Intel Core i7-10700K

had this for about 2 weeks and is brilliant managed to get it up to 5.5ghz on a ASUS z490 the only downside to this chip is that its very very hot with a double rad aio at 5.1ghz i hit 90C Max and idle around 35C but upgraded to a full custom loop and now it has all the cooling it needs and it actually out preforms the i9 at 5.4ghz so keep that in mind for you overclockers. all in all brilliant value and performance and the perfect match for my FE 3080. the only problem was delivery it came very dinged up and left in the damp.

I purchased this as an upgrade from my 1700x from a few years ago, I wanted more performance but didnt want to lose the core count i had previously. I'm getting anywhere from 20-30% performance increase in every task including gaming. I see a 4.7ghz boost often on all cores but never seen the advertised 5.1ghz on a single core yet. Regardless this is a great CPU and was worth the money for the performance boost over my previous platform.

I got this i7 becausea) it was in stockb) I had the budget for itc) I trust intel more than AMD Ryzen even though AMD Ryzen is considered now as the better hardware (judging by per-core performance). I have always thought Intel's drivers are better, I have also heard recent reports that Ryzen CPUs usage can randomly go up by 20% with just the epic games store running. I can imagine this will be fixed as it sounds more like some dodgy code than the hardware itself.On every game I have played, I don't think the CPU usage has gone above 40%. So this CPU will definitely last a LONG time before I upgrade.The 11th gen CPUs will be in mass production soon, so it may be worth waiting for that to come out. Or you could wait for the new ryzen CPUs to come back in stock

AMD chips are impossible to acquire at sensible prices. This is last year's Intel i7, the price is OK (silicon prices are very high at the moment) and this is a very capable chip for gaming.

Lots of power for its price. Easy to overclock on my Asus Mobo. Max 75C with 35% O/C under load air cooled.

Good/fast CPU with no "real" packaging but it was ~£25 cheaper than those listed with a box! Who needs a Box eh!

This is a very good CPU. When working on 3D projects, rendering videos, playing games, or doing other CPU intensive tasks, this CPU will carry you through it no problem.

and a worthy upgrade to my gen 6 i7 although thats still pretty good too