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58 Reviews
Oldie but still goodie
So I know this is an older platform but I have generally run older platforms for more years than I probably should. The i-7 4790K sure over-clock's easily, not crazy overclocking but 4.4 was no problem with a stock setup. I do a little bit with video editing and moved from the i5 platform hoping the higher thread count would help performance and it was amazing. In the area of FPS in authoring there was a 50% increase in speed. Equates to less time to finish a project. I do nothing with gaming so I cant speak to that. Overall it was well worth the cost of upgrade over the i5 (3.5 gig chip). If you are like me and can live with an older platform like the socket 1150H3 I highly recommend the upgrade. PS, back in the day I was an AMD only person, it seems like from 2008 to 2017 Intel figured out a better mouse trap (since the beginning of polarized silicone anyway) I have not really looked into current stuff from 2017 to now so that could have changed. Best of luck to all of us in the years to come with the uncertain "controlled" chip market we now live in.Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: zacbrickso_0
Older CPU, but still performing well
I ordered an i7 4790k CPU, and that's exactly what I got. No problems or hiccups, it just works like I would expect it to. I haven't tried overclocking it or anything, not that overclockability would reflect on the seller in any way. 4 cores, 8 threads, handles all the multitasking and gaming I want to do with ease. It's a pretty dated CPU at this point (late 2021), but it's easily capable of doing what I want it to do (occasional gaming and heavy multitasking/productivity).Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: bigbidbandit
Great product, right price, super easy install!
Takes my old Dell to its max specs. A little cleaning of the old CPU, some Arctic Silver, and temps are running great for 2 weeks since I’ve had it, with the OEM fan.
Delivered earlier than expected, in a case and ESD proof envelope. Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: evergreenreuse
A really good processor !!
Still a really good processor. In some areas like gaming, it outperforms later release CPU's. It is forgiving, runs at cool speeds even when overclocked. Personally, I have overclocked one of my 4790k to 4.5 GHz on air (Hyper 212 Evo), though I mostly run at stock speed (4.0 GHz). It runs office apps with no issues and is still a great choice for a workstation build and with a good graphics card, gaming. This little CPU is priced to do a budget gaming build. Personally, it has been my favorite processor since it first appeared on the market in 2014. That's longevity when current trends call for a new CPU/chipset annually. Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: kikpew8
Great upgrade for owners of Haswell-compatible motherboards.
Great processor even though its four years old. If we aren't counting refreshes and only architectures this Devil's Canyon chip is only one generation behind current Intel offerings. Some people say that you're better off upgrading to a whole new system; but if you are looking for a decent performance boost and you have a Haswell-compatible i3 or i5 system, this is a reasonable avenue to take imho. These cost between $185 and $210 in early 2019- the price of new RAM, a competing processor performance-wise, and a worthwhile motherboard would be over double that.
Though beware- stock coolers are not an option with the Haswell i7's. It stayed around 40c at idle, but once it was under any load longer than a few seconds it thermal throttles. It probably wouldn't if Intel kept the same size aluminium heat sink and copper lug design from the Core 2 days, that thing was a decent cooler, but they are almost half the size with this series of processors. Water or high thermal capacity air cooling only with these guys.
That being said, I have delidded mine and applied liquid metal between the die and heat spreader. I have it nudged up to 4.6ghz on overclock (seller, dont worry, i'm not going to demand a return)I see temps around 30c at idle and 50-55c while gaming. Intense load like Aida64 or Prime95 get me up to the low 60's, with my highest core peaking around 64c. I could push it higher, especially if I had a better motherboard than I do, but this setup should last a couple years at least. Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: compsuccess
Fast, but warm-running.
The "fastest racecar" in the 4th generation of the Core i7 family. Fast, but hot. I found it would be forever underutilized on a Dell Optiplex office desktop where the BIOS would not allow overclocking or let me modify the Optiplex thermal profile to run fans more aggressively. But if you have a computer that allows overclocking, and you have a cooling solution that can keep it comfy cool, then go for it. And have fun!Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: yimlele
Near Modern Performance
It brought new life to my aging desktop and is far better than the i5 I had in it. It’s nothing great by today’s standards but it’s on par with the Ryzen 5 I have in my two year old laptop. I think it bought at least a few more years for me. I am just hoping M$ adds support for it in Windows 11. If not, well it’s off to Linux for it at that time. One of Intels best processors ever made. Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: onepcjunkie
Excellent product
I suggest anyone who has a optiplex 9020 to make this upgrade especially for the price. You dont even have to change the Dell cooler if u dont want.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: anmar563
Great product
Great upgrade to my old i5 CPU, my CPU load went from 100% to 30% or less. Very happy with this purchase.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: binhua158
Great CPU for an older system
This CPU made a good system a whole lot better. I have it running a 4.3 GHz clock rate. This is a standard overclock setting on my GIgaByte MB. There were no hiccups running with 16Gbytes of G skill PC3-1200 DDR3 memory. Definitely worth the premium for a used CPU. It worksRead full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: yaya-3037