About this item
- I3 3rd GENERATION
- I3-3220 GENERATION
- I3 3220 3.3 GHZ
- LGA 1155 SOCKET
- ALL DESKTOP H61 MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT
Technical Details
- Brand Generic
- Manufacturer Intel
- Product Dimensions 18 x 13 x 5 cm
- Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
- Operating System WINDOWS 7, Windows 10
- Processor Brand Intel
- Processor Speed 3.3 GHz
- Processor Type Core i3
- Processor Count 1
- Processor Socket LGA 1155
- Compatible Devices Personal Computer
- Mounting Hardware P
- Number of items 1
- Wattage 65 Watt Hours
- Power Source DC
- Manufacturer Intel
- Country of Origin India
- Warranty 1 Year
Andrey –
very nice performance!
enough said! I was hesitating choosing between FX Amd’s and Intel. Finally, decided to go with i3 3220 and I am very pleased with my choice!
One person found this helpful
Khang Le –
Build this to build my own Gaming PC. It been some months and i works great so far. Worth my money,
Build this to build my own Gaming PC. It been some months and i works great so far. Worth my money,
Jason –
Killer budget CPU
Pros: Hyperthreading, 2 physical cores/4 logic3.3 GHzHighly popular 1155 socketCan handle any modern game at high detail/reseloutionLow power consumptionPriceCons: Limited cacheDual core (see other thoughts)Does not enable PCI express 3.0Other Thoughts: Though this CPU is an Ivy Bridge, it will not enable the full bandwidth of PCI express 3.0. This is only slightly minor considering the performance. The hyperthreading allows this CPU to operate as a quad core, yet is cheaper. Temps on idle with a Corsair A70 heatsink is 25 Celsius and 43 Celsius maximum with heavy gaming. Games such as Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 can run at Ultra settings, but with minor performance lag/slowing due to bandwidth limitation. I will soon upgrade to the i7 3770K and use the i3 3220 in a HTPC.My System (as of 4/14/2013):Intel i3-3220Corsair A70 heatsink, w/ 2 Xigmatek crystal series red LED 120mm fanCorsair XMS3 16 GB DDR3 1333 RAMSamsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (Boot)Samsung 840 Pro 128 gb SSD (storage)ASUS P8Z77-V LK motherboardCorsair AX760 Platinum PSU2 ASUS GTX 660 video cards in SLIASUS PCE A66 wireless network cardASUS DVD drive (optical)Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra case w/ six Xigmatek crystal series red LED 120mm/140mm fans and custom side window
Adam Goodwin –
For the price range, you can’t go wrong. I’ve paired this with a 7870 and everything run’s fantastic, sadly most games aren’t heavily threaded so they don’t take advantage of multiple cores which is why i opted for the dual core with 4 threads. I’m expecting a performance hit when I’m going to play planetside 2 and BF3 multiplayer as these can use all the resources of a quad core. Overall, it’s an awesome buy.
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JTG –
Compré este procesador para sustituir un viejo core 2 duo a 2,9 ghz. Ni que decir tiene que la diferencia es abismal. Consume 10 watios menos que el que tenía antes y el rendimiento es muy superior.Si lo que quieres es un procesador para todo lo habitual, te lo recomiendo. Solo se quedará corto si quieres jugar a alta resolución en juegos actuales y tienes una tarjeta o demasiado lenta o demasiado potente. Pero la unión de este procesador junto a una ati 7850 o una radeon r7 260x debería permitirte jugar a cualquier cosa o trabajar en cad y otros programas exigentes con fluidez.
One person found this helpful
Fabien A. –
Son prédecesseur Sandy bridge 2120 m’avait déjà étonné… son remplaçant Ivy bridge 3220 enfonce le clou !Sa finesse de gravure à 45Nm lui fait gagner 10W en consommation (55W contre 65W pour son prédécesseur), du coup il se fait encore plus discret dans un boitier mini ITX.Le double coeur hyper threadé à 3,3Ghz est décoiffant. Couplé à un SSD Samsung de 250Go, c’est la configuration la plus rapide que j’ai jamais eu entre les mains. Parfaitement à l’aise en bureautique et vidéo HD, Windows 7 démarre en 3s.Le coeur graphique intégré suffira à cet usage, avec le double écran en prime.Pour les jeux 3D c’est une autre histoire, achat de carte graphique obligatoire, mais ce n’est pas mon usage. Pourtant là encore je suis sûr qu’il s’en sortira parfaitement, et je me demande ce que l’on peut attendre de plus de ses grands frères i5 et i7, beaucoup plus chers…
David B. –
Awesome
Plenty of speed with a great price from Newegg.com. Great option for my my budget gaming build. Definitely recommend. Just works!
Kyle ledoux –
Best budget gaming CPU
Ive been using this for playing games like bf3 and planetside 2 getting 60+ fps on high-ultra settings and Ive never had any problems with it and ive had for about 4 months now. It ran the battlefield 4 beta with no ploblems. If all your wanting to do is play games or anything less then that, this is all you will need for a while.I plan on buying more.
The Sauce –
Great Processor!
This is a great processor, I recommend it for cheap builds, and or non heavy gaming computers. The processor is great for your every day, business, and casual needs. If you are looking to edit/game i would go with a i5 or up. But over all, great deal!
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Alejandro M. –
Fully recommended
Great person and very responsible.
Jason –
It’s alright
So far so good. No problems as of now. The thermal compound that was included on the cpu fan was eh.
David A. Knapp –
Four Stars
Does the job.
Sean Smith –
Good CPU, But only Dual-Core
This is a great budget CPU.LGA-1155 socket.My only problem is that it is a dual core processor…..If you are new to the gaming PC (Like myself) don’t go cheap like I did….Get the i5-K Series.That has quad core, and is over-clockable.I rate it 5 stars.Me being cheap doesn’t merit a 4 star rating.This CPU works perfect right out of the box.Comes with a stock CPU cooler fan.Hooks into MoBo really easy.CPU fan comes with Thermal Paste pre-applied.(Also, outperforms the best CPU paste on the market…Intel must not be cheap like me)5/5
One person found this helpful
Jara Ortega Puerto –
Bueno
Patricia Valdez –
Quick and Fast
My son purchased this item and it works great in his new computer console. We bought protections to be safe.
f0x –
Procesador de grán rendimiento a un precio muy asequible.Perfecto para tareas de ofimática y multimedia, y si se equipa en una placa buena y con 8 o 16Gb de RAM, en muchas tareas no tendría mucho que envidiar a un i5 de su misma generación, como por ejemplo para Photoshop o para juegos, ya que se trata de cosas que dependen más de la tarjeta gráfica que utilices, que de la potencia del procesador.La diferencia entre los 2 núcleos + 2 threads del i3, frente a los 4 núcleos del i5 no es algo muy escandaloso.Si quieres un ordenador para jugar, y tienes un presupuesto ajustado, este procesador, con 8Gb de RAM a 1600 y una buena gráfica tipo HD 7870XT o 79XX te irá de miedo, eso sí, cambiando ventilador que trae de serie por otro no necesariamente caro (15-25€).
3 people found this helpful
Anamarys Anamarys –
No le doy las 5 estrellas porque llegó sin disipador y sin caja. Funciona bien. Lo compré de 2d mano. Todo lo demás bien
Marco Jose Candelori –
nice processor
I love this processor 100% functional product without defects came in blister I have worked wonderfully and are excellent processor i3
The Sauce –
Great Processor!
This is a great processor, I recommend it for cheap builds, and or non heavy gaming computers. The processor is great for your every day, business, and casual needs. If you are looking to edit/game i would go with a i5 or up. But over all, great deal!
One person found this helpful
zedicus –
Great
Just purchased this for a cheap samba file server, works perfect. Way faster than the core 2 duo that it replaced and very low power consumption. I would say I am very satisfied, of course the stock hs/fan could be better and I HATE the pins being on the mobo. Otherwise, perfect.
Paul Howarth –
I bought this to go with an Asus P8H61-MX USB3 motherboard as a replacement for a dead ABit AN8-32X motherboard on my children’s computer (one of my old cast-offs), and coupled it with 8 GB of Crucial DDR3 PC3-12800 RAM (2x 4 GB sticks). Putting that in the carcass of the dead machine (which was running Fedora Linux) resurrected it and resulted in a very respectable machine for an upgrade cost of under £200. Needless to say I was very happy with the result and it runs faster than I’d expected (my usual machine is an i7). My son no longer pesters me to use my machine because his own is too slow.
5 people found this helpful
Chu-totoro –
Le i3 3220 est parfait pour le jeu et la bureautique. Il donne un coup de fouet à votre pc pour tout upgrade. Très bon couplé à une carte graphique milieux de gamme comme une 660, ou maintenant une 760 même si l’on préfèreras alors se tourner plutôt sur une plateforme plus récente Haswell si vous envisagez de changer de carte mère et de processeur à la fois. Très bonne alternative aux FX 4000 qui malgré leurs coeurs supplémentaires parviennent tout juste au niveau de ce proco.Dans le buddle comme toujours un ventirad intel à changer d’urgence pour le bien de vos oreilles et le processeur.
One person found this helpful
Noetato –
beast Cpu!
i gotta say im really happy with this Cpu ! windows sees this as a Quad core ! Hyper threading ! it is locked .. so you cant overclock it i think. but idc really. really fast processor. i used to have a intel pentium Cpu. and that was slow. now everything runs fast with this Cpu. !
Acyenia Nygen –
Core is good
Runs fast, really good little metal square. Doesn’t overheat that much. 😀 The heat sink fan is also included . . .
Pratik Das –
Refurbished product. But working fine.
2 people found this helpful
R. Hariprasad –
Excellent
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Mark C –
I needed to refresh my PC, an older Q8400 that had been well-worked and was starting to have… issues. My budget couldn’t stretch to an i7 or an i5 and a decent motherboard and RAM, so I researched and decided that, at least in the Mid-term, this would be more than acceptable, and boy was I right. It handles everything I throw at it, and if worst comes to worst and my needs get more demanding, I’ve got upgrade options.
One person found this helpful
Omega72 –
Bon processeur entrée de gamme pour le prix, 2 coeurs mais hyper threading, donc 4 threads. Pas de possibilité d’overclocking. Consomme et chauffe peu. A voir avec les solutions AMD, mais des perfs identiques avec un A8/A10 (eux peuvent être oc mais consommation bien plus importante).Idéal pour HTPC et/ou bureautique avec le chipset vidéo intégré suffisant pour afficher un blu ray voir même jouer un peu.Combiné à une carte graphique milieu de gamme, ça fait un excellent PC de jeu et multimédia pour pas chère
2 people found this helpful
Tom G. –
great cpu
This cpu is great for the price. I’ve read that it outperforms amd fx quad cores that run at 4.2ghz. I was building a $700 budget pc that i wanted to be able to play games with and upgrade down the road. So i went with this over an amd because the performance is better at the price point, and it is the lga 1155 socket which means i can grab an i5 or i7 whenever i want and drop it in my system. Also, this is an ivy bridge chip for about $5 more than an i3 2120. All in all i’m very happy with my purchase. Oh and i almost forgot, temperatures. My case is the haf 912 with a 200mm intake and a 120mm and 200mm exhaust. This cpu idles at 34 celcius on the STOCK cooler, and it reaches about 44 celcius when i play games, again i do have very good airflow in my case. However, if your looking at the $100 to $130 price range for a cpu, get this and you will not regret it.
C. Jorgensen –
great
Fast delivery, great product
vincent_78 –
C’est le deuxième CPU que j’achète pour une deuxième config et il fonctionne très bien depuis une semaine. Il tourne avec MS Windows 8 (très rapide), une MSI Z77A-G41, 8Go DDR3 12800, une GTX460 Hawk Talon Attack (les derniers jeux en full écran 22″) et une alim 550 W Corsair. En résumé ce CPU apporte la puissance nécessaire à une config classique, il le fait bien et pour pas cher. La même config d’un ami avec un I5 3570k et une HD7950 sort entre 8 et 10 FPS de plus sur les derniers jeux. Vu la différence des prix des pièces à chacun de décider. Je recommande donc l’INTEL Core i3-3220 à ceux qui souhaitent une bonne config économique mais capable de très bonnes performances.
J. T. Poole –
Great processor low price
I bought this to upgrade my daughter’s old core 2 duo computer. This thing has no problem pushing a geforce gtx580. She mainly uses her computer to watch YouTube videos, plays Star Wars Galaxies and miscellaneous browser based games. She edits videos and movies (with windows movie maker) with ease. She also does Microsoft PowerPoint for school…thus is a top notch processes that more than fulfills the above needs.
One person found this helpful
David Sobek –
Perfect for Gaming PCs
Used this in my $600 build with a Sapphire Radeon 7850 and 8gb of RAM and an ASUS H61 micro ATI MB. Get 80+ FPS on League of Legends with Max settings. Plays Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite at 45-55 FPS High Settings. No issues to speak of. I would however go with the i5 if you are doing editting or higher CPU demanding tasks. I dont so I didn’t.
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Lori M –
Love it.
I love everything about it except for the price. For an older CPU it should have costed less. But I’m over that now.
ebrahim sab –
Good product working
Faisal k. –
Also igot fan and geat sink with it Aswn processor with intel hd 2500 which is capable for godd gaming like GTA V at low ,crysis 3….
2 people found this helpful
Khang Le –
Build this to build my own Gaming PC. It been some months and i works great so far. Worth my money,
Build this to build my own Gaming PC. It been some months and i works great so far. Worth my money,
pat-news –
C’est un processeur d’entrée de gamme, il fait le job, assez bien d’ailleurs mais ce n’est pas un sprinter (cf. prix). Pas de soucis de chauffe, de plantage. Processeur stable.
Glenlivet –
Sever implementation
I’m using this in a home server implementation. Runs very well. Quiet, doesn’t get too hot. Only wish it had more cores. You get what you pay for!
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CAN42 –
produit conforme à sa description. Livré dans le délai annoncé. convient pour une configuration de pc multimédiaSe monte facilement sur la carte mère (notice explicative suffisante)
Emilio Vargas –
What Can i Say?
Best Performance-Price ratio in the market in terms of CPUs. great value, excellent for gaming and amazing for the overall windows experience A+
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John L. Humphrey –
Cool and Quiet
Replaced an AMD 64 x2 4600+ that was hot & loud. This cpu is ultra quiet and runs flawlessly. Windows Experience Index is 5.8 running Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
Hervasio –
L’alternative idéal pour ma nouvelle config principalement dédié à la bureautique, un peu de retouche photo et surf sur le web.Je le conseil pour ceux qui ont un petit budget mais recherche quelque chose qui ne marche pas trop mal.
3 people found this helpful
Marty –
Five Stars
Perfect
Tim Iverson –
Five Stars
worked great
Alberto Boscan –
I love it
I’m buy this product for my media center, works 100%, I don’t have any problems, gaming is perfect, good temperatures, and many things that you can imagine, media center, work perfect for that 100%. Recommended for install XBMC.
jrg –
it working great
I was replacing my motherboard and bought a new one with the icore 3 it been working great no problems
Jeffrey Smith –
Awesome for a budget gaming machine
If you’re a gamer it’s a great processor for the price. No need to jump to an I5 to play the top of the line games, this does the trick. Also, check out “Hyperformance” and how you can use the GPU with modern video cards to increase performance. This does require a motherboard that supports it but is great for most games (not all).
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安買銭失 –
セレロン1610から交換しました。思ったほどはサクサクとはなりませんでしたが、ゲームはしないので十分なコストパフォーマンスパフォーマンスです。
Oscar –
The baby of the 3rd generation Rocks!
I have been building a gaming rig and choose this processor as a start. What is excellent about this processor is the power comsumption and the hyper threading feature.PROS:- The hyper threading feature allows you simulate two more cores at fast speeds, is being recognized for some programs as a 4 core cpu.. The 3.3 ghz on this baby make it very fast!!- The temperature is not high at all but I have it with an aftermarket NZXT respire T20 and it idles at 28-31 C and while gaming it reaches 48C as a maximun that I have recorded. (Awesome) The stock fan was at 31-33C in idle and reached 54C while gaming. So you can compare.- It does not bottleneck my AMD Radeon XFX 7850, I have played games like Hitman absolution, Dishonored, Torchlight 2, COD black OPS 1 and 2, Dirt 3, Mass effect 3, all of them at the highest settings without lag.- If you do not have a dedicated video card, the Intel Hd graphics 2500 perform very good. I was able to play movies at 1080p and to stream them to my PS3 using the PS3 media server, and all the movies played fine.- The integrated 2500 graphics are for casual gaming, but I played before DMC 4, dishonored, dirt 2 and medium to high settings but in 1280×600. You need to tweak a little bit the settings.- Excellent processor for multitasking and daily basis computer programs.- It scores 7.2 in windows experience in Windows 7 ultimate.CONS:- Not a good processor if your stuff is video editing. Although this processor is good and fast at it, you might need an i5 or i7.- It might give you lag while playing Battlefield 3 multiplayer, since that game is very processor demanding. But the single player story runs fine.I highly recommend this processor for anyone building a gaming rig and for daily basis tasks.
5 people found this helpful
WillH –
Got this for my first ever gaming pc build, and the thing handles everything I chuck at it just fine. Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex, Bioshock Infinite, Team Fortress 2; I can play all of these maxed out, this really is all you need. If I had the extra money I would have reached for the i5 3570k not only offers great performance but also the overclocking function. However for now I am perfectly happy with this cpu, great performance and great temps for a casual gamer like myself.
Pascal –
Love it so much
Still working to this day, 4+ years later. Love it so much. Very reliable.
christian –
AWESOME
First gamming build and it runs everything great and very very fasti think those who dont wish to spend big bucks cant go wrong hereplus in a year or two when the i7s are cheap just pop one in if ya need more juice
Colton –
I am happy!
This processor for this price is an amazing deal. I am playing games and using graphic software with ease with this upgrade.
CMcBryer –
Quality mid range CPU
I haven’t stress tested this CPU, but it has done everything I asked of it quickly and efficiently. Even with the stock heat sink, fan, and thermal paste it remains cool and manageable.
Patrick J Sewell –
Great Processor, Poor fan
The Processor has been installed for around a month now and has been running great. Solid upgrade from my old 3.0Ghz Athlon x2. My only complaint is that the fan is noticeably loud. I’ve checked the install multiple times and it seems to be set in there solidly. But the entire thing is plastic which is probably part of the problem combined with the non screw in mounting. I will probably get an aftermarket fan at some point. Only reason this isn’t 5 stars. I miss my whisper quiet AMD fan.
Roger Anthony –
Works well.
I have an i7 in another rig so compared to that I can say its a 4 star but for my use it does the job.
FuzzyFace –
All that I had expected.
All that I had expected.
Glenlivet –
Sever implementation
I’m using this in a home server implementation. Runs very well. Quiet, doesn’t get too hot. Only wish it had more cores. You get what you pay for!
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Adam Kennedy –
Review
At this moment it is working very well. I have recently built my PC and it is working very good so far. I have great faith it will continue and not give me any issues. Intel is awesome.
Carlos –
Un procesador versatil y rapido. Me llevo muy buena impresion de él. Además, el precio es super atractivo contando con que es de lo mejorcito calidad precio que hay.
2 people found this helpful
Jamie –
This is all you need for a casual gaming rig
I never realized how unimportant cpu power is for gaming until I popped in an ivy bridge i3 into my gaming build. Borderlands 2, while not the most cpu intensive game, handled brilliantly on max settings with a gtx 550 ti, minus physX, of course. Gamers will be much happier putting the money from an i7 into a better graphics.
Rapscallion –
Bought this as part of a kit for my parents’ new computer. The i3 is a powerful processor and perfect for home use. If you’re into gaming then upgrading to an i5 is recommended (i7 if you have the cash and want to squeeze more performance), but for everyday use you cannot beat the value of this chip.Also it comes with its own heatsink and fan, with thermal paste applied.
2 people found this helpful
shiv –
Superb 👌 👌
Emilio Vargas –
What Can i Say?
Best Performance-Price ratio in the market in terms of CPUs. great value, excellent for gaming and amazing for the overall windows experience A+
One person found this helpful
R. Laycock –
Bought it for one of my grandsons at 13 I thought it was time for him to build a computer, its performance is good for the price and as a starter I don’t think you can get better
Ariotac –
He montado ya mi pc pero aun no he tenido tiempo apenas para usarlo ya que vengo de estar de viaje un tiempo,lo poco que lo he utilizado va muy bien,rapidez y si ninguna clase de problemas y ademas un precio muy bueno
2 people found this helpful
shabirhusen badi –
Good prosseser
Colton –
I am happy!
This processor for this price is an amazing deal. I am playing games and using graphic software with ease with this upgrade.
Jetfrut –
Couplé à une carte graphique HD7850 sapphire sur une carte mère MSI, on obtient un très bon rendement. Je joue principalement sur world of tanks et ça marche à fond. Pour les autres jeux, je ne sais pas. Le PC reste pour moi réactif en toute circonstance, téléchargement, multi-tâches, sauvegarde, internet etc… pas d’encodage video. Très satisfaisant.
MRINMOY NASKAR –
Not bad
Kern Baird –
Fantastic
Works as described. Would buy again.
One person found this helpful
jrg –
it working great
I was replacing my motherboard and bought a new one with the icore 3 it been working great no problems
okdude –
It is quite fast and runs cool, of course.
It is very fast for a dual core, and it ran on the first post with no problems. The snap in process of the heat sink was kind of annoying. It took 10 to 15 minutes to get two of the locks to snap in. I am familiar with these Intel heat sinks, but they just did not want to cooperate. It took a great amount of force for them to finally stay in (yes they were unlocked). I was actually concerned about having physically damaged the processor but thankfully it’s ok.I got used to using quadcores, the last was a q9550, and it was definitely a stronger performer than this new dual core. It depends on what someone does, for gaming or video editing I would definitely recommend more cores. Or just expect it will be slower. Some claim dual cores are better for gaming, but that’s just something a person just tells themselves (and their online friends) when they buy a dual core. It will do the job for now. It is still an Intel and have a great amount of respect for their products, but plan to upgrade in a few months.
2 people found this helpful
seenivasan –
box is very old but ok
Sean Smith –
Good CPU, But only Dual-Core
This is a great budget CPU.LGA-1155 socket.My only problem is that it is a dual core processor…..If you are new to the gaming PC (Like myself) don’t go cheap like I did….Get the i5-K Series.That has quad core, and is over-clockable.I rate it 5 stars.Me being cheap doesn’t merit a 4 star rating.This CPU works perfect right out of the box.Comes with a stock CPU cooler fan.Hooks into MoBo really easy.CPU fan comes with Thermal Paste pre-applied.(Also, outperforms the best CPU paste on the market…Intel must not be cheap like me)5/5
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Sekhar –
Does its job perfectly
Ron –
So far wonderful
Lets be honest. Unless you are doing graphic design, are you ever going to need more than this? I am trying and I can barely make the thing hiccup.
Video Game Dad –
Great performance for the price!
I put this CPU in my first ITX build. It does its job well in my work PC. Great at multitasking and number crunching.
CMcBryer –
Quality mid range CPU
I haven’t stress tested this CPU, but it has done everything I asked of it quickly and efficiently. Even with the stock heat sink, fan, and thermal paste it remains cool and manageable.
Nikolaos Hatzopoulos –
Excellent CPU
I was looking for a low power CPU and that’s what I got it the amd are pretty attractive on terms of speed but they are much more watts than this one.. my previous core2 cpu was heating up.. this one is much faster and it does make any differences in terms of heat. It has hyper threading so you can see 4 cpu to buy an i5 i think is wasting of money.
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Mr. Koko –
Good enough for casual gaming PC
I’m running Windows 7 Pro machine with this CPU, Geforce GTX 560, 4 GB of ram, and SSD. While some may consider this barebones, it zips through casual gaming (Rogue Legacy, Dirt 3) just fine without overheating. Great bang for buck.
Denis Rodríguez E –
Five Stars
Good product worrking as expected
Ludwig T. –
amazing!!
excellent performance comming for a budget processor!! games fly with these thing!! i play league of legends, dota 2, skyrim, starcraft 2, diablo 3, etc
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Hardeep Dhaliwal –
The Best Budget Gaming Processor On The Market Right Now Unbelievable Performance.This CPU Is Better In Performance And Price Compared To All The 1st And 2nd And Some 3rd Generation Core i5 CPU’sMaybe Even Better Than Some Core I7’s !Pros:Good Fast Hyper Threaded Cpu Good For GamingCons: The Core I3 3225 Is Out But Only Offers A Little Performance Boost But Is Not Worth The Upgrade.My RigRadeon Hd 6670 1 Gb Gddr5 Asus Edition8 Gb DDR3 Crucial Ram1 Tb Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive (7200 RPM)Intel Core I3 3220 (THIS CPU)Cit Vantage Gamers CaseAce 750W Power SupplyAsus P8 H61-Mx USB 3.0 And Pcie Next Generation 3.0Hanns-G HZ194 20 Inch TFT Monitor
2 people found this helpful
Victorious –
A great CPU for the price.
I bought this CPU for my first build ever and man does it do work. When coupled with my HD 7850 graphics card I could run games like never before on higher settings and with smoother frame-rates. I am very happy with it because it was so much better than what I had before in my old desktop. (AMD Athlon X2 250) Simply a great product that is a work horse and will make your comp feel like your own personal gaming machine. Or whatever machine you want it to be. A processor that is fast and affordable, you can’t go wrong.
SDV –
The perfect beginner’s PC
got a 7.3 on the Windows experience. play every game i throw at it. Recommend this over an i5. Use that extra money for a graphics card
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Phillip White –
Great for Budget Build!
Intel has ALWAYS been my brand of choice for processor, hands down. This processor continues the reliability and power that all processors from Intel boast. I almost went for the i5, but didn’t need a quad core processor. However, I felt a little regret with not spending $90 more to get it, but after installing this i3 into my desktop build, I am happy to have saved the money because the dual-core i3 does everything I want and more.
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James Bond –
Excellent processor! Fast! No lag! Efficient~
Highly recommended esp if paired with the correct chip platform board! A good RAM will be a great supplement!I am excited and has no lag!Great improvement over any Dual Processor!
ProSeriesNewb –
It is Intel, what else would you expect.
The responsiveness you get with Intel is awesome. I can say that first hand as I have built AMD machines and there is noticeable difference. If you are just doing the daily grind of watching videos, internet browsing, checking email, using office applications this is all you will need. You need to move up to i5 or i7 if you are into gaming or photo and video editing.
Anderson Guzman –
Excellent product!!!
Superb performance!! Highly recommended !!!, fast proccesor…stable, currently running FreeBSD 9.1 x86 64 bits as home server, no issues, simply awesome cpu!
Shane Lewis –
I bought this CPU for a very basic gaming and multi media computer and it out performs my expectations and even though it might not meet the recommended system requirements of some games, this CPU handles games such as team fortress 2 and warframe to name a few with great ease. The CPU arrived early and on time with the time slot that I was allocated so for this I would give a 10/10.
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natelan –
Excellent performance, for the price.
Bought this CPU for a (mostly) media server and HTPC roll. Has been a spectacular performer in all regards. On the rare occasion that I ask it to perform CPU-centric processes, such as decompressing a 10GB movie file from .rar format, it is very slow, but I knew what I was buying when I bought it. It runs Windows Server 2012 R2 like a champ. It handles my 16GB RAM and 17+ TB of HDD space, no problem. Even plays my older video games without a single snag (Civilizations 5, with a modest video card). I’m not a gamer, so I would not expect it, nor even ask of it, to play any modern video games.In all, this CPU is a workhorse. Don’t buy it to play intensive video games, don’t buy it to render video or audio, and don’t buy it if you run a lot of CPU-intensive processes. Buy this CPU if you perform basic functions, such as watching video, or creating/modifying documents within a productivity suite, including e-mail, etc. If you want basic I/O but need more than a Celeron (note: Celerons only belong in PC’s which have little-to-no human interaction), this is the best and cheapest CPU you can buy.
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Tim Iverson –
Five Stars
worked great
Alejandro M. –
Fully recommended
Great person and very responsible.
Patricia Valdez –
Quick and Fast
My son purchased this item and it works great in his new computer console. We bought protections to be safe.
Ron –
So far wonderful
Lets be honest. Unless you are doing graphic design, are you ever going to need more than this? I am trying and I can barely make the thing hiccup.
Udo Sünkel –
Wollte mir ursprünglich ein PC-Bundle mit 1155 Board und G860 CPU zulegen. Dann fiel mir dieses Angebot ins Auge. Ein I3 der aktuellen Generation kombiniert mit dem Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Rev. 2.0 bilden ein günstiges und sehr gutes Update für den heimischen Rechner. DDR3 Rams hatte ich und eine Grafikkarte hatte ich noch rumliegen.Alles wurde schnell geliefert und passt auch perfekt zusammen. Zusammengebaut, Win7 drauf nd nun ist der Index bei 7,4 bis 7,6. Nur der RAm ist mit 5,9 der langsamste Teil. Der wird demnächst auch noch ausgetauscht.Resume:Für knappe 150€ finde ich es ein Schnäppchen und würde es sofort wieder kaufen
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zedicus –
Great
Just purchased this for a cheap samba file server, works perfect. Way faster than the core 2 duo that it replaced and very low power consumption. I would say I am very satisfied, of course the stock hs/fan could be better and I HATE the pins being on the mobo. Otherwise, perfect.
Placeholder –
Good
Medragonmes –
good performance
what can i say?, a great processor with a great performance, intel always has the best processor and this is not the exeption
Nick W. –
Four Stars
Great processor for the price.
Alokba P –
Very good product. Value for money.
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John L. Humphrey –
Cool and Quiet
Replaced an AMD 64 x2 4600+ that was hot & loud. This cpu is ultra quiet and runs flawlessly. Windows Experience Index is 5.8 running Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
JASMEET KAUR –
Very slow work don’t buy it
Matt –
The best budget CPU on the market?This is a perfect bit of kit for someone looking to game on a moderate level, there are some games that are taking advantage of the 4 cores the i5’s have to offer such as BF3 but most still looking at duel cores really. This cpu, for the price, gives a good ‘bang for buck’ it is fast, stays cool and is cheap.I am running:i3-3220 3.3Ghz w/ stock cooler4GB Corsair RAMGigabyte HD 7770 1GBMSI motherboard500GB Seagate430w corsair cx430.All wrapped in a Fractal design core 1000.Cheep system all in all about £360, and I have had far cry 3 running on ultimate at about 50FPS, minecraft with highest setting about 70-100FPS. So this is what you are looking at from this cpu in a budget build it is a very nice bit of kit and worth the price most defiantly. Sorry I can not provide any other benchmarks for more popular games, haven’t played any others yet.If you are looking to pick this one up I suggest it highly, out performs my friends £700 pre-built system he got about 1 year ago, but that’s because it is pre-built and you always get ripped off, haha!
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F.River –
Great Processor for money, but noisy fan.
This processor is a very nice one. Being a i3, 3.3Ghz, it will work fine.The fan is noticeably loud. I think it’s just a cheap fan.
GOWTHAMAPUTHAN –
good
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Robert Kelly –
Built like a rock
Runs nice and cool.Handles all my applications and games (PS, TF2, PoE). Overall a solid cpu. 10/10 would use again.Love it.
Jarott Usher –
great cpu for money
cpu with onboard graphics is pretty nice. i wanted to get an i5 3470 but i don’t need it and the money i saved buying this allowed me to buy an ssd. the hd 2500 graphics are ok. i mostly play world of warcraft on my machine and i plan on buying a dedicated gpu later on. this runs wow on fair with no lag in 25 man raids which is perfect for me right now. definately recomend this product. also this one is 22nm so i can use my memory at 1600 which is good. buy it.
Scott H. –
i3 cool
I USED THIS FOR A HTPC BUILD MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THAT PURPOSE, WITH STAND ALONE VIDEO CARD.I DID NOT GIVE IT A 5 STAR BECAUSE I HAVE SYSTEM WITH AN I5 3570K. THAT BEING SAID I DO HAVE TO ADMIT IT IS QUITE FAST FOR DESKTOP STUFF VERY IMPRESSED. Sorry about the cap lock to lazy.Just wanted to add for the Die hard AMD fans I do like AMD products and all my video cards (5 builds) all have Amd video cards But, intel cores are equal to 1.5+ cores of Amd. family fight my I5 4 core only 2% less than my Brother in-laws AMD 8350 8 core yes less money but also less efficent cores.Tried AMD A10 6800k With fm2 board Returned for I3 thats all I have to say about that.
Manuel García Cristóbal –
El procesador cumple totalmente mis expectativas pero el ventilador que viene con el disipador es bastante ruidoso.Lo recomendaría a todos.
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NianJ.Shi –
Works perfectly, powerful chip for basic task.
Works perfectly,powerful chip for basic task.
kenneth green –
great CPU
super CPU fast plays all the games well BF 3 – and BF 2 Dirt 3. faster then my sandy bridge I 7 with turbo 2.6-2.9 this CPU 3.3fast.
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David Sobek –
Perfect for Gaming PCs
Used this in my $600 build with a Sapphire Radeon 7850 and 8gb of RAM and an ASUS H61 micro ATI MB. Get 80+ FPS on League of Legends with Max settings. Plays Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite at 45-55 FPS High Settings. No issues to speak of. I would however go with the i5 if you are doing editting or higher CPU demanding tasks. I dont so I didn’t.
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SDV –
The perfect beginner’s PC
got a 7.3 on the Windows experience. play every game i throw at it. Recommend this over an i5. Use that extra money for a graphics card
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Goodfella –
All most will need
I picked up the 3220 to replace a G630 in a recent build nothing wrong with the Pentium chip just that the 3220 is so much better at all task. IMO unless your into maxed out gaming quad cores are a waste of money for home use. I coupled the 3220 with a mid range video card and 4gb of memory couldn’t be happier with the results with those components bought at sales I’m under the cost of a single good quality quad. The 2500 IG on the 3220 has gotten decent reviews so for high def. playback a video card is not needed. I use an external 3.0 USB HD, performance was not a step up but a leap forward with the 3220 compared to the 630. To top it off it uses ten watts less than the 630, a good value for a work horse of a processor.cons: The miserable excuse for a cooler Intel provides. I replaced it with an inexpensive 92mm aluminum after market unit it runs quiet and keeps the chip cool.
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Manwithaplan –
The Intel Core i3 offers the best balance between power consumption and performance. The power consumption is low, as is the TDP meaning it runs very cool, but hyperthreading allows it to handle four threads of compute instructions, making it almost as good as a quad core processor. This is an excellent cpu for the work pc that might get used for occasional gaming. Obviously for high end gaming, you would go for an Intel i5 or i7, or an AMD equivalent like the FX 6300.
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MadRaw1 –
works perfectly would buy another one if I do decide to do another build 4/5
natelan –
Excellent performance, for the price.
Bought this CPU for a (mostly) media server and HTPC roll. Has been a spectacular performer in all regards. On the rare occasion that I ask it to perform CPU-centric processes, such as decompressing a 10GB movie file from .rar format, it is very slow, but I knew what I was buying when I bought it. It runs Windows Server 2012 R2 like a champ. It handles my 16GB RAM and 17+ TB of HDD space, no problem. Even plays my older video games without a single snag (Civilizations 5, with a modest video card). I’m not a gamer, so I would not expect it, nor even ask of it, to play any modern video games.In all, this CPU is a workhorse. Don’t buy it to play intensive video games, don’t buy it to render video or audio, and don’t buy it if you run a lot of CPU-intensive processes. Buy this CPU if you perform basic functions, such as watching video, or creating/modifying documents within a productivity suite, including e-mail, etc. If you want basic I/O but need more than a Celeron (note: Celerons only belong in PC’s which have little-to-no human interaction), this is the best and cheapest CPU you can buy.
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M. Lam –
Best for high-power office productivity or budget gaming PC
Just the right power you need for a high-power office productivity PC or budget gaming PC with discrete graphicsRuns cool and quietIntel does it again. Blows quad-core AMD A10s right out of the water in terms of single-threaded performance.
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Kyle ledoux –
Best budget gaming CPU
Ive been using this for playing games like bf3 and planetside 2 getting 60+ fps on high-ultra settings and Ive never had any problems with it and ive had for about 4 months now. It ran the battlefield 4 beta with no ploblems. If all your wanting to do is play games or anything less then that, this is all you will need for a while.I plan on buying more.
jonathan –
just like it was listed everything he said would be there …
just like it was listed everything he said would be there was , it works great so far and i got it pretty quick :)thanks for a great purchase I would recommend to any one 🙂 thanks 🙂
jonathan s. –
Great Starter CPU
Great starter CPU. Good for entry level gaming, home and office applications. Affordable, and yet performs. It’s a dual core that has 2 virtual cores, so it acts like a quad. Overall, though, if you’re looking for reliability, Intel has always been at the top of the industry.
Phoenix, AZ –
Raw Power
It’s good. It’s great. This chip rocks. Okay, so what can I say. It’s a CPU. I put in a motherboard, and hey, it “computes.”
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M –
Performs Great
Incredible bang for the buck and great for a gaming build. Solid choice for anyone building a non CPU heavy PC.
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Hardeep Dhaliwal –
The Best Budget Gaming Processor On The Market Right Now Unbelievable Performance.This CPU Is Better In Performance And Price Compared To All The 1st And 2nd And Some 3rd Generation Core i5 CPU’sMaybe Even Better Than Some Core I7’s !Pros:Good Fast Hyper Threaded Cpu Good For GamingCons: The Core I3 3225 Is Out But Only Offers A Little Performance Boost But Is Not Worth The Upgrade.My RigRadeon Hd 6670 1 Gb Gddr5 Asus Edition8 Gb DDR3 Crucial Ram1 Tb Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive (7200 RPM)Intel Core I3 3220 (THIS CPU)Cit Vantage Gamers CaseAce 750W Power SupplyAsus P8 H61-Mx USB 3.0 And Pcie Next Generation 3.0Hanns-G HZ194 20 Inch TFT Monitor
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jonathan –
just like it was listed everything he said would be there …
just like it was listed everything he said would be there was , it works great so far and i got it pretty quick :)thanks for a great purchase I would recommend to any one 🙂 thanks 🙂
C. Jorgensen –
great
Fast delivery, great product
Phoenix, AZ –
Raw Power
It’s good. It’s great. This chip rocks. Okay, so what can I say. It’s a CPU. I put in a motherboard, and hey, it “computes.”
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Mrs F D J Trevena –
10/10
Jeremy –
Meilleur processeur de la gamme i3 de part son rapport qualité/prix.Suffit amplement pour une utilisation en web, bureautique et jeux légers
Mr. Koko –
Good enough for casual gaming PC
I’m running Windows 7 Pro machine with this CPU, Geforce GTX 560, 4 GB of ram, and SSD. While some may consider this barebones, it zips through casual gaming (Rogue Legacy, Dirt 3) just fine without overheating. Great bang for buck.
Paul Howarth –
I bought this to go with an Asus P8H61-MX USB3 motherboard as a replacement for a dead ABit AN8-32X motherboard on my children’s computer (one of my old cast-offs), and coupled it with 8 GB of Crucial DDR3 PC3-12800 RAM (2x 4 GB sticks). Putting that in the carcass of the dead machine (which was running Fedora Linux) resurrected it and resulted in a very respectable machine for an upgrade cost of under £200. Needless to say I was very happy with the result and it runs faster than I’d expected (my usual machine is an i7). My son no longer pesters me to use my machine because his own is too slow.
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Antonio Rocha –
Good processor!
Yes this processor is pretty good! I mean I don’t necessarily like it i’m a gamer and like recording / rendering video’s etc and it is pretty slow in these things (I think it even bottlenecks my video card). I acknowledged that this isn’t necessarily a gaming processor but yeah it’s still pretty good for the price!
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Abhishek kumar –
Sahi h
James Anthony Eyestone –
Noisy cpu fan
This would get five stars if the fan weren’t so loud. I don’t think it’s broken just a cheap fan. I would expect more from Intel. I also think Intel is simply overpriced for all the ivy bridge products. I’ll just get a different CPU fan but really I shouldn’t have to.
Matt Cline –
Intel Core I3
Well never had a problem with intel I3 series I bought to build an HTPC worked perfect. seated with 2x 4gb ram and 1 tb hd and the MSI LGA1155 intel board. Perfection.
David B. –
Awesome
Plenty of speed with a great price from Newegg.com. Great option for my my budget gaming build. Definitely recommend. Just works!
kijihata38cm –
使い始めてまだそれほど長くはないですが、安定して動作しています。
Christian B. –
Fantastic and inexpensive.
I use this processor on my media box in my living room every day. I upgraded from a dual core 65w AMD processor that worked great, but paled in comparison to the performance this processor gave me. I would recommend this to anyone who looks to use this for light gaming AND or for a 1080p capable HTPC. Its low power and puts out great performance for your buck.
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wqerty –
nice budget gaming CPU
Built a budget rig today, this with an 7850, 8 gig of memory and 120G SSD pretty much handles everything I can throw at it.If you are building a game rig and really on a budget I recommend getting this instead of an i5 and put the extra 100$ in a better video card, which makes all the differences in terms of gaming. This won’t be a bottleneck for most of the games. However if you’re doing a lot of cpu-intense tasks like video capturing/editing a better cpu does make the difference. But as I said before, for gaming, this little cpu is a solid performer and a better video card is way more important.
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Handig Johannes –
Prozessor entspricht voll meinen Erwartungen deckt alle Bereiche gut ab jedoch der Prozessorlüfter etwas laut deshalb nur 4 Sterneaber trotzdem ein sehr guter Kaufkann ich nur empfehlen
okdude –
It is quite fast and runs cool, of course.
It is very fast for a dual core, and it ran on the first post with no problems. The snap in process of the heat sink was kind of annoying. It took 10 to 15 minutes to get two of the locks to snap in. I am familiar with these Intel heat sinks, but they just did not want to cooperate. It took a great amount of force for them to finally stay in (yes they were unlocked). I was actually concerned about having physically damaged the processor but thankfully it’s ok.I got used to using quadcores, the last was a q9550, and it was definitely a stronger performer than this new dual core. It depends on what someone does, for gaming or video editing I would definitely recommend more cores. Or just expect it will be slower. Some claim dual cores are better for gaming, but that’s just something a person just tells themselves (and their online friends) when they buy a dual core. It will do the job for now. It is still an Intel and have a great amount of respect for their products, but plan to upgrade in a few months.
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vikas s. –
Good product but when it comes it performance is good but after sometime it starts lagging while playing games and performing tasks.
Thomas –
Five Stars
Great deal for the money .
Andrey –
very nice performance!
enough said! I was hesitating choosing between FX Amd’s and Intel. Finally, decided to go with i3 3220 and I am very pleased with my choice!
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kijihata38cm –
使い始めてまだそれほど長くはないですが、安定して動作しています。
christian –
AWESOME
First gamming build and it runs everything great and very very fasti think those who dont wish to spend big bucks cant go wrong hereplus in a year or two when the i7s are cheap just pop one in if ya need more juice
Tom G. –
great cpu
This cpu is great for the price. I’ve read that it outperforms amd fx quad cores that run at 4.2ghz. I was building a $700 budget pc that i wanted to be able to play games with and upgrade down the road. So i went with this over an amd because the performance is better at the price point, and it is the lga 1155 socket which means i can grab an i5 or i7 whenever i want and drop it in my system. Also, this is an ivy bridge chip for about $5 more than an i3 2120. All in all i’m very happy with my purchase. Oh and i almost forgot, temperatures. My case is the haf 912 with a 200mm intake and a 120mm and 200mm exhaust. This cpu idles at 34 celcius on the STOCK cooler, and it reaches about 44 celcius when i play games, again i do have very good airflow in my case. However, if your looking at the $100 to $130 price range for a cpu, get this and you will not regret it.
Video Game Dad –
Great performance for the price!
I put this CPU in my first ITX build. It does its job well in my work PC. Great at multitasking and number crunching.
zach streedbeck –
Great
I wanted a budget gaming rig. I bought this processor and it works like a charm. With my EVGA GTX 650 2gb Video card and 8gb of 1600mhz ram any game is playable. Every game i play i can use ultra or very high settings. I would pick this over a i5. Just because of the great price
Robert Kelly –
Built like a rock
Runs nice and cool.Handles all my applications and games (PS, TF2, PoE). Overall a solid cpu. 10/10 would use again.Love it.
Thomas –
Five Stars
Great deal for the money .
wqerty –
nice budget gaming CPU
Built a budget rig today, this with an 7850, 8 gig of memory and 120G SSD pretty much handles everything I can throw at it.If you are building a game rig and really on a budget I recommend getting this instead of an i5 and put the extra 100$ in a better video card, which makes all the differences in terms of gaming. This won’t be a bottleneck for most of the games. However if you’re doing a lot of cpu-intense tasks like video capturing/editing a better cpu does make the difference. But as I said before, for gaming, this little cpu is a solid performer and a better video card is way more important.
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Brandon –
VERY FAST! More than enough for most people.
BLAZING FAST, everything i need to play games on my computer. Set up is instant with my motherboard MSI B-75. Playing Skyrim and WoW at amazing FPS with the Radeon 7770hd <–out of date but i’m still pushing 180fps on wow and over 100 on Skyrim.
Oli2Maz –
Très bon processeur pour la bureautique, le jeux (1920 x 1080 : tous détails à fond, quelques saccades dans crisys3, cependant). Un peu juste pour mon utilisation… Je recommande fortement.
kenneth green –
great CPU
super CPU fast plays all the games well BF 3 – and BF 2 Dirt 3. faster then my sandy bridge I 7 with turbo 2.6-2.9 this CPU 3.3fast.
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Angel –
Funciona actualmente a las mil maravillas, con una buena grafica se defiende muy bien.
M. Lam –
Best for high-power office productivity or budget gaming PC
Just the right power you need for a high-power office productivity PC or budget gaming PC with discrete graphicsRuns cool and quietIntel does it again. Blows quad-core AMD A10s right out of the water in terms of single-threaded performance.
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kijihata38cm –
使い始めてまだそれほど長くはないですが、安定して動作しています。
M –
Performs Great
Incredible bang for the buck and great for a gaming build. Solid choice for anyone building a non CPU heavy PC.
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Charles Glydewell –
Impressive for a duel core
It’s a sturdy processor with some power. This is a processor that has 2 faces. If your looking to save a couple bucks but still get some power get this processor. If your looking to use it for gaming and can afford a higher end quad core or higher go with that. The reason I’m saying that isn’t because this CPU can’t handle gaming because it can. I’m saying that because the next generation of games will require better processors. Graphics these days are very impressive however games are turn toward improved immersion which includes voxels and those require more cpu power not textures and more detailed surface modeling. The computer I builts specs will be included at the end. Some of the games I’ve played on it are Eve Online (Max settings), Titanfall (High settings), Space Engineers (Max), Skyrim (Maxed with enhanced graphic and immersion mods), Watch_Dogs (Medium textures, Maxed shadows and lighting).System Specs,Thermaltake Chaser A71 No Power Supply Full Tower Case VP400M1W2NGigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 Dual UEFI BIOS ATX Motherboard GA-Z77-DS3HPNY XLR8 SATA 120GB 6Gbps 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SSD9SC120GMDF-RBCorsair CX Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze8 GB DDR3 corsair venganceCorsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual ChannelWindows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit, System Builder OEM DVD 1 PackEVGA GeForce GTX 660 SUPERCLOCKED 2048MB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DP Graphics Card 02G-P4-2662-KRBenQ Gaming Monitor RL2455HM (24-Inch LED)Cost approx $750 for the machine without OS or Monitor. Also if you can afford to build your computer do it. You’ll learn a lot about them AND save some bucks down the road since you can upgrade it yourself with the parts you want instead of replacing an old outdated name brand computer. For instance all I would need for Max graphics in Watch_Dogs is a graphics card with 3GB GDDR 5 (those are exspensive btw and the game looks amazing without it). Or if I find a game that requires more CPU power then I can upgrade the Motherboard and Processor or just the processor as long as it’s compatible with my current motherboard.
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Udo Sünkel –
Wollte mir ursprünglich ein PC-Bundle mit 1155 Board und G860 CPU zulegen. Dann fiel mir dieses Angebot ins Auge. Ein I3 der aktuellen Generation kombiniert mit dem Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Rev. 2.0 bilden ein günstiges und sehr gutes Update für den heimischen Rechner. DDR3 Rams hatte ich und eine Grafikkarte hatte ich noch rumliegen.Alles wurde schnell geliefert und passt auch perfekt zusammen. Zusammengebaut, Win7 drauf nd nun ist der Index bei 7,4 bis 7,6. Nur der RAm ist mit 5,9 der langsamste Teil. Der wird demnächst auch noch ausgetauscht.Resume:Für knappe 150€ finde ich es ein Schnäppchen und würde es sofort wieder kaufen
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Yer M –
Affordable upgrade!
Finally upgraded my old Pentium 4?? home built PC to something a little more current without breaking the bank. I settled for this after looking at some reviews online for budget gaming CPUs. This fit the bill perfectly. Now, my son can play his minecraft and world of warcraft games on the PC without being bogged down by the old equipment that I had. The onboard graphics work just fine but we’re still going to put a dedicated video card down the road when the funds catch up to the need.
Mansi Shah –
Good product
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Ludwig T. –
amazing!!
excellent performance comming for a budget processor!! games fly with these thing!! i play league of legends, dota 2, skyrim, starcraft 2, diablo 3, etc
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FuzzyFace –
All that I had expected.
All that I had expected.
Dayana G –
Its not or like an i5 or an i7 processor
Its not or like an i5 or an i7 processor, but this can kick some butt when it comes to most games on medium settings in 1080p.
Acyenia Nygen –
Core is good
Runs fast, really good little metal square. Doesn’t overheat that much. 😀 The heat sink fan is also included . . .
jeevan kumar chettri –
Nicely working
Ravi Kumar –
Good
Anasky Rivera –
INTEL CORE
100% advisable, good packaging.The product is received without any fault, perfect performance.That packaging is more compact, reliable, safe.
Zach –
Great processor for any budget computer build.
Stock fan is extremely quiet. The processing power on this is incredible and the integrated graphics are perfect for low end games such as minecraft, cod, ect.
Medragonmes –
good performance
what can i say?, a great processor with a great performance, intel always has the best processor and this is not the exeption
Victorious –
A great CPU for the price.
I bought this CPU for my first build ever and man does it do work. When coupled with my HD 7850 graphics card I could run games like never before on higher settings and with smoother frame-rates. I am very happy with it because it was so much better than what I had before in my old desktop. (AMD Athlon X2 250) Simply a great product that is a work horse and will make your comp feel like your own personal gaming machine. Or whatever machine you want it to be. A processor that is fast and affordable, you can’t go wrong.
Phillip White –
Great for Budget Build!
Intel has ALWAYS been my brand of choice for processor, hands down. This processor continues the reliability and power that all processors from Intel boast. I almost went for the i5, but didn’t need a quad core processor. However, I felt a little regret with not spending $90 more to get it, but after installing this i3 into my desktop build, I am happy to have saved the money because the dual-core i3 does everything I want and more.
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Marty –
Five Stars
Perfect
edinson –
excellent
very good product, the sale was simply and according to all the provisions of the publication.thank you very much
Adam Kennedy –
Review
At this moment it is working very well. I have recently built my PC and it is working very good so far. I have great faith it will continue and not give me any issues. Intel is awesome.
Kenny –
Great Processor for a Great Price
this processor is a very nice one. being a i3, 3.3Ghz, it will work in any new computer.i bought it for a gamers computer, and after putting is all together, i was amazed on how smoothly it ran and played the games.if your looking to build a good computer, with a small budget, this is the first step to start at.
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Maxime Lavrilloux –
facile d’emploi.seul bémol les drivers un peu lourd. mais apres l’interface est sympa. Le bios aussi. En gros très correct
Anasky Rivera –
INTEL CORE
100% advisable, good packaging.The product is received without any fault, perfect performance.That packaging is more compact, reliable, safe.
SANTOSH KUMAR YADAV –
it’s good
Jeffrey Smith –
Awesome for a budget gaming machine
If you’re a gamer it’s a great processor for the price. No need to jump to an I5 to play the top of the line games, this does the trick. Also, check out “Hyperformance” and how you can use the GPU with modern video cards to increase performance. This does require a motherboard that supports it but is great for most games (not all).
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Rudra bisht –
Cheap and goodOnly one regret they forget to keep sticker,i3 logo sticker was missing .
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Judd Rogers –
excellent bang for the buck
Stock cooler is a wee little thing but seems to do the job. No need for thermal paste as there is some stuff applied to the bottom of the cooler.
Matt Cline –
Intel Core I3
Well never had a problem with intel I3 series I bought to build an HTPC worked perfect. seated with 2x 4gb ram and 1 tb hd and the MSI LGA1155 intel board. Perfection.
zach streedbeck –
Great
I wanted a budget gaming rig. I bought this processor and it works like a charm. With my EVGA GTX 650 2gb Video card and 8gb of 1600mhz ram any game is playable. Every game i play i can use ultra or very high settings. I would pick this over a i5. Just because of the great price
Steven R Steiner –
If you have a budget get it NOW!!!
So I was looking for a budget processor for a gaming rig and i gotta say this thing rocks. Some people say this bottlenecks that is false. It might bottleneck a tiny bit but i have Powercolor radeon AX7870 and I can run everything i want on ultra including Battlefield 4 and 3 obviously. I completely recommend it.
Max S. –
Great Price to Performance ratio
The i3 3220 works great in my budget gaming rig. It’s not perfect, as it is somewhat underpowered, but you can’t go wrong at this price point. If you can afford an i5 get one of those instead. However, if you’re building a budget rig you’ll have no issues with this product.
Madhu ks –
Very good product…running quite ok for 15 days
Fabien A. –
Son prédecesseur Sandy bridge 2120 m’avait déjà étonné… son remplaçant Ivy bridge 3220 enfonce le clou !Sa finesse de gravure à 45Nm lui fait gagner 10W en consommation (55W contre 65W pour son prédécesseur), du coup il se fait encore plus discret dans un boitier mini ITX.Le double coeur hyper threadé à 3,3Ghz est décoiffant. Couplé à un SSD Samsung de 250Go, c’est la configuration la plus rapide que j’ai jamais eu entre les mains. Parfaitement à l’aise en bureautique et vidéo HD, Windows 7 démarre en 3s.Le coeur graphique intégré suffira à cet usage, avec le double écran en prime.Pour les jeux 3D c’est une autre histoire, achat de carte graphique obligatoire, mais ce n’est pas mon usage. Pourtant là encore je suis sûr qu’il s’en sortira parfaitement, et je me demande ce que l’on peut attendre de plus de ses grands frères i5 et i7, beaucoup plus chers…
Silverhwk –
Je recommande ceci pour toute configuration bureautique et multimédia.Très économe en terme d”énergie et très performant, si ce n’est que le chipset graphique est un peu en retrait niveau performance par rapport à un i5, mais à ce prix là c’est déjà une merveille, et vous pouvez toujours le corriger avec une carte graphique dédiée, perso je l’ai couplé avec une radeon HD7770 qui est elle aussi très bonne niveau rapport qualité/prix d’entrée de gamme!
Kern Baird –
Fantastic
Works as described. Would buy again.
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A.I.Khan –
found with out original box and cover, looks like used item, but working fine.
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Biranchi Dash –
It is a better one.
Yer M –
Affordable upgrade!
Finally upgraded my old Pentium 4?? home built PC to something a little more current without breaking the bank. I settled for this after looking at some reviews online for budget gaming CPUs. This fit the bill perfectly. Now, my son can play his minecraft and world of warcraft games on the PC without being bogged down by the old equipment that I had. The onboard graphics work just fine but we’re still going to put a dedicated video card down the road when the funds catch up to the need.
C.S.Strydom –
A great CPU with plenty of processing power for the everyday user. Comes at a great price and has no problems dealing with photo editing, streaming movies and playing games.NOTE: If your thinking of getting a CPU for basic use then dont go lower than this as anything older will simply become redundant as technology is evolving rapidly. This is the new gen at a good price
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Nikolaos Hatzopoulos –
Excellent CPU
I was looking for a low power CPU and that’s what I got it the amd are pretty attractive on terms of speed but they are much more watts than this one.. my previous core2 cpu was heating up.. this one is much faster and it does make any differences in terms of heat. It has hyper threading so you can see 4 cpu to buy an i5 i think is wasting of money.
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Jason –
Killer budget CPU
Pros: Hyperthreading, 2 physical cores/4 logic3.3 GHzHighly popular 1155 socketCan handle any modern game at high detail/reseloutionLow power consumptionPriceCons: Limited cacheDual core (see other thoughts)Does not enable PCI express 3.0Other Thoughts: Though this CPU is an Ivy Bridge, it will not enable the full bandwidth of PCI express 3.0. This is only slightly minor considering the performance. The hyperthreading allows this CPU to operate as a quad core, yet is cheaper. Temps on idle with a Corsair A70 heatsink is 25 Celsius and 43 Celsius maximum with heavy gaming. Games such as Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 can run at Ultra settings, but with minor performance lag/slowing due to bandwidth limitation. I will soon upgrade to the i7 3770K and use the i3 3220 in a HTPC.My System (as of 4/14/2013):Intel i3-3220Corsair A70 heatsink, w/ 2 Xigmatek crystal series red LED 120mm fanCorsair XMS3 16 GB DDR3 1333 RAMSamsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (Boot)Samsung 840 Pro 128 gb SSD (storage)ASUS P8Z77-V LK motherboardCorsair AX760 Platinum PSU2 ASUS GTX 660 video cards in SLIASUS PCE A66 wireless network cardASUS DVD drive (optical)Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra case w/ six Xigmatek crystal series red LED 120mm/140mm fans and custom side window
Pascal –
Love it so much
Still working to this day, 4+ years later. Love it so much. Very reliable.
Anderson Guzman –
Excellent product!!!
Superb performance!! Highly recommended !!!, fast proccesor…stable, currently running FreeBSD 9.1 x86 64 bits as home server, no issues, simply awesome cpu!
Marco Jose Candelori –
nice processor
I love this processor 100% functional product without defects came in blister I have worked wonderfully and are excellent processor i3
chowur –
Nice & Cheap Worth Buying.
The CPU in question is no gamers delight.Then again,on the other hand it’s no slouch either for most tasks.I would recommend it.
Jarott Usher –
great cpu for money
cpu with onboard graphics is pretty nice. i wanted to get an i5 3470 but i don’t need it and the money i saved buying this allowed me to buy an ssd. the hd 2500 graphics are ok. i mostly play world of warcraft on my machine and i plan on buying a dedicated gpu later on. this runs wow on fair with no lag in 25 man raids which is perfect for me right now. definately recomend this product. also this one is 22nm so i can use my memory at 1600 which is good. buy it.
JUAN LUIS –
es un buen micro, es rapido y viene con su refrigerador incorporado, he estado haciendo pruebas y tira bastante bien, de los i3 de los mas baratos pero funciona perfectamente..
Harsh Bhagat –
Nice product
Jara Ortega Puerto –
Bueno
Master CM Rockliffe –
Cheap and low power, yet it packs a punch! The perfect CPU for a budget SFF build? This is(was) it! Haswell is obviously the one to get now, but if you can pick up a second hand one for 50 quid, go for it! I used this for gaming with a 7850 and it coped 100%. Recently upgraded to a i5 and 760 because I’m doing music production and needed extra horsepower.
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Jonathan Chung –
Works.
It does what it does, but it does feel a little outdated. Combo’ed w/ my 7850, it runs most games on mid to high settings.
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F.River –
Great Processor for money, but noisy fan.
This processor is a very nice one. Being a i3, 3.3Ghz, it will work fine.The fan is noticeably loud. I think it’s just a cheap fan.
edinson –
excellent
very good product, the sale was simply and according to all the provisions of the publication.thank you very much
kizhukayil Purushothaman pillai kesava Panicker –
Excellent
Angel –
Funciona actualmente a las mil maravillas, con una buena grafica se defiende muy bien.
Alberto Boscan –
I love it
I’m buy this product for my media center, works 100%, I don’t have any problems, gaming is perfect, good temperatures, and many things that you can imagine, media center, work perfect for that 100%. Recommended for install XBMC.
Christian B. –
Fantastic and inexpensive.
I use this processor on my media box in my living room every day. I upgraded from a dual core 65w AMD processor that worked great, but paled in comparison to the performance this processor gave me. I would recommend this to anyone who looks to use this for light gaming AND or for a 1080p capable HTPC. Its low power and puts out great performance for your buck.
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Goodfella –
All most will need
I picked up the 3220 to replace a G630 in a recent build nothing wrong with the Pentium chip just that the 3220 is so much better at all task. IMO unless your into maxed out gaming quad cores are a waste of money for home use. I coupled the 3220 with a mid range video card and 4gb of memory couldn’t be happier with the results with those components bought at sales I’m under the cost of a single good quality quad. The 2500 IG on the 3220 has gotten decent reviews so for high def. playback a video card is not needed. I use an external 3.0 USB HD, performance was not a step up but a leap forward with the 3220 compared to the 630. To top it off it uses ten watts less than the 630, a good value for a work horse of a processor.cons: The miserable excuse for a cooler Intel provides. I replaced it with an inexpensive 92mm aluminum after market unit it runs quiet and keeps the chip cool.
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ganku –
セレロンからのバージョンアップが格安で出来ました
KG –
Good performance for the price
This processor is not replacement of the i5 or the i7, but for the price its very powerful. It doesn’t have any overclocking potential but it’s not needed. This CPU is also great for gaming, in respect of its price, it has a lot of power.If you’re looking for a budget CPU that can still dish out serious prower, this is the card to get. If you don’t have dedicated graphics and aren’t planning on getting a graphics card, you might want to consider the HD 4000 version of this CPU.
Rupa devi –
very good
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Mins –
Not bad for an i3
Works incredibly and the windows rating came up surprisingly high.Good for low budget, and it actually plays games quite well.
Manwithaplan –
The Intel Core i3 offers the best balance between power consumption and performance. The power consumption is low, as is the TDP meaning it runs very cool, but hyperthreading allows it to handle four threads of compute instructions, making it almost as good as a quad core processor. This is an excellent cpu for the work pc that might get used for occasional gaming. Obviously for high end gaming, you would go for an Intel i5 or i7, or an AMD equivalent like the FX 6300.
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R Gabb –
As the title of review states, this is a great processor. Does anything I throw at it including games, which some people think that the i3 cant do. But actually its the opposite it can run high end games and the like.Overall I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to have fast computer but doesn’t want to invest in an i5 due to price.
Jimenez –
Super bien un processeur génial j’ai testé Fortnite et et c’était nickel seulement pendant une heure mais je comprends après c’est un processeur i3 le problème c’est que si vous jouer à des jeux haut gammes le processeur chauffe très très vite heureusement que j’ai acheté un gigabyte aorus liquide cooler 2 je vous préviens si vous voulez prendre ce processeur et jouer à des jeux haut game je vous conseille de prendre un refroidisseur au-delà de 60 € mais après fessai ce que vous voulais si j’ai enlevé une étoile c’est pas ce que je suis déçu j’ai reçu seulement une boîte blanche au lieu de la boîte originale
Jamie –
This is all you need for a casual gaming rig
I never realized how unimportant cpu power is for gaming until I popped in an ivy bridge i3 into my gaming build. Borderlands 2, while not the most cpu intensive game, handled brilliantly on max settings with a gtx 550 ti, minus physX, of course. Gamers will be much happier putting the money from an i7 into a better graphics.
f0x –
Procesador de grán rendimiento a un precio muy asequible.Perfecto para tareas de ofimática y multimedia, y si se equipa en una placa buena y con 8 o 16Gb de RAM, en muchas tareas no tendría mucho que envidiar a un i5 de su misma generación, como por ejemplo para Photoshop o para juegos, ya que se trata de cosas que dependen más de la tarjeta gráfica que utilices, que de la potencia del procesador.La diferencia entre los 2 núcleos + 2 threads del i3, frente a los 4 núcleos del i5 no es algo muy escandaloso.Si quieres un ordenador para jugar, y tienes un presupuesto ajustado, este procesador, con 8Gb de RAM a 1600 y una buena gráfica tipo HD 7870XT o 79XX te irá de miedo, eso sí, cambiando ventilador que trae de serie por otro no necesariamente caro (15-25€).
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Oscar –
The baby of the 3rd generation Rocks!
I have been building a gaming rig and choose this processor as a start. What is excellent about this processor is the power comsumption and the hyper threading feature.PROS:- The hyper threading feature allows you simulate two more cores at fast speeds, is being recognized for some programs as a 4 core cpu.. The 3.3 ghz on this baby make it very fast!!- The temperature is not high at all but I have it with an aftermarket NZXT respire T20 and it idles at 28-31 C and while gaming it reaches 48C as a maximun that I have recorded. (Awesome) The stock fan was at 31-33C in idle and reached 54C while gaming. So you can compare.- It does not bottleneck my AMD Radeon XFX 7850, I have played games like Hitman absolution, Dishonored, Torchlight 2, COD black OPS 1 and 2, Dirt 3, Mass effect 3, all of them at the highest settings without lag.- If you do not have a dedicated video card, the Intel Hd graphics 2500 perform very good. I was able to play movies at 1080p and to stream them to my PS3 using the PS3 media server, and all the movies played fine.- The integrated 2500 graphics are for casual gaming, but I played before DMC 4, dishonored, dirt 2 and medium to high settings but in 1280×600. You need to tweak a little bit the settings.- Excellent processor for multitasking and daily basis computer programs.- It scores 7.2 in windows experience in Windows 7 ultimate.CONS:- Not a good processor if your stuff is video editing. Although this processor is good and fast at it, you might need an i5 or i7.- It might give you lag while playing Battlefield 3 multiplayer, since that game is very processor demanding. But the single player story runs fine.I highly recommend this processor for anyone building a gaming rig and for daily basis tasks.
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Jose Luis –
Muy bueno en calidad precio, era lo que estaba buscando, aunque quizás por un poco más se pueda conseguir un i5
NianJ.Shi –
Works perfectly, powerful chip for basic task.
Works perfectly,powerful chip for basic task.
Brandon –
VERY FAST! More than enough for most people.
BLAZING FAST, everything i need to play games on my computer. Set up is instant with my motherboard MSI B-75. Playing Skyrim and WoW at amazing FPS with the Radeon 7770hd <–out of date but i’m still pushing 180fps on wow and over 100 on Skyrim.
James Bond –
Excellent processor! Fast! No lag! Efficient~
Highly recommended esp if paired with the correct chip platform board! A good RAM will be a great supplement!I am excited and has no lag!Great improvement over any Dual Processor!
Patrick –
Nice punchy CPU for it’s cost. Using it on file share and backup machine, also some music and video streaming. Works like a charm
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Denis Rodríguez E –
Five Stars
Good product worrking as expected
ＥＢ１＆ＴＯＲＯ –
G550からCore i3-3220（中古）に載せ替え。DISKも合わせてSSDに交換した所、十分処理が早くなり、もう３年ぐらいは延命できそうです。
v.n.kumar pothuraju –
nice
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Frederic –
Je cherchais un processeur polyvalent sur un socket qui me permettrait d’évoluer sur du matériel plus puissant.Je me suis naturellement tourné vers le socket 1155 et le core I3.Il fait tourner ma config beaucoup plus rapidement, windows seven se charge plus vite (mais cela vient aussi du fait que j’ai réinstaller l’OS).Que du bonheur. Par contre, je n’ai pas essayé la partie graphique intégré, préférant laisser ma carte dédiée, une Geforce 8600 !
Mins –
Not bad for an i3
Works incredibly and the windows rating came up surprisingly high.Good for low budget, and it actually plays games quite well.
Noetato –
beast Cpu!
i gotta say im really happy with this Cpu ! windows sees this as a Quad core ! Hyper threading ! it is locked .. so you cant overclock it i think. but idc really. really fast processor. i used to have a intel pentium Cpu. and that was slow. now everything runs fast with this Cpu. !
Valerio –
Ho scelto questo processore per assemblare un pc-server di media potenza e questo prodotto ha soddisfatto in pieno le aspettative, una nota negativa che non supporta tramite BIOS l’abbassamento delle frequenze ma si sa quindi pace.Consigliato.
ProSeriesNewb –
It is Intel, what else would you expect.
The responsiveness you get with Intel is awesome. I can say that first hand as I have built AMD machines and there is noticeable difference. If you are just doing the daily grind of watching videos, internet browsing, checking email, using office applications this is all you will need. You need to move up to i5 or i7 if you are into gaming or photo and video editing.
Steven R Steiner –
If you have a budget get it NOW!!!
So I was looking for a budget processor for a gaming rig and i gotta say this thing rocks. Some people say this bottlenecks that is false. It might bottleneck a tiny bit but i have Powercolor radeon AX7870 and I can run everything i want on ultra including Battlefield 4 and 3 obviously. I completely recommend it.
Zach –
Great processor for any budget computer build.
Stock fan is extremely quiet. The processing power on this is incredible and the integrated graphics are perfect for low end games such as minecraft, cod, ect.
vincent_78 –
C’est le deuxième CPU que j’achète pour une deuxième config et il fonctionne très bien depuis une semaine. Il tourne avec MS Windows 8 (très rapide), une MSI Z77A-G41, 8Go DDR3 12800, une GTX460 Hawk Talon Attack (les derniers jeux en full écran 22″) et une alim 550 W Corsair. En résumé ce CPU apporte la puissance nécessaire à une config classique, il le fait bien et pour pas cher. La même config d’un ami avec un I5 3570k et une HD7950 sort entre 8 et 10 FPS de plus sur les derniers jeux. Vu la différence des prix des pièces à chacun de décider. Je recommande donc l’INTEL Core i3-3220 à ceux qui souhaitent une bonne config économique mais capable de très bonnes performances.
Ajit Kumar Kakoty –
satisfied.
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Capitalist –
Best bang for the buck from Intel
Hoping it is good as the MSI motherboard I bought for it is D.O.A. Have had good luck with i3-3225 and expect this one to be just as good for non gaming use.
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