So I replaced a G3258 that was in my gaming PC with this. This was the natural upgrade with my Z97 board. I don't know whether it is because my case has a built in fan or what, but I popped this in, and it overclocked to the default settings I had of 4.4 Ghz (for the G3258.) The temperatures are amazing with just the stock cooler, 70C (full load.) I was expecting to buy an after market cooler, which would've been a hassle to fit in my case, but I am happy to know I don't have to do that now. I put the G3258 in an HTPC, and now I have two systems that feel new. I also only paid $210 for this, which was nice considering I paid $60 for the G3258 last year, and this was retailing something like $240 at the time. So basically I got a G3258 and an i5 4690k for $270. I mostly wanted this CPU because of the performance gains of a quad-core in gaming, but I didn't want to compromise on clock speed (which I like for emulation.) So far I can play multi-threaded games and more quickly perform multi-threaded functions like video rendering.Read full review
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If you are just looking to set up a task specific system (gaming, streaming, etc.), jumping to the overclocking/benchmarking world, or a hobbyist simply looking for an excellent CPU with excellent power consumption characteristics to work off of, look no further. This is one of those CPU's you can't go wrong with and is still widely in use.
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Great CPU, but you have to realize it's limitations as a quad core processor. I would probably give it 5 stars if it had hyper-threading (which would be really nice), but the price was fair. OCd really easily for me, 4.6GHz stable without increasing voltage, but not everyone will be so lucky. All in all a great drop-in upgrade over my older dual core pentium.
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Even though adding about $40+ more you can get an i7 chip. But the i5 4690k performs excellently. I can finally run a game without it being choppy, frame lagging. Before I had an FX-6100 oc'd to 4.3ghz. It performed okay for being a 2011chip. But it wasn't satisfactory for the reason it made my game play choppy.
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Fantastic for an LGA 1150 socket processor. It can be reliably overclocked and performs great for modern games. Paired with a 212 EVO, it stays reliably around 65 C while under a heavy load.
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