Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K

I had i7-6800k processor and upgraded to the i7-6900k and what difference working with Adobe Premier. The multitasking in multiplies applications and gaming is unbelievable, I got from Amazon within a week and pop in with no issues.Even though I got from for less that thousands of dollars the final cost was just little over thousand dollars. Bit pricy but well worth purchase. Don't think I'll step to the i9 processor anything soon this processor can handle everything that I through at it.My Rig configuration:Asus ROG PG348Q Black 34" 3440 x 1440, 100 Hz Curved IPS G-Sync 21:9 WQHD Gaming Monitor32 GB G. SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3466 (PC4 27700) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3466C16D-16GTZSW1 x EVGA Supernova 1000 G2 120-G2-1000-XR 80+ GOLD 1000W Fully ModularGIGABYTE GA-X99-Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel MotherboardASUS Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM SATA Blu-Ray Burner BW-16D1HTEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6286-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)1 x CORSAIR Hydro Series CW-9060013-WW H90 140mm High Performance Liquid CPU CoolerG. SKILL RIPJAWS KM780 MX Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Blue with Gaming KeycapsCooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black InteriorSAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AMWD Black 5TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5001FZWXLogitech G35 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming HeadsetWindows 10 Pro 64bitLooking to purchase next month: SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2 1TB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6P1T0BW

I purchased from another vendor but felt I should submit a review to my fellow amazonians in case it helpsThis is still a good choice in cpu if you already have an X99 motherboard and really want 8 cores and 16 threads, Skylake X is still very new and had I gone that route, I would have needed to add the cost of the X299 motherboard and my time and effort to reload windows and applications. Had I gone the AMD ryzen route I would have needed to purchase motherboard, cpu, possibly ram, and also reloaded os and applications. So weighing all that, 6900k made more sense for me.For me this was an upgrade from a 5820k. I was able to use same motherboard (asus x99 a II) and ram and just drop in cpu with no OS re install. I was easily able to overclock to 4.4 ghz. Im going to stay with this cpu motherboard combo for the foreseeable future since it is overkill for what I do now. Its great at gaming and running my vms now and will do fine if I ever get heavily into video rendering or streamingI would have gone with ryzen had I already not been on X99

I got this to replace a 6 core Broadwell CPU. They are pin compatible, but I forgot to upgrade my BIOS before I had the CPU installed. Luckily, EVGA furnished a BIOS chip for free, and replacing the original BIOS was simple. For some, unknown reason, probably user induced, the OS couldn't find the boot device after I installed the BIOS so I had to reinstall Windows, etc. I have a gadget that displays the cores and virtual cores, so its pretty neat to see 16 cores. I haven't done any testing to push it to its limits, but for my applications, it idles along at 2 or 3% and kills my 4 core laptop in doing the same things.I was anxious to see how it performed on the Windows User Experience index. My Broadwell came in at 7.8; I was expecting to thoroughly peg 7.9. Unfortunately, the best I can tell, the CPU has more cache on it than the User Experience Index software can handle. Every time I ran the test, I got a Memory Tuning error, and the process would quit. Broadwell CPUs had the same problem, which was caused by "too much" cache, and Service Pack 1 fixed the problem. I have SP 1 in, and the problem persists.Its been a while since I had my Broadwell CPU installed, and used a 4 core laptop in between, and all opinions are strictly subjective, but this CPU in the same chassis, with everything but the cooler, and the socket the video card is in, are the same, and the Haswell seems noticeably faster than the Broadwell.I got this on a significant discount; a 10 core Haswell would have been close to twice the price of what I paid for this 8 core beast. I'm expecting great things with it when I get my FSX:Steam reinstalled.I have an EVGA X99 Classified MB. It comes with several utilities, including E-Leet, which is a Windows based over-clocking utility. Actually, it's better than using the BIOS. I even saw the multiplier optimization work. The hotter cores get a lower default multiplier, but E-Leet allows you to modify them. Their original settings showed some at 40x, and others slowly declining in value, so that all the cores ran at about the same temperatures. I adjusted them so they were all at 40x, and the less efficient cores run slightly hotter. (I'm using a gadget to monitor CPU core temps.)

This processor has been lightning fast for my video processing needs, in addition to providing a solid platform for my gaming habits. I would only recommend this processor to anyone who needs the 8 cores though. Having this processor solely for gaming, or light workstation use, would be a true waste. If this is you, save your money, get a 6700k, and use that money to upgrade a system elsewhere.

The i7-6900k was D.O.A/ Dead On ArrivalNever got a chance to experience it's allegedly qualities,