The last desktop 4c/8t i7. Not worth it as it has no upgrade path, unless you’re into motherboard modding. Doesn’t officially support windows 11. Just go with 8th gen intel or newer.

Solid CPU, still competitive in single-core performance with the much later 2600. Minus one star for being the last 4c8t i7, good riddance to that era.

Don't overpay for this in 2021/2022. It's insane to me seeing people continue to pay the price of an i5-12600K for these. Can still be a decent budget option if found for a low enough price (wouldn't go over $80 honestly, since it needs a beefier motherboard and cooler than an i3-10100 to deliver roughly the same performance).

When I bought it back in 2016 this was the bomb, however in 2021 I can't recommend it unless you get it pretty cheap.

A really good CPU even for its age the only downside is that temps get hot quite quickly.

Only 4 cores, but still pretty strong with a good oc.

At the time, this was a great CPU. It still is a great CPU and can support most modern graphics cards well, but it's no longer a top-of-the-line CPU with its outdated technology. No issues in 3 years (I haven't overclocked it at all), and the temps are fine with my Hyper 212 (72-75 under load, I also have 6 case fans). 3 years later, I haven't replaced thermal paste or anything, it scores 2268 on Cinebench (Their benchmark for this CPU is 2420).

It's still fine considering Intel haven't chance IPC in 5 years and still remain competitive. Overclocked at 4.8 it's matching 3300X and beating 10320. In many games would actually perform within 2-3% of stock 10600k, so it's still too early for an upgrade. My chip though happened to be on the worse end it can't go higher than 4.8 at 1.370V, but temps under stress load are just 70

However I almost wish I bought my PC in 2018 when 8700k was out lol Or 2019 when the whole spectrum of 3600/3700x/3900x was out

8700K came out a few months later and was so much better. This CPU still smashes games that only make good use of 4C/8T.

Not a lot of cores but unreal clock speed. Pretty good for gaming, not great for virtualization or video rendering.