Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K

I recently upgraded from an AMD 955 CPU to an i5 3570k CPU, and I must say that Intel has gained another convert. This CPU will chew through any game, and I get much better performance than I ever did with the 955--the 3570k simply blows AMD out of the water. I do not do any sort of image editing or video encoding, so this review is written entirely from a gamer's perspective. PROS: -Great for extremely CPU-intensive games like the Total War games (Empire and Shogun 2 in particular). These games are fairly difficult to run smoothly at very high graphics settings due in large part to incredible (but demanding) particle effects, high unit density, shadow effects and many others, but the 3570k has no problems handling Empire at max settings (assuming you have a decent GPU to boot). -I get much higher frame-rates and better performance in games like Crysis, Crysis 2, BF3, Max Payne 3, Empire: Total War, and Deus Ex 3 as well as older games like FEAR, Half-Life 2 and Rome: Total War. -Achieves an overclock of 4.3-4.6GHz without much trouble at all (I've got mine at 4.5 GHz), at least on a Gigabyte Z77-UD3H motherboard. -Using the Gigabyte Z77-UD3H MB I managed to OC to 4.3GHz with no stability issues at stock CPU Vcore voltage (1.13 V). -Built-in Turbo boost feature clocks the 3570k up to 3.8GHz--which is a pretty decent boost and would be a good option for gamers who are uncomfortable with messing with BIOS settings to OC their CPUs. -Almost identical to the 3770K in terms of gaming performance. Benchmark scores for a number of games show marginal (if any) improvements for the 3770k. Other benchmarks and certain games like the Total War series actually see improved frame-rates with the 3570k versus the 3770k. CONS: -It does run somewhat hot--I get temps in the high 70s, low 80s (deg C) with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (with Arctic Silver 5 TIM) at 4.5GHz and 1.35 Volts. However, IB CPUs are designed to withstand more heat, so this is not a huge issue, but it may warrant considering a pricier cooler if you want to OC to around 5 GHz or higher. OVERALL: The 3570k is an excellent CPU for any game on the market with a great performance-to-price ratio. Virtually all gaming performance benchmarks that you will find give near identical results for the 3570k and 3770k, so I would save yourself $100 and take the 3570K over the 3770k and put that money into a better graphics card or an SSD. If you already have a 2500k I would say that a 3570k is not worth the upgrade, but if you have anything older or are looking to switch over to Intel from AMD I would highly recommend it! My PC specs: Gigabyte Z77-UD3H MB i5 3570k OC'd to 4.5GHz with Cooler Master 212 EVO + AS5 TIM EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB on stock settings Crucial M4 256GB SSD Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB DDR3 RAM

Replaced the trusty, but aged E8400 Wolfdale with this and am extremely happy. The 8400 never missed a lick, and probably logged a million hours of gaming. So far, I have nothing to suggest any lesser performance from this newer workhorse. Runs everything - and I mean EVERYTHING we throw at it, runs it well, and runs it smoothly at stock settings. Finally went with water cooling, and while the old system ran fine, it did run hot - a couple of times SO hot it started artifact-ing and 'sparkling' under stress until we blew out all the cooler fins and plugged it back in for another year. This chip runs 24/7, games for a good percentage of that time, and has NEVER exceeded 42c. (Normal idle is mid 30s) Not a stutter, hiccup or bump since it was installed, powered up and booted the first time. Should the need arise, according my motherboard, it will OC like a big dog (preset on my MB will crank it up to 4.8), LUCID has reduced GPU temps as a bonus, and I'm a happy camper ... oh wait - I hate campers, but you get my drift. It runs Photoshop and Premiere like it's strolling a beach, encodes x264 in several iterations in a tiny fraction of the time I'm used to, and mutlitasks MUCH better than I do. Thought about going to the dark side (AMD), but held fast and very happy I did. Thought about the 3770, but my research indicated there would be no improvement in gaming, so the extra $ could not be justified. I'm all about best bang for the buck, and fully believe THIS to be it if you're even a part-time gamer. If all you do is render video, the move up might make sense, but for me, it did not. I can't think of any way I could be more pleased with the performance (obviously unless it were free), and I'd buy it again without a thought.

I installed this CPU as the final piece to my total system upgrade and have been very impressed, to say the least, with the performance gains over my old Sandy Bridge i5-2390T. I can't speak for it's improved iGPU capabilities, as I am running dedicated graphics. The overclocking ability is very nice with this unlocked version and I like the fact that Intel decided to make a few (previously) optional feature more of a mainstay for this generation; WiDi (Intel Wireless Display), Virtualization, etc. If there was one complaint, it would be less about the processor itself and more about the included CPU cooler/heatsink. More specifically, the thermal interface material used on the first batch of IBs is widely rumored to be of poor quality. This is particularly important when overclocking and temps begin to rise as voltage is tweaked and the processor is pushed to it's limits. I didn't use the stock cooler, personally, but would have replaced the TIM with an aftermarket product like Arctic Silver 5 . With an O.C. of 4.6GHz (100.0 BClk x 46.0 core ratio), running on a Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler , my load temps have yet to reach 70C in the month I have been running this setup. Idle temps stay around 35C on core 1 and 25-30C on cores 2-4. Very impressed with the overclocking overhead and thermal performance (once a more adequate thermal solution has been implemented)! If you're a gamer, multi-tasker, or otherwise power-user; this is the CPU for you. In today's market, it's right at the sweet spot. For the performance, the pricetag is quite cheap. While many PC enthusiast communities will recommend you go with a 2500K , it's really a matter of preference to me. While the tried and true Sandy Bridge CPUs have proven their ability for overclocking and solid performance, Ivy Bridge has taken that basic framework (literally using the same microarchitecture, just on a smaller shrink) and managed to nudge the bar up just a little more. If overclocking is not something you're looking to do with this CPU (well, first of all, just get the i5-3570 .. wow, I just realized that's only 2 dollars less!), if you're energy-conscious, if you are running a setup based on integrated graphics; this has certainly got to be one of your (about) top 3 choices. Save yourself the money if you're a gamer; stay with the i5 class, i7s with hyper-threading are a waste of your money and the CPU's performance. Highly recommended CPU, very pleased with this purchase! Hope this helps! *Also, check out my list to see what else I paired with this CPU for my build! :) http://www.amazon.com/lm/R231Y84VR9R0ZD/ref=cm_pdp_lm_title_2

The 3570k is one FAST CPU. And it's highly overclockable. I have my 3570k at 4.5Ghz right now and with this overclock I'm normally faster than a 3770k in most benchmarks, even multithreaded ones. And I'm a whole lot faster in single threaded benchmarks. The reason I love the 3570k is because it's the most powerful CPU, per core, on the market. Meaning one of a 3570k's cores are just as powerful, if not more, than any other CPU on the market. The 3570k is even faster than a 3970x if your only using one core. So in single-threaded programs, or programs that use 4 cores or less, and a lot of programs and 99.99% of games use 4 cores or less, this CPU will perform better than ANY other. The only time a 3570k's performance is less than a 3770k or 3970x, is when you start to use 5+ cores. Like in rendering and things of that nature. But even with rendering and multithreaded applications the 3570k is no slouch. In fact, a 3770k only gives you about a 20-40% performance gain, but only while using all 8 threads. 40% may seem like a lot but that's the absolute maximum it can be. On average the performance gain is around 25%. This is exactly why I love this processor. For people like me who only game and surf the internet and use iTunes and do all the normal things people do, your processor absolutely can't get any faster than this 3570k can. That's just a fact. And for only around 200$ you can't beat the price/performance ratio. Sometimes it can be worth going with the 3770k, or 3930k, or 3970x, but for me, I wouldn't see any performance improvement with any of those. Sometimes I could actually see less, since the 3930k and 3970x are Sandy Bridge processors that aren't as powerful per core as the 3570k. My advice is to buy this CPU. You can't get any better of a CPU for all of your day to day tasks. Especially gaming, this thing is beastly. Before I got this CPU I was thinking if I should spend the extra 100$ on the 3770k and I wondered if it would be worth it. And for what I do, it's not worth one penny more. In fact, nothing I do on a daily basis would be faster on a 3770k than a 3570k. The 3770k may make sense for some people, but for most, the 3570k is THE way to go.

I purchased this "K" version of the Core i5 not because of its overclocking capabilities, but because of its integrated HD4000 graphics. The graphics capabilities of this processor obviate the need for a seperate graphics card in the new computer I am building as my main "at home" computer. It even handles video files well, including converting from one video file format to another to be displayed on different devices (transcoding). The performance of the HD4000 graphics depends on the CPU and memory which is why I chose the i5-3570K over the i3-3225 which also has HD4000 and costs a hundred dollars less. The Windows Experience Index for the 3D and gaming graphics of the i5-3570K in my system is 6.5, identical to the score of my old GeForce 8600 GTS video card. The "desktop graphics" score is 5.9 (the lowest WEI score in my Windows 8 system). These scores are for the Core i5-3570K used with a pair of 8 GB sticks of DDR23-1333 memory (I decided to go with the lowest-speed memory supported with my motherboard). Faster memory would improve the performance of the processor's integrated graphics. I used the stock cooler that came with the it, but first I removed the thermal compound from it (wiping it off with 91 per cent isopropyl alcohol) and applied a centered rice-grain like drop of Arctic Cooling MX-4. When I installed Windows on my new computer the processor was at first terribly slow. Investigating the problem I turned down the TV and restarted the computer and heard the familiar rat-a-tat-tat sound of a dangling cable touching the CPU fan in spite of the fact that my cables were organized carefully. During final assembly of the Intel stock cooler the fan cable is wrapped around the fan by threading it through little clips built into the periphery of the fan; someone on the assemble line apparently missed and had some of the wires running around the inside of the fan (in contact with the blades). I pulled the cable back to the outside of the fan where it belongs and then everything was fine. When you follow the instructions to mount the cooler over the CPU on the motherboard, it is important to press down on the four corner "buttons" so that the four black posts and their white holders all correctly protrude through the bottom of the motherboard. In my case the computer case has a rectangular hole so that you can view the bottom of the motherboard to see the four places where the cooler is attached. If one of the four posts has not been pressed down correctly then when you turn on the computer and check the temperature in the BIOS Setup you will see the temperature rise over a period of about five minutes to ninety-five degrees Celsius which is close to the boiling point of water (I tried it), but mounted properly the Core i5-3570K will more likely top out at around thirty-five degrees Celsius which is below human body temperature. If I was to play intensive video games I would probably have to replace the stock cooler with a third-party one and add a graphics card or two. Otherwise, the Intel Core i5 3570K with its built-in HD4000 graphics has the features and performance that I need for a multiple-purpose computer that can work with various devices in the home and across the internet. A motherboard with an Intel 7-series chipset (Z77 or Q77, for example) is needed to take advantage of some features of this 3rd-generation processor including the integrated graphics.

Received my processor yesterday (1 day before expected 2 day delivery, thanks Amazon.com and UPS), processor is FAST, WEI=7.6 not 7.9 but darn near close enough. Had no problems within the first 24 hours, but then after rebooting the cpu fan would not work, it would try to spin, but then fail, then try again, and fail, it might would turn around 2 or 3 times then just shake like it was trying to get a jump start at spinning up... I tried a different fan plug, would not run, I tried a different fan and it worked, so it was not the motherboard, it was the fan. I tried turning on the PC and timing it just right so that when the fan would try to run i could flick it with my finger to jump start it, and this didn't work. I spent a good 30 minutes trying to get the fan to spin, but to no avail. I'm sorry but I'm a loyal Intel fan, however I'm starting to have my doubts on their "quality and consistency" First off I work for a tech company that does Point of Sale systems for thousands of restaurants. In a year I probably install several hundred new pc's to new and existing businesses. We mostly sell Dell PCs which can be special ordered w/ this exact processor. I cracked open a dell case and sure enough EVEN DELL doesn't use Intel's stock fan, they use the heat sink but not the fan. And while we are on the subject of heat sink, what happened to these things? I custom built a 755 socket a few years ago and the stock intel heat sink was HUGE. It had a lot of copper and the fan ran great. What I got stuck with was a heat sink that was 1/3rd the size of what I was expecting and a fan that would not run! Sorry it is just a peeve for me that I spent $230 bucks on a CPU and this was the kind of quality I was provided with. I know the cost of materials has gone up, but I would of gladly paid $5, $10, even $20 better for a better stock heat sink and fan. I'll upload some pics in a little bit to show everyone how redic this pathetic heat sink and fan was. I ended up cutting off the fan but leaving the main part of the plastic that attaches to the heat sink because that plastic also holds it to the motherboard. I had to have this PC up and running today so after I ended up cutting off the old fan, I had to zip tie a new 80mm fan to the heat sink because of course this thing is so small there was no way i was going to be able to get more than one screw into this thing to hold a fan in place. But word of warning, if you are going with this processor, go ahead and order you a better heat sink and fan. Don't get me wrong the processor works great and its fast and it uses a fraction of power compared to Sandy Bridge, but the heat sink and fan has got to go... FYI, once I zip tied a new fan to the heat sink and put the CPU under about 50% load the temp peaked at about 98F/37C, but the fan was running at full blast... 5 star processor, 0 star heat sink / fan... so I'm docking a star.

Wow, I am upgrading from my Intel Core Duo 2 rig and everything now is just faster, quicker and more responsive. I had to build a completely new PC, but it was worth it. I was able to overclock it fairly easily. I OCed it 4.5ghz with 1.175volts and so far has ran stable with idle temps in the 30 C and heavy load at 60 C. I was able to go to 5.0ghz with my aftermarket H&S, but the temps were getting in the 80 C so I stopped. Water cooling might be better for people who decide to go above 5.0ghz constantly. The bad thing is that the on-board GPU for this CPU is not working. Windows 7 does not detect it and the motherboard does not want to initialize it. My computer keeps on rebooting just before it hits the Windows 7 loading screen constantly whenever I enable the on-board GPU in my motherboard's BIOs. Bummer, I was was eager to try out the Lucid Virtu MVP technology to see if it could bring some new life into my aging NVidia GTX 260 card. Sent back the CPU to Amazon for a replacement. Will update my review when I get to try out all of the CPU's features. ******Update 05/14/2012******* My new motherboard was the cause of my problem not the CPU. Now everything runs fine with the replacement motherboard Amazon sent me. Wow! The Lucid Virtu MVP technology is nice it uses the Intel HD 4000 in conjuction with my old Nvidia GTX 260 kind of like SLI or Crossfire. I'm getting around 10-20% improvement in FPS with some of my games now. I might not need to buy a new graphic card after all as I have planned to. ******Update 05/20/2012****** Meh, the Lucid Virtu MPV software seems to only work really well for a select few games. I don't seen any improves at all when playing games like Diablo 3 and Splinter Cell Conviction and in fact it lowers the FPS in those games. Lucid Virtue MVP seems like a good idea, but it needs more improvement. The only games where I was getting improvements were like Team Fortress 2, Guilds Wars and other really old, but still graphic intensive old games.

Wonderful CPU!! I have 3 of these and one i7 3770K. The i5 3570K in my experience of the two has been a more stable chip for me.I can tell you, this chip is great!!! ITs stable, no matter what the settings. The integrated graphics are truly amazing considering they are coming from the CPU itself. You almost don't need a discreet graphics card (almost). ; ) One thing I did run into is one of the three chips I have of this variety could not handle RAM any higher than 2400 mhz. It would not run G Skill Trident-X 2666mhz RAM even on the XMP settings. No matter what I tried or what voltages etc. would not post anything higher than 2400 mhz. After conferring with some industry "in the knows" a conclusion has been drawn that the majority of the chips (CPU's) manufactured in Cost Rica(the 3rd Gen. i5 flavor) do not handle RAM higher than 2400 mhz. Apparently the IMC's (Internal Memory Controllers) on these chips just aren't robust enough to take the higher speed RAM's. At first I was worried that any of the 3570K chips would not run higher RAM speeds. Luckily some do. I was concerned that I might have to go with the 3770K's exclusively if I wanted faster ram speed settings. Glad this did not turn out to be the case. The 3770k is at least $100 more expensive and I found this chip to be more to my liking. (more stable for me ) One of the experts I conferred with indicated that out of 16 consumer retail CPU's (i5 3570K) chips, only 5 or 6 of the lot of 16 would run or post at any RAM setting higher than 2400mhz. Even though the board is rated for RAM speed up through 2800 (even higher settings into the 30k's is listed in this boards BIOS) That said I ordered 2 additional CPU's and luckily they both were manufactured in Malaysia (marked "Malay")and both ran 2666 mhz RAM no problems. So I would have to agree there is some validity to what this gentleman was saying. So if your into overclocking and/or going to run RAM any faster than 2400 mhz I would make sure you go for the "Malaysia" manufactured chips instead of the "Costa Rica" chips. Its not guaranteed either way, as he did have some run at 2666 mhz from "Costa" however, chances are more that you wont be able to run higher RAM speeds than the chances that you will. So far I am two for two on the Malaysian chips and one for one on the costa Rica chips. Either way, great CPU's and if you have no plans to use higher settings then by all means the Costa Rica chips are fine. Enjoy!!

今回、アマゾンで以下のPCパーツを購入し初自作しました！ M/B ASUS P8Z77-V pro CPU core i5-3570k RAM ADATA XPGseries 型番 AX3U1600GC4G9-2G 4Gの2枚セット品ｘ2 (16GB) GPU ELSA Geforce GTX660 S.A.C を2枚（Tiではありません^^;) PSU オウルテック SeaSonic SS-1050XM (1050W電源） OS Windows7 Home 64bit(以前から所有していた物） HDD WesternDigital Blue 3.5inch 7200rpm 500GB 32MBキャッシュ SATA3.0 WD5000AZLX(OS用) 構成はこんな感じです！ 3年ほど前にBTOパソコンを注文し、いろいろPCゲームをやっていくうちにパワー不足を感じ思い切って自作で 満足ができて、まったくストレスを感じず予算を抑えたPC構成考えました。 以前のPCはcore2duoのE7500とちょっと古いCPUを使っていましたが今回3570ｋに変えて、ネットもエンコードも 以前とは比べ物にならないほど早くなりました！ 正直もうちょっと予算があれば、GTX670のSLI構成にしたかったのですが予算の関係上GTX670を1本かランクを落として 男なら誰でも夢見る、SLIにしようか悩んだ挙句GTX660の性能レビューを参考にこいつのSLI構成にしました。 現在プレイ中のゲームはBF3・Skyrim・英語版Crysis3など主にやっています この構成にした感想は、正直言うとぬるぬるですｗ CPUに関してはまず間違いなくこのCPUで問題なくゲームプレイできるので大変気に入っています！ これから自作される方などでゲーミングPCを作る方にはおすすめできるCPUだと思います。 通販サイトのBTOパソコンだとi7-3770か3770Kとちょっと高いCPUが主なラインナップでしたが 正直3570ｋもしくは3570でも十分だと思います。 その分グラボやSSDなどの方に予算まわせると思いますのでコスパが非常によいCPUだと感じる一方で 3770Kでハイパースレッティングが気になる私でしたｗ あとは、よく言われるIvy特有の熱問題ですがCPUクーラーはENERMAX製 ETD-T60-VDのトップフロータイプのクーラー使用してますが よく冷えてる方だと思います。（他のクーラーはわかりませんが^^;) アイドル時で37℃、高負荷時で61℃くらいです（CPUはOCして4.2GHz駆動です） OCしててこの温度なら低い方ではないかと思いますが他の方はどうなのでしょうか？ 正直わかりませんｗ こんな感じで今のところ問題なくゲーミングライフを満喫中です(o^―^o)

Tengo que reconocer que todo ha sido muy rápido y eficaz. Desde la petición del pedido, el envoltorio, el envío.

Tengo questo processore da più di 2 anni, e non mi ha mai deluso. Riesco a giocare qualsiasi gioco per PC

Considering the price, shipping time, and performance, I'd say this was a very great purcahse. This CPU is esentially the one to buy for gamers right now. In terms of gaming performance, it is pretty much at the top of the line, right along with the i7-3770k. It is also multiplier unlocked, meaning that overclocking with a good cooler is relatively easy. Just make sure you have a motherboard that supports changes to the multiplier! If you don't plan on overclocking, the i5-3770 is just as good, and it's cheaper. People who are looking for a CPU solution that will focus more on video encoding or tasks that require a lot of processor power might be better off with a different choice. I do not know too much about that, but looking at benchmarks of other CPUs running whatever programs you are planning to run is a good idea. However as far as general use goes I am confident that this processor will hold up with most top of the line CPUs. And as far as gaming is concerned, people who want top of the line performance will be getting just that at the best available price. AMD's FX-8350 is a viable alternative for just $189.99, however based on reviews and benchmarks, the CPU tends to run hot as well as draw lots of power, and loses a lot of ground when it comes to CPU intensive games. In more GPU intensive games it tends to keep up, losing only 1-3 FPS. Overall, the i5-3570k is the winner, however it might be smart to save $120 bucks if the FX-8350 runs the games and programs that you are planning on running well enough. However the i5-3570k will almost certainly last longer and perform better across the board. Anyways, this is a great CPU and I recommend it to any gamer looking for a CPU upgrade. It runs cool, does not draw too much power, and delivers top of the line gaming performance at the best available price.

Arrived quickly and is working well - nice