drive for storage/security. The LaCie is great, runs USB3.0, it's eerily silent and has built in 7200rpm. Lastly placed a couple of "UV Black Lights" in for effect. Meshes perfect with the Formula's {Republic of Gamer's} native red lighting. BTW: With Asus's ROG Maximus Boards, like my Formula; you Do Not Need an additional sound card. The audio chip in these boards are Killer. Hope this review helps somebody. Oh I forgot, I'm running all this on Windows7 Ultimate. Stay away from Windows8...it Totally Sucks! For those not sold or worried about solid state drives, Corsair's Force and Force GT series are "Tanks." Research it, read the reviews. My 180's in Raid Zero, 1020 read/write speeds. Total boot time, no joke; less than 12 seconds. Everything opens before you're done clicking, any program; matters not. My WEI Experience: 7.9 across the board. I won't need another computer till I start turning grey...LOL. Have a great one...Dave !!Read full review
Wow! I used this to upgrade a client's computer to the highest processor the motherboard would support, and what a difference it made! With 16GB of RAM and an SSD, this computer is now like something you would buy brand new for around a quarter of the price. It was easy to install and made a huge difference from the Core i3 that was in there.
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Great Chip!! Mine STILL has a lot of room for Overclocking, despite having it already overclocked to 4.6ghz on water. I really didn't need to watercool it, as cool as this chip seems to run at this speed. Most people wont need to go to that extreme with as good as the stock cooling fan seems to be. But, As a rule for myself, if I am overclocking, I use water just to be safe. A cool chip IS a happy chip. I paired this chip with an Asus Z77 MotherBoard and this IS the Heart of a great Computer that is both Fast and Cool! It rates a 7.9 on my windows7 Score and I have to agree, this chip is a great performer! I'm a big Fan of the i7 3770k :)
