The processor is great, it works exactly as you'd expect. Everything loads quickly. It's worth mentioning that the heat sink and fan that come with it are just okay. They are sufficient. If the processor gets hot then the CPU fan is louder than all the other fans in my case combined. I intend to go and buy a water-cooled heat sink eventually, but this will do for now. The intel heat sink comes with thermal paste already applied so that's pretty cool.