Still decent in 2024. It's not the best, but this was the only CPU I had on hand.

Lasted years and did everything I ever asked of it. Only started to truly show its age in 2023 when I started playing more modern games like Valorant (CPU heavy) and Assassin's Creed Mirage (brand new AAA title). Handled Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Blender, Unreal, and streaming with barely any issues. Not to mention I never overclocked.

Although its still usable for gaming, I would probably recommend a i7 due to the lower % usage.

Great cpu back in 2015, havent tried new games (2020 on), runs old games fine. Does run heavily on Assetto Corsa, ill get the "99% cpu" message.

Good enough CPU when locked by motherboard. Not great value.

First of all, I wanted to buy 1st generation Ryzen but AMD delayed by unknown amount of time... I couldn't wait any longer as school year was starting and my current laptop could barely run CS:GO at 30 fps avg. in lowest video settings. I really wanted to get 8 core CPU but the only option was ancient FX-8350 which was much worse in gaming compared to modern i5, not to mention it runs on old DDR3 ram. I was considering i7-6700k but it would cost me almost 370 euro (314 GBP), so almost 50% more for just 4 extra threads... Total rip off from intel at that time, so I was forced to buy i5-6600k and potentially upgrade to Ryzen in the future (which will be the case, hehehe). Later did OC on my i5-6600K at 4.4 GHz on all cores. Looking back I still can't believe 4 cores 4 threads cost that much so I can give 4/5, not enough cores and too expensive.

Good solid pick for this budget build. The games played by the guy are generally older and won't need more than 4 cores.

speedy boiiiii

Has been a solid performer and would continue to be a good choice if I didn't need better multi-core performance.

Perfectly competent little CPU, runs quietly and well.

Bought off FB Marketplace w/ the cooler and motherboard.