Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Unlocked Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 125W

Used with a MSI Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI and 2x8GBs of RAM. With max temps barely at 80°C, the heat is managed quite well on air cooling with a decent heatsink, but running push/pull 120mm fans, I can comfortably push this chip up to 5.0GHz and it’s stable.With AMDs competition, I would NOT recommend this chip below ~$255, as there are simply better options available in most cases, but for $252, this cpu performs incredibly well, but much of that potential is in overclocking, so if you do not have or plan on purchasing a adept cooling solution, or have no interest in overclocking, there’s many other choices at much better value for your money.

The marketing of this product made buying it a little sketchy. Turned out to be a real OEM warranted intel chip. Any negative posts on this skew is in most cases people not understanding what they are buying. It is a KF skew number. No, it doesn't have onboard video so YOU HAVE TO HAVE a gpu. Buying this, you should know and understand that, the numbering scheme has been that way for over 15 years.I finally got a GPU after a year of looking and so came the rest of the system. This went into an ASUS Z490 Tuf gaming board, cooled with a Noctua cooler. Video is a Stricks 3060. Chip is solid with a 5.2 Ghz OC on air 68-70C. I've pulled it back to 4.5 as I'm nowhere near pegging the usage in game and the extra heat translated to fan noise is a waste. A couple of premeir renders at 5.2 Ghz was impressive doing it in 1/6th the time as the I5 4370k system it replaced.

This cpu surprised me in how much performance gain I had, I upgraded from an i5-7400. I knew I’d get a big lift but it was way more than I could’ve expected. It’s currently boosting to 4.48GHz and temps are low with my AIO. The only thing to note is that this does not come with an air cooler in the box, it’s just the cpu. So make sure you have compatible coolers before you buy it.

When Intel still made great CPU's

If you are not planning on overclocking go for a 10600 no x. The extra wattage creates a lot of heat

The processor performs as advertised within the typical tolerances for computing speed and capacity. Runs a little hotter than I expected, but after a little research this and related models just tend to do that. Make sure your cpu cooler can handle the heat load.

Sin extenderme, la CPU lo vale, son 200 dólares muy bien invertidos, funciona a la perfección para gaming, en cuanto a productividad y producción de contenido multimedia no tengo cabida a opinar puesto que ninguno de los programas que uso para la carrera realmente le exigen rendimiento al procesador; en tareas cotidianas incluso con una cuantiosa cantidad de ventanas abiertas se mantiene muy fresco, incluso al darle caña jugando tampoco llegué a notar valores realmente altos y todo esto sin invertir demasiado en un cooler, el que utilizo me costó 28 dólares (El Veetro V5 con 5 tubos de disipación, que también lo recomiendo) y va sobrado a pesar de solo utilizar 1 Fan.En conclusiones estoy satisfecho por la compra, incluso para el usuario promedio, al cual el overclocking ni le va o le viene, puede optar por el 10600 a secas, lo cuál permitirá ahorrarle un par de bucks más y encima es una APU (Que viene con gráfica integrada).Envio muy veloz y sin complicaciones, producto bien empaquetado y sellado.

this chip is a great chip, its completely stable, and snappy. the 10th gen line has never failed me.