Gaming Desktop Core I7

Don't do much gaming, but I wanted the core & thread capacity for desktop virtual machines so that I can have 2-3 VM's with 4 processors assigned running quickly, while using the other cores for development and this has operated very nicely and smoothly for my needs!

this 8 core CPU is just great, whether for gaming or productivity.

Best MB i have 10/10, is perfect with the intel core i7 12700k

Easy to install and keeps the core temp at about 36 deg C for my i7 12700k cpu.

My old 27 iMac with a quad core I7 deserved a speed bump by adding a SSD for it's OS X 10.10 beta and apps. It's boot time increased significantly and I could not be happier. The handsome blue aluminum drive enclosure was a bolt-on upgrade replacing the old Apple SuperDrive. I've given the computer to my grand-daughter and hope she enjoys working with it for several years. It's a step up from the dual core laptop we gave her a few years back.

3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 Six-Core 32GB of 2666 MHz DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD over all very Fast

The new redesign with way better cooling and an i7 6 core. NICE. Great upgrade from my 2011 iMac LOL

I upgraded from an i7 hex-core year 2016 processor to this one. This new one made a big difference in performance of compiling times for both software and video editing. My computer has that whole new feel to it performance wise. I expect to continue using this one for at least the next four years - worth every penny of the investment. This processor boasts 10 cores (20 with hyperthreading turned on). Clocks in at 2.81 GHz (I don't overclock - I want reliability) 640kb L1, 2.5mb L2, and 20mb L3 caches. Overall I am very satisfied - almost two months of use (I keep my computer running 24/7 for various home automation tasks) and no hints of problems. I use the stock cooler fan that came with it - and the average core temperature stays between 30-40 degrees Celsius, and peaks to about 80 when running heavy processing applications.

Installed this in an older Core i7 tower to record security cameras with TrueNAS. After running exclusively SSDs for so long, this is a noisy drive, but it's working very well. Several high-bitrate cameras are recording to it simultaneously without write issues. It struggles to read the recorded data while it continues to record the camera feeds, but that's expected given the number of cameras I'm sending to a single drive right now.

I'm upgrading from an i7 dual core macbook pro from 2017, and this is well worth the upgrade. The computer wakes instantly and it is certainly the fastest laptop I have ever used. I've been using it for a few weeks and haven't had any issues downloading or running any programs, and the design is very sleek. I'm also a huge fan of the 120Hz screen refresh rate as well, as it makes the screen much easier to look at for long periods of time!