I own this CPU already for almost two years, but today I had a key experience, which makes a review inevitable. All I've done so far, there are benchmarks, or hours of play has let the CPU never above 44 ° C warm. If benchmarks such as Prime95, or Aida stress test, the CPU was indeed runs at 100%, but it has never been really stressed out. Today I have a movie encoded MKV to AVI, because my players can not .mkv and I wanted to watch on TV. I use this Xmedia Recode. I always put the program in the taskbar. After quarter of an hour I suddenly felt like ner on a game, because I had just seen the preview of F1 2013. Thrown Steam and F1 2012 starts. After about 45 minutes I again stopped and as I constantly the temperatures of my Pc components on the desktop did, I saw that the CPU was 54 ° C warm. I immediately thought that the CPU cooler fan has failed, then I saw that Xmedia Recode is still running and I could not believe it. I knew that the CPU which has on it, but that you can convert a movie and even a resource-intensive game can gamble alongside; I did not think. The CPU deserved smooth 10 stars. From me a full purchase recommendation !!! My system: CPU; Intel i5 2500k Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 2B RAM: G Skill Sniper F3 HDD: Samsung SSD 830 128GB PSU: Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 550W Graphics card: EVGA GTX 770 Superclocked ACX Case: Thermaltake Overseer RX I
