Exceptionally powerful CPU. Probably way more powerful than I need for gaming but I wasn't getting the performance I wanted from the 10400f. This has 2 more cores and at 1440p high settings rarely exceeds 50 to 60% usage. It does get hot and as such an after market cooler is essential, with the stock intel cooler (Doesn't come with one) it hits high 90 degrees. I paired it with a noctua and it maxes around 70 degrees. I've looked into OCing it but given the performance I'm getting I don't think it's necessary on my current setup. If you do want to I've seen stable clocks around 5ghz. I have the KF and as such do not have onboard graphics but do a have a higher base clock than the standard f version.

This is a very powerful CPU and has lot of overclocking potential I'd recommend it

lots of ooomph for your money

Managed to get this on discount, for the raw speeds with an octa core cpu this was a great purchase with the option to heavily overclock it if needed. After having used this cpu I would reccomend it even at the full price just for the flexibility in overclocking if you need it.