OMG I love this thing

Only thing i advise, if you're going to overclock i'd recommend a liquid cooler, Heatsinks don't do great job cooling when going for high clock rates and temperatures often spike high between low, so go for liquid cooling, besides you'll have more space in your case for applying fans on side panel of case for example.

Though one thing i will say, if you are building a gaming computer, this is not good for it

First time building a computer and this thing is a monster

This thing rips.

212 Evo wouldn't keep this thing cool (maybe for stock clock speeds but that's it)

I'm using an Corsair Air 240, ambient temp at 24C using a Enermax Liqmax II 240 to cool the thing

I'm impressed this thing is fast and easily over clocks to 4.5, I have gotten to 5 with no issue.

This thing has run cooler for me than any other processor I've used but that might be because of what I bought it in combination with

This thing...the unsteady temps coupled with ridiculous TIM instead of liquid metal or soldering is unacceptable

This thing will cook itself if you do not cool it correctly

May update in the future if I discover anything new, but so far, this thing is the bomb!

This thing needs true liquid cooling

Intel can pretty much price these however they want, but the good thing is it's not overpriced by any means

This thing is fast

fastest thing on the planet

Would post 5 stars but my biggest gripe is the teenie bit of surface area you have to cool this thing

Obviously, mileage may vary based on your computer's build, but this thing is FAST

I upgraded from an amd 1090t HP and this thing is incredibly faster

It works fast, stays cool, and the ddr4 memory helps things stay zippy

The first thing I thought to myself was "Wow"

Runs a bit hot (I lost in the IHS lottery) but until recently (when Ryzen launched) there wasn't much competition in this space.

I have it paired with a Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming GT Motherboard, 16GB of DDR4 3200 G Skill RAM and a corsair h100 cpu cooler.