Intel BX80662I36100 Intel Core i3 6100 Skylake Dual-Core 3.7 GHz Processor

Totally impressed with cpu, wanted an i5 6600k like everyone else does but could not currently streach to it, however this i3 6100 flies, am using it with an asus z170 pro gaming m/board 16gig 3000mhz corsair ram, r9 380oc video on a cheep samsung 24in monitor and could not be happier, plays all my games no trouble at all and very smooth, but!! to get the best out of it you must use a z170 m/board with 3000+ ram and a good vid card, the motherboard defaulted to 2400 at start up, and was noticably slower, believe the m/board will take 4000 ram, but expensive, highly recommended for a really good budget games machine unless you need bragging rights then it will cost you, A++++

Another purchase for a new pc build for my father-in-law. He was running on an old AMD athlon system which could no longer keep up with the demands of having more than two tabs open on a browser and running skype simultaneously. I have an i5 running my system and have been using it for the past couple of years and it has always performed admirably so i chose an i3 for the new build even if it was a little more expensive than AMD's chips. I reviewed benchmarks, comparison tables and user reviews until i decided this was the best bet and i have not been disappointed. My father-in-law now marvels at how he can browse the web in real-time and not on a several second delay as the pc buffered and stuttered.

Used as part of a build for a work machine that won't be slinging anything strenuous. The resultant machine with 8GB of RAM and an ssd drive zings along nicely opening web pages instantly and playing video and music effortlessly.

Honestly this is the best processor you can go with if you're on budget and want a gaming pc. This processor won't bottleneck graphics card like the GTX 1060 and provides amazing performance in games. In my current rig I have a Core i3 6100 paired with a GTX 770 and I can smash AAA titles at High-Ultra at 1080p and receive solid smooth frame rates.If you do have more money to spend on a cpu I would go with the Core i5-6500 but honesty you don't need an i5 to game. I had a maximum budget of £350 and this processor ticked all the boxes, so glad I didn't go with the AMD Ahtlon X4 860K...

Bought this as part of a cheap gaming computer for a family member. Paired with a Nvidia GTX 970 and 8gb of DDR4 ram it is able t run most modern games comfortably.As most games depend hugely on the GPU, with many more not even using more than 2 cores, the speed of this processor means it performs really well.If you intend of using this for multiple tasks over many screens, or for any form of rendering, then consider and i5 instead. Otherwise this is a great choice for a cheaper gaming PC.

I don't recommend this CPU to someone wanting to play triple A titles, I was helping a friend build a starter gaming PC, GTX 1060 and this i3 6300, honestly it was perfect on games like "the forest" which he initially only wanted to play and obviously holds up titles which are optimized great for any range of PC performance like "Warthunder" which it runs at max settings never skipping a beat.BUT my friend bought "Forza Horizon 3" and even on minimum settings this CPU chokes and the game has constant stutter, sometimes running at a solid 60fps but most of the time running at 40-50fps with constant stuttering, this stuttering is the same on any graphics setting lowest to medium high.By stuttering i mean "unplayable to someone that cares like a avid PC gamer" he's moving from console so to him he doesn't care that much, honestly for me i wouldn't even play the game for 5 minutes, it had input lag.I know the game requires a beefier 4 core processor as it's in the minimum recommended settings but my friend that was new to PC gaming didn't know anything about minimum settings before buying the game.Opening Skype and Forza horzion 3 made the game literally 5 FPS so it's a problem with only being a duel core with hyper threading and not actually 4 cores.I wouldn't recommend this Processor for gaming atall unless you don't want any triple A titles (this PC was built pre Ryzen and way before Ryzen 3, i'd recommend Ryzen 3 over this i3 any day)in short it will run without any problems *these have only been tested with a GTX 1060 3GBWarthunder - max settings 1080pMinecraft - max settings 1080pworld of warships - max settings 1080pworld of tanks - max settings 1080pthe forest - medium to max settings 1080p

You can not criticise this CPU, the £100 price range for a 2 core with hyper threading (therefore a theoretical 4 core CPU) is perfect for budget or mid range builds. I would recommend picking up a motherboard with overclocking capabilities (like this Gigabyte Z170-GAMING K3 Socket 1151 Z170 Express DDR4 S-ATA 600 ATX Motherboard ) and a after market cooler (like this Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Air CPU Cooler "RR-212E-16PK-R1, 4 x Heatpipe, 1x 120mm PWM Fan, Intel/AMD") to get a decent base clock of the CPU in the BIOS.Overall, this is a great CPU definitely worth the money!

This little processor packs a heavy punch, baring as I had recently changed from an AMD processor around the same price range this processor blew it out the water. This does quite obviously bottleneck high end cards as it is my 1060 however you will not notice it at all unless you just want the satisfaction of seeing your games run over 60 fps. Running Fallout 4, Doom, MKX, WoW and WD2 on 60 stable, dishonoured 2 however does stutter only in highly textured areas it seems. Would highly recommend if looking for a budget cpu that does its job!