Fast and cool

Good processor so far. Running it 24/7 crunching on a intel mini-itx board. There arent many confirmed options for this chip to use motherboard and memory wise. it doesnt need ECC to run, standard ddr3 is fine.

Fast; Cheap compared to 2600k; server chip so 24/7 stable; very efficient speed vs power

lack of motherboard options; locked multiplier; still trying to get turbo boost running correctly; lack of reviews and hardware tested compatibility have to risk it yourself

very good home server processor

I am using this in my home server running WHS 2011 and it provides very good performance. Due to the fact that it is idle most of the time, it runs very cool: 30-40 degrees (C). The AES-NI instruction set provides very good BitLocker performance (I am using BitLocker on all my drives, including the...

Works as advertised

Low power use and speedy

Used to make home server; Installation was a breeze

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