Intel i5 6400 Skylake 2.7GHz Quad Core 1151 Socket Processor

Over clocked this bad boy to 4.2 ghz on a z170 Asus mother board and it works like a dream. For the price tag what's point in buying 7 series cpu for 2x the price when after 40minutes you can buy cheaper mother / cpu for more power without the worry of too much heat. I used an after market alphenon German cooler and it has no problems whatsoever so your choice just look up the options to save yourself money.

I've been using this CPU for a few months now and I have to say that it has performed consistently well even under demanding open-world games. Clearly it is not a high-end i7, but in terms of value for money, I think this CPU performs very well. As long as you are not streaming or rendering 4k video, you should be alright with this CPU. I have mainly used it for gaming and daily browsing, however it can cope with video editing. If you are looking to combo this CPU with a Graphics card, I would suggest pairing it with either an RX 480 or a GTX 1060, as from experience these two components can form a very capable mid-range gaming PC. One of the only negatives I have found with this CPU is slight stuttering in demanding open-world games such as Watch Dogs 2; in high-speed driving scenes I did experience some small frames drops but managed to tweak the setting to suit it.If you are looking for a PC with a solid upgrade path, I would suggest purchasing a Z170/Z270 Motherboard as you may decide you want to overclock in the future. Also, Intel have released their new series of CPU's- "Kaby Lake", so you might want to look into one of them. The equivalent of this CPU, offering marginal performance differences is the i5 7400. If it is cheaper I would suggest picking up one of these as it is better value, you could combo it with a Z270 or a more budget motherboard for great performance at a fairly low price.But to conclude this review, I was pleased with my purchase and strongly recommend it for a home, work or gaming PC. If you can pick it up for under £150 it is a good deal. (Sorry for the bad quality picture, I had to use my iPhone 6 which doesn't take well to RGB LED's)

I already think that I am going for 5 years with this processor, I am very happy with the purchase, it does not heat up much or consume a lot of energy. For games it is good until games of 2019 some of 2020 runs perfect but it depends on the game I am talking about the top ones.

I would say that it is more value for money than the 6500 due to the advertised clock speed is 2.7GHz however, it does boost upto around 3.2GHz when needed in more heavy CPU tasks. Comes with stock heatsink

Performs above expectation as I use it to stream off and it easily allows for me to stream in 720p 60fps onto twitch with this processor. It is a very solid CPU for the price. 10/10 would recommend

Good for the price

Fastest processor I have ever used. For 99.9% of PC users, this is overkill. Highly recommended.

This is an excellent processor that easily out performs the i3 6100, while not being much more expensive.