Intel Core i5-11600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 & ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WiFi 6 LGA 1200 (Intel 11th/10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard

Bought together with a asus tuf z590 board, practically fell together and booted issue free. Problem free xmp, pci express 4.0, and high temps in the mid 60s. For those who are die hard intel or don’t want to deal with the sourcing issues with ryzen, gaming wise this is the best bang for the buck.

Using this in the ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WiFi motherboard. To my surprise, it also came with its latest BIOS update, so no need to flash it so far.Coming from an i5-4690k, man... I'm just floored. This thing is insanely fast compared to what I'm used to. I was aware it could get rather hot as well, so I decided to get water cooling (AIO Cooler) for the very first time. Managed to fit the NZXT Kraken X53 in my Corsair Carbide 200R case. Rigged it just above my Low-Profile RAM sticks, with screws in the hexagonal grill with the included washers, and used Velcro to stabilize the frontal area, as there was no coverage for screws there.Spent all day building this, but hoo boy, it was worth it. Stable, fast, and ultimately, an absolute joy to game on. I'm still using my EVGA GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra with this, as I've nothing better. However, I'm no longer CPU bottlenecked like I was before. Now it's maybe a 5 ~ 10% GPU bottleneck. Nothing too serious, and games run phenomenal. Zero issues. Temps never go above 65c with the aforementioned cooler. (Which I highly recommend, if you can both fit & afford it, it's about $140 including tax at the time of this review)16 GB of low-profile RAM fit perfectly with my build, and they're of the 3200 MHz kind. It only reaches that via XMP in bios, but that is intentional, so definitely use it if you have sticks like these. Goes great with the CPU. So far it varies between 4.6 GHz and 4.9 GHz all on its own, and so far I'm just leaving it that way. Typically stays at 4.9 GHz during heavy gaming. Temps are still good, below or around 60c depending on the game.Just know that air cooling may not be as safe for this one, not that I can attest to that personally. I almost chose to air cool it, but now that I've experienced liquid cooling, I'm not sure I can go back to air. Haha.I highly recommend this processor, as well as the cooler and motherboard I mentioned. RAM was the all-popular Corsair Vengeance kind, of course. Couldn't be happier!

I own a Gigabyte Z490M Gaming X motherboard. It has two M.2 slots, but one that doesn't work (labeled limited functionality). It turns out that Gigabyte built ahead to provide added functionality once the 11th Gen processors were released. So, when the new processors came out, I replaced my 10th Gen i5 10500 processor with this one. Initially, I noticed six things:1. This processor requires more power (125 watts vs 65 watts for the i5 10500)2. Even though it uses twice the power, it only runs about 4 degrees Celsius hotter under an average or light workload. (I used the same 120mm liquid cooler for both).3. The onboard graphics are noticeably improved over the previous generation chip.4. The processor doesn't feel twice as fast, but is noticeably faster than the 10th gen i5 10500 (which was a solid processor too).5. My second M.2 slot on my motherboard now works due to the functionality of the 11th-gen 11600k. Currently, I use one slot for my Intel WiFi card and one for my uber-fast M.2 hard drive. This frees up a ton of room on my PCI-Express ports for a really nice video card.6. My motherboard required a firmware update in advance of installing the processor.Words of caution before buying:1. Make sure your motherboard has the right socket type: LGA1200.2. Make sure your power supply has not just the four-pin power connection, but also a second 4-pin power connector (for a total of 8 pins). Most 600 Watt or bigger ATX or ITX power supplies should probably work. Often the two plugs have a connection to plug them together side-by-side before plugging into the motherboard. Don't try to use the other connector intended for a video card.3. Make sure you have the correct firmware installed BEFORE you try to install the new processor. Otherwise, you'll waste time and thermal paste and will have to reinstall your old processor, install the firmware update, test it, and then reinstall the new processor.4. Recalibrate your fans if needed afterwards.My computer boots faster, plays Minecraft at a higher frame rate, and doesn't run significantly hotter. I don't overclock it. It was just so close in price to the next model down a the time, that I decided to get it.

So far so good. Not a buggy bios on z590 pro ax however I am using the f5 bios.. works so far and runs good ill keep updated.So just an update been testing out alot of my games and most games never pass over 20-25% cpu usage. Barely see 30... kingdom come deliverance is around 16-21. Not overclocked. All games are different but so far amazing cpu. And its not overclocked.

Wouldn't boot with my ram at its usual stable xmp settings even though it's worked fine for over a year with my old processor and it runs insanely hot. Will be returning and going back to my i3 10100. Will probably get a tried and tested 10th gen cpu instead because they are cheap and reliable right now. Maybe in 6 months when the mobo manufacturers fix their bios 11th gen will be viable.

Amazing CPU. if you have bios issues, There are bios updates provided by motherboard manufacturers. Buy this cpu over any other.

Dropped it in the mobo (Asus TUF Z590 Gaming) and it was recognized right off.

Es un excelente procesador, lo estoy dicipando con un Cooler de Aire!! El modelo q escogí es el "ID Cooling SE-224 XT" y lo tengo trabajando la mayoría del tiempo a 35°C. Ese cooler tiene u. TDP de 180w. Me pareció suficiente ya que no tengo pensado de momento hacer un O. C. realmente compré la versión K por la relación precio en la q la encontré. Por la falta de gráficas o muy costosas la uso con sus gráficos integrados con 2 pantallas conectadas a la vez, con varias pestañas del navegador activas, con la suit de adobe abierta y otras aplicaciones más y no siento un lag de ningún tipo en el desempeño junto con 16gb de Ram a 3200Mhz.

overclockable at ease but too costly to recommend this product.intel UHD 750 is working fine and gives 30fps in some AAA titles.

Muy buen procesador, de respuesta excelente, como siempre intel

Overpriced.... otherwise a good midrange processor

If you want to do some high processing work then this processor best fit for you. Also it is good to handle some high processing software work without stuck or long execution.

ich habe mir der ntel® Core™ i5-11600K Desktop Prozessor 6 Kerne bis zu 4,9 GHz bestellt und das war ein gutes wall weil ich bin sehr zufrieden mein pc ist jetzt schneller.ich kann es nur weiter empfehlen