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If i could be certain i actually got what they claimed to be selling me, or that it wasn't an RMA that they repackaged and are trying to sell "new" i would be happy to jump on any newegg bargain. but they've sort of burnt those bridges of credibility years ago.
 
For somebody trying to build a cheap 5060ti/9060xt tier of home office/gaming rig, the free boot drive makes that an easy pick over a 9600x at $190-$200. The gaming performance is on par with a 9600x even if it’s maybe a hair behind and the multithreaded performance just absolutely obliterates. The only logical reason to pick a 9600x over this 14600k deal woukd be if you legitimately plan on a CPU upgrade. B650-x870/AM5 gets Zen6 while b660-z790/LGA1700 got its ONLY architecture in 2022.
 
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A while back I complained about there being a disproportionately small number of Intel deals featured, I may have been mistaken.
This is a good deal. And the i5s don't have a higher rate of burnout than any other chip from either brand, but they can still be tuned better.

I use AC loadline of 0.1 and DC loadline of 0.15 with a just under flat LLC setting and undervolt from there. Works great with my 13900kf and 13600k. If your CPU is lesser quality maybe raise the AC a bit and if your motherboard isn't that good maybe raise the DC a bit. Those settings keep my chips running cooler, quieter and longer. The LLC induced voltage spikes are unnecessary and only detract.

If the new consoles come with a downclocked Zen 6 it will be roughly a match for this chip, so this chip probably has about a decade of midrange performance left in it with no foreseeable compatibility issues with newer versions of Windows other than limiting the intrusion of AI features.
 
I picked up this processor from New Egg while they had it in the Intel game bundle (Civ VII and Dying Light: The Beast) a few weeks ago for $194. It replaced a 9600k. It's been running great, and the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120SE has kept it reasonably cool (about 34C at idle) at very quiet fan levels. For a modest 1080p gaming rig I've been quite pleased with it so far.
 
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Puce Moose said:
I picked up this processor from New Egg while they had it in the Intel game bundle (Civ VII and Dying Light: The Beast) a few weeks ago for $194. It replaced a 9600k. It's been running great, and the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120SE has kept it reasonably cool (about 34C at idle) at very quiet fan levels. For a modest 1080p gaming rig I've been quite pleased with it so far.
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Thermalright makes great stuff and their prices can't be beat for the quality.
 
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TerryLaze said:
Just for completeness sake, so do ryzen CPUs and so do nvidia GPUs....
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It is my understanding that the Ryzen issues were caused by partner motherboard parameters, not anything related to the CPU itself. Also, believe that the issue with the NVIDIA cards essentially breaks down to a poorly designed power connector, or is there something else (else) going on?
 
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punkncat said:
Yeah, nothing like cutting the Achillies Tendon of your new 14600K build with the super fast read/write speeds of a 2.5" SATA SSD. Watch out kids, under 3 min to desktop. (Disclaimer- This CPU is known to burn itself up due to design issues. Your mileage may vary.)
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You do realize that the difference between 550MB/s and PCIE3 high end drives like a 970 Evo at 3500MB/s takes game load times from like 12 seconds to 11 seconds and then going all the way to a Gen5 drive at 14000MB/s takes them down to 10 seconds. Yay!
 
Pierce2623 said:
You do realize that the difference between 550MB/s and PCIE3 high end drives like a 970 Evo at 3500MB/s takes game load times from like 12 seconds to 11 seconds and then going all the way to a Gen5 drive at 14000MB/s takes them down to 10 seconds. Yay!
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You might want to take a moment and read something such as this:

https://medium.com/@paulgoll/sata-vs-nvme-ssd-performance-comparison-dce3dd0b0344

You cannot simply look at a narrow picture of the best case example you wish to create a straw man from. If you really believe there is little difference between a 2.5" SATA SSD and a modern NVMe there is no argument I can make that will help you comprehend that.
 
Got this same CPU last week for $200 in a Newegg deal that included a free 240mm AIO. So far, it runs cool and quiet. Didn't even have to power limit it or anything.

I'm actually very surprised to see that it beats out the 285K, 265K, and 245K while costing substantially less. I had heard it was a good CPU, but hadn't actually seen any graphs. Glad I got it, then.
 
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Even for a SATA SSD, it's apparently below average in terms of performace. Also, the TBW is 200TB. Not that that should be a huge deal for most people, but pretty sub-par by today's standards.

I've never had a warranty claim with TeamGroup, so I don't know how easily or difficult that goes.

This is from looking up the specs, and a hasty search for a review. Might make an okay secondary drive, but selling this as a bundle with a modern system, particularly when Newegg has repeatedly had this on sale very cheap in the past, suggests they're just trying to move them by any means possible.
 
King_V said:
Oh? Do please tell us of how exactly Ryzen and Nvidia have the SAME issue.
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punkncat said:
It is my understanding that the Ryzen issues were caused by partner motherboard parameters, not anything related to the CPU itself.
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Yes partner mobo parameters that where able to blow up components of the CPU...have you ever seen this happen on any other cpu?
( In this millennium at least, back in the day you could overclock a CPU take the CPU cooler off and it would blow up in seconds. )

No matter what the mobo tells the CPU the CPU needs to have a safety feature to disregard it if it is too high.
That's why AMD CPUs blew up and this is also why intel CPUs wore down, the CPU itself, for intel, did not realize that there was more voltage coming in because the bios bug was reporting a wrong number. For AMD the CPU didn't filter out and stop too high a voltage, for whatever reason.
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Also, believe that the issue with the NVIDIA cards essentially breaks down to a poorly designed power connector, or is there something else (else) going on?
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Yup, so both (all three) cases are because of design "issues" (bad design) .
punkncat said:
(Disclaimer- This CPU is known to burn itself up due to design issues. Your mileage may vary.)
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TerryLaze said:
Oh please go ahead and tell me which one of these didn't get designed but got delivered from the heavens as pure mana from the gods......
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What are you even talking about now?

You made the statement that because these failures were all design issues and in spite of different failure vectors and hardware that a blanket statement should cover them all in your perception of the failures in order to fit whatever narrative you are pushing.

Not so.
 
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punkncat said:
What are you even talking about now?

You made the statement that because these failures were all design issues and in spite of different failure vectors and hardware that a blanket statement should cover them all in your perception of the failures in order to fit whatever narrative you are pushing.

Not so.
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What are you even talking about now?
How is this a blanket statement?!
They are all caused by different things, they are still all design issues.
TerryLaze said:
Yes partner mobo parameters that where able to blow up components of the CPU...have you ever seen this happen on any other cpu?
( In this millennium at least, back in the day you could overclock a CPU take the CPU cooler off and it would blow up in seconds. )

No matter what the mobo tells the CPU the CPU needs to have a safety feature to disregard it if it is too high.
That's why AMD CPUs blew up and this is also why intel CPUs wore down, the CPU itself, for intel, did not realize that there was more voltage coming in because the bios bug was reporting a wrong number. For AMD the CPU didn't filter out and stop too high a voltage, for whatever reason.

Yup, so both (all three) cases are because of design "issues" (bad design) .
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