Intel Core i5 6600K 3.50GHz Quad-Core Processor (Open Box)
$149.99
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Condition: New; Open Box
Style: Processor Only
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2 people found this helpful
A vital part of my daughter's computer systems designed to make her friends jelly.
By Marnoch on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
Amazon once again helps us to fulfill all of our shopping needs. This Christmas we are surprising our daughter with all the component that she need to build herself a computer that will definitely make her classmates jelly. Computer assembly isn't difficult for noobs, but to the uninformed saying that your built your own is definitely impressive. With each system you need to make sure that you purchase certain components. This is what we got her: 1. Case: Thermaltake Versa N21 Translucent Panel ATX Mid Tower Window Gaming Computer Case Cases CA-1D9-00M1WN-00 - This case is a simple sleek design that will help protect the vital components from her younger sister's tiny fingers. 2. Power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G1, 80+ GOLD 650W, Fully Modular, 10 Year Warranty, Includes FREE Power On Self Tester, Power Supply 120-G1-0650-XR - This power supply was one of the highest rates, quality built, cost effective supplies available. 3. Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1151 Z170 2-Way SLI UEFI DualBIOS ATX DDR4 ATX DDR4 NA Motherboards GA-Z170XP-SLI - We chose this Motherboard because it will allow us to add up to three m.2 SSD hard drives at a later date, perhaps her birthday. 4. Processor: Intel Core i5 6600K 3.50 GHz Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache (BX80662I56600K) - Every computer needs a good processor. Intel currently leads in performance (Sorry AMD) 5. Heat Sink: ARCTIC Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 CPU Cooler - Intel & AMD, Twin-Tower Heatsink, 120mm PWM Fan - Heatsinks are important to help transfer heat away from the processor and help to avoid it from overheating. Water cooling is very effective but introduce additional points of failure. We chose this because she isn't heavy into gaming but it will allow her to explore. 6. Ram: Corsair memory kit 16.0 DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) (QTY:2) - 32gb of ram is a bit overkill but provides additional room for growth. 7. Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX 3.0, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 08G-P4-6183-KR - This video card it is a bit of overkill for her, a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Cards 03G-P4-6160-KR is more affordable and in line with her fascination for World of Warcraft. 8. Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM010) - Seagate makes a quality product, I have used them for years. I have a network drive with one of their hard drives that has been running since 2009. 1TB is sufficient for her needs. 9. Optical Drive: LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40) - This is only needed if she has a need for playing/recording DVD or Blu-ray discs. To watch Blu-ray movies will require purchasing additional software. 10. Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit - I prefer to use to the professional versions of windows as it allows me greater control of the operating system and aides in the monitoring and protection of the system from the youngins' 11. Antivirus: Norton Security Premium - 10 Devices [Key Card] - I use Nortons to help protect all of my computers for one low cost. There is only one computer in our household with a different AV and i've had to clean a couple viruses off of it.
Top critical review
2 people found this helpful
Used for 2 years now, Started out amazing and now it's just meh.
By william on Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
When I first bought this cpu it was great since all I did was game with this. No throttling or bottlenecks when paired with a 1070 on a 1080 monitor, always a solid 180+FPS on medium settings, 90+ on ultra etc, even on a dual / triple monitor setup. Now that it's been two years, I've experienced some weird mishaps. One, is now that I multitask, having several tabs of Chrome, Discord, Spotify, and a game on, it caps out at 100% relatively easily. Even at start up it's already at around 17%. I clean up my pc fairly regularly with Ccleaner and other disk cleanup software but it doesnt compare to the first installation 6% usage back then, and dust it off every spring and fall. Two, is that I can't overclock my graphics card anymore, not sure why but I believe it might be related to my cpu. Not sure yet as I dont know how to diagnose further than what I read up in google, whether its a problem with my CPU, GPU, or motherboard in general, but it's just not cutting out for me. Had just recently did a clean install of my GPU drivers and saw no significant change in performance, so hoping a clean windows install and perhaps a trip to the local pc repair store in the following weeks might do the trick, otherwise it's time to move on and buy better parts. Will be switching over to an i7 once I save up enough. I can't really complain much since I know my PC is still relatively high end compared to what other friends and family use, but as I climb the PCMR ladders, the more I realize how sub par my performance is currently. Well, as long as the CPU doesn't die on me until I can afford another upgrade I'll be fine with it for now.
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