Is Core I3 Good For Gaming

People assume it won't be good for gaming since it's an i3. But this one has Turbo boost up to 4.3GHZ, which is pretty good for gaming. I can play Modern Warfare in Max settings with high FPS. Definitely recommend this processor if you're trying to cut costs on your PC build.

I picked out the i3 quad core mini with 8GB of RAM with the intention of using it as a media center computer to drive my 4K tv. Even though it is a pretty low spec the machine is very snappy and can display 4k60 video for hours without any hiccups. I was a little worried about whether 8GM of RAM would be enough, but so far the system only uses about 6-7GB of RAM for my needs. The computer never gets that warm and I can't hear any fan noise when sitting about 8 feet away from it.

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

I wanted the high core count for gaming and streaming in a mainstream socket and had already a bad experience with a Ryzen 9 3900x that died from a month of usage so, to avoid that, I decided to switch to Intel. I also don't care about achieving the highest clock speed so the non overclockable version was fine for me. So far so good, hardware monitor reports idle at 4.6Ghz and turbo up to 4.9Ghz on 4 cores while running warzone at 144fps and streaming on obs at slow preset and resolution 1600x900. Sometimes I get 2 cores at 5Ghz. It gets up to 80C with a 240 radiator cooling it. But thats not as hot as my ryzen used to get. Overall is a good processor. At the time of purchase it was at the same price as a new Ryzen 9 3900x. Is it better than AMD counterpart? For productivity task, no. The lesser core count makes it worse performing (although not bad) at that. For gaming? yes. The higher clock speed will get you higher fps.

I have had many keyboards and the Korg i3 is my latest and I am loving it. Getting together with my band menbers doesn't happen often enought for me but with the i3 I am able to play with the backing tracks and get what I need to create and fill out new ideas. It is easy to learn and sounds are very good ... of course it's not a Nord or a Kronos... which cost 4 or 7 times more. The piece and the price are well worth the purchase...and *Note- since Korg has started dropping the street price of this little beauty I'm thinking it may about to be replaced or worse ...just disappear like the old original Korg i3 first generation from decades ago(1993). If you are interested in an rompler/arranger type keyboard you should get this one while you can...and the lowered price for this make it a ridiculously good deal that shouldn't be missed.

I’m not a gamer, just a photographer and fine art printer.  So, even with all the bad news and confusion re the Ryzen 9000 series, I decided to go ahead and replace my 7900 with a 9900X anyway.  I have an MSI MPG B650i EDGE WiFi motherboard in an open case with an ID-Cooling SE-207-XT air cooler to which I have attached a second fan.  The 7900 runs with DDR5-6000 memory, Game-Boost and the TDP elevated to 105W.  It pulls 142W running Cinebench R23 with a high temperature of 79C for a multi-core score of 27550.  When I replaced the 7900 with the 9900X, with the BIOS cleared except for EXPO, Cenibench R23 scored it at 32214 with a high temp of 81C.  That’s a 17% improvement, much better than I expected.  Think I’ll be keeping the 9900X and seeing how much I can wring out of it with a better cooler.  I have no intention of playing the core parking game.  Some good news re the 9000 series is overdue.  I appreciate that gaming drives the technology, but other users make up a large part of the marketplace, so it seems wrong for gaming to influence the whole picture.  Even though AMD fumbled the rollout, the 9900X is still a great CPU for non-gamers.

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!

The HyperX Alloy Core RGB - Gaming Keyboard is all I ever needed and more. It's the best keyboard I've ever had and great looking too.

It's expensive for a 6 Core CPU, but it can hold its own vs more expensive CPUs in gaming. So, while it doesn't have the multithread performance of other CPUs due to the lack of more cores, it still games amazingly.

It can turbo up to 4.8ghz on single core but usually hovers around 4.4 during gaming. Perfect for a SFF system as it runs much cooler than the K series, plus you don't need to worry about those e cores if you prefer to stay on windows 10.