Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Boxed Processor (BX80646I54690K)

Excellent performance/price ratio, great overclock, etc.

So I replaced a G3258 that was in my gaming PC with this. This was the natural upgrade with my Z97 board. I don't know whether it is because my case has a built in fan or what, but I popped this in, and it overclocked to the default settings I had of 4.4 Ghz (for the G3258.) The temperatures are amazing with just the stock cooler, 70C (full load.) I was expecting to buy an after market cooler, which would've been a hassle to fit in my case, but I am happy to know I don't have to do that now. I put the G3258 in an HTPC, and now I have two systems that feel new. I also only paid $210 for this, which was nice considering I paid $60 for the G3258 last year, and this was retailing something like $240 at the time. So basically I got a G3258 and an i5 4690k for $270.

I mostly wanted this CPU because of the performance gains of a quad-core in gaming, but I didn't want to compromise on clock speed (which I like for emulation.) So far I can play multi-threaded games and more quickly perform multi-threaded functions like video rendering.Read full review

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i5-4690K: Tried-and-true CPU for the money...

If you are just looking to set up a task specific system (gaming, streaming, etc.), jumping to the overclocking/benchmarking world, or a hobbyist simply looking for an excellent CPU with excellent power consumption characteristics to work off of, look no further. This is one of those CPU's you can't go wrong with and is still widely in use.Read full review

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Great quad core drop-in upgrade for people with older systems.

Great CPU, but you have to realize it's limitations as a quad core processor. I would probably give it 5 stars if it had hyper-threading (which would be really nice), but the price was fair. OCd really easily for me, 4.6GHz stable without increasing voltage, but not everyone will be so lucky. All in all a great drop-in upgrade over my older dual core pentium.Read full review

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Really good CPU for its price.

Even though adding about $40+ more you can get an i7 chip. But the i5 4690k performs excellently. I can finally run a game without it being choppy, frame lagging. Before I had an FX-6100 oc'd to 4.3ghz. It performed okay for being a 2011chip. But it wasn't satisfactory for the reason it made my game play choppy.Read full review

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Best mid-range LGA 1150 CPU

Fantastic for an LGA 1150 socket processor. It can be reliably overclocked and performs great for modern games. Paired with a 212 EVO, it stays reliably around 65 C while under a heavy load.

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good chip value speed reliable all good

my current processor, best for one of MY systems ive had only wish i held out for a amd cause sometimes they seem faster in games.

Great

Once you get a good CPU like this you won't have to upgrade for a long time. This is now 2 generations outdated but still is a very good CPU. I also over clocked to 4.5 speed thingies on air cooling but turned it down to 4 because there was no point in it since it was already fast enough. Great CPU only problem is it's Ddr3 but that's not a big dealRead full review

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The New Processor I Needed

I needed a new processor for the gaming PC I'm building. I installed this processor which has overclocking abilities, and it works great.

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Still running hard after 5+ years from release..

Even with only 4 cores/threads it plays top games very well with a modest overclocking. My system is actually bottlenecked by the rx580 graphics card at 100% load with this processor at about 50% load on most games I play. Not buying into the ryzen FAD!! Look at benchmarks. These can be had used for half a new AMD chip that is comparable. And, you can keep using that ddr3 ram. With a 120mm AIO, these cpu runs at very acceptable temps. It does thermal throttle with aida64 after 10mins, but not other stress tests. A 240mm radiator with a proper water block would let this chip sustain 4.8ghz all day. Likely even surpass 5ghz. Depending on the rest of the system.Read full review

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Great Processor to upgrade to if you still have socket 1150

Works great, easy to install not a lot of power draw

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