Boxed Core i3-6100 Processor FC-LGA14C 3.7 3 LGA 1151 BX80662I36100

Just completed 2 Mini ITX HTPC builds/rebuilds with these new Skylake chips. Wow! these units edge out the performance of my nearly 3 year old Ivy Bridge I7-3770S and I5-3570K builds for less than half the cost. Now and 3 years ago I used the best available Asrock ITX boards to enhance what I want in these units: feature rich power HTPC's that can run nearly silently with ultra low profile CPU fans without burning up. With the previous builds I had to use the motherboard's built in controls to slightly underclock the CPU's to get the thermal and quiet noise level patterns I wanted. Now I have used 2 new Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac boards with thirteen buck Rosewill RCX-Z775-LP 80mm Sleeve Low Profile CPU Coolers that without underclocking run the new I3's quietly 10-15 Celsius lower than the old builds. Plus I now have HTPC's that have HDMI 2.0 ports that can run 4K video at 60Hz. I am not a gamer, so I also used the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac boards to get the new USB3.1 and C ports and upgraded Audio. I suspect that gamers on a budget could put the cash saved on this Skylake I3 into a good Graphics board and small SSD - and still have a rocking machine. Recommend: Don't skimp on the motherboard though. Update: 5/18/2016: Just saw some old comments/questions: Yes, I am using onboard graphics only. My HTPC enclosures are only about 8X8X2.5 inches. In these tiny boxes the older I7 & I5 Ivy Bridge temperatures ran up fan speeds and noise too much for my tastes while watching video, so I artificially under clocked them in the bios to reduce the thermal profiles and quiet the fans to unnoticeable beyond 12-18 inches away from the units. The I3 Skylake builds run quietly as HTPC's without bios setting modifications. The only time fan speeds and noise increase are during maintenance tasks such as virus scans and OS update installs which run quickly with the I3's. But for my personal preference for snappy maintenance, the G4400 or G4500 Skylake dual-cores might have worked well as HTPC's for me. I did build a totally silent HTPC using an Asrock Q1900DC-ITX board which includes an Intel Quad-Core Processor J1900 with fanless heat sink and built in DC/DC power for cheap. It runs well as a HTPC, but it's pokey running maintenance tasks, so like the I3's better

I gotta say, I didn't think a $120ish i3 would impress me. I got it because I wanted to build a computer without breaking the bank, and reviews were kind to this little chip. Well, for like 95% of purposes, it not only does the job, but it does it WELL. Once I got my system built, I decided to stress-test it by doing things like video encoding, moving files, Excel calculations from last year's Quant class (at my college, quantitative chemical analysis is a very Excel-heavy course) and some gaming. Well, obviously with more highly threaded tasks, you're going to get more performance out of four physical cores (like an i5) and even more out of four physical cores with hyper-threading (like an i7), and it did reach mid 90's in terms of CPU utilization during the video encoding task. That said, the stock fan still managed to keep it cool during that task, which is nice. With everything else, it felt very quick- at no point did it feel like I was experiencing slowdown or anything. The only time it started to slow down a bit was when I was multitasking, with several downloads running simultaneously, plus moving files between drives and streaming music via Spotify. And surprisingly, it could run older games very well, even running newer games at low settings, but 1080p and playable framerates. But if you want to enable more graphical bells and whistles, my recommendation would be to get a discrete GPU, as the integrated graphics are respectable in comparison to older generations of Intel IGPs, but nothing special at all in the overall scheme of things.

I don't regret saving my money and going with an I3 instead of the more expensive Core i5. Why? I don't play games and don't need much for what I do. For what I need, this is perfect. Never once have I felt this processor was slow or that I should have went with the Core i5. I actually upgraded because my 7 year old Core 2 Quad Q6600 was taking forever to encode video. Encoding 1080p to MPEG2 would take 3-5 hours. Now it takes less than an hour. I was surprised to find that somehow Intel managed to make installing a CPU extremely easy. I didn't even notice any pins on this thing and it's way smaller than my old Core 2 Quad. I'm using the stock cooler and my PC is pretty much dead silent. Totally painless install in every way too. The only problem i've had is issues with the onboard video. I would get random black lines in Firefox and other apps for no reason. Barely noticeable. After upgrading to beta drivers the problem is gone. I'm seriously impressed at how much faster my computer is now compared to before. Even my solid state drive is running much faster. It sure is nice being able to boot up within 20 seconds. One thing I ABSOLUTELY HATE is Data Execution Protection (DEP in BIOS). Whenever I enable this nonsense it causes major crashes in both Windows 7 or Windows 10. It usually ends up with a program saying "This program has closed". I had to disable this "feature" in software and in the BIOS to keep from having my ancient programs crash non-stop.

This is the budget iCore CPU - better than the plain Pentium but nearly at a double price. Still recommended for future proofing your PC (I use it in small factor Shuttle DH110 bare-bone). Great for multimedia center as it supports better internal graphics (Intel HD530) and runs very quite and cool!

Después de días y días de leer mil foros que si amd que si Intel que si con este Intel o este amd es suficiente para tus exigencias, que si mejor aumentar un poco más el presupuesto que si tal que si cual ,...me acabe decidiendo por este procesador por varios motivos. Antes que nada decir que lo compre para hacerle a mis padres un ordenador por piezas por su cumpleaños. 1. Entre amd e Intel son evidentes que los precios son más económicos en amd pero la calidad de estos es peor. Se calientan más (tengo amd en mi ordenador) y es cierto y su rendimiento no es tan bueno como Intel. Rinde más Intel que amd a igualdad de precio aunque amd tenga más núcleos. No todos son los núcleos. Este Intel trae de por sí un disipador que hace que no sea necesario pillar otro aparte ya que apenas consume, mientras que amd al consumir más y dar tanto calor habría que gastar también en un disipador gastando más dinero. Ya aquí descarte amd y me decanté por Intel. 2. Ahora tocaba elegir entre las distintas generaciones de Intel que hay. La 1150 o skylale 1151. Entre un i3 de una generación y otra había unos 17€ o así. Debido a por si en el futuro hubiera que hacer algo en el pc siempre sería más sencillo y barato encontrar piezas de lo ultimo que de lo antiguo sumado a que si estoy montando un pc de cero pues ya aprovecho y pillo la nueva generación con su leve mejora respecto a la anterior. En este punto por tanto decidí pillar skylale. 3. Ahora lo más coñazo, pillar un pentium, un i3, un i5,... Los precios varían bastante. Con un pentium para el uso que van a dar mis padres estoy seguro que a día de hoy les va a ir bien, pero de aquí a unos años (quiero que el pc dure los máximos años posibles ) cuando los programas exijan más tiene menos recorrido ese pentium que el i3. Por lo cual me decidí por i3 sobre pentium. Luego mire i5 pero eso ya si que era innecesario. Por ahora muy satisfecho con el rendimiento del procesador y nuevo pc de mis padres.

Habe mich bewusst für einen I3 entschieden auch wenn es nur ein 2 Kerner (Virtueller 4 Kerner). Ich mache zurzeit eine Ausbildung und da ist das Geld einfach nicht so reich vorhanden. Ich habe diesen I3 mit einer Radeon RX 460 zusammen am laufen und bin begeistert. Hatte vorher einen FX 8320 und zusammen mit dieser Grafikkarte bekam ich gerade so 40 bis max 60 Fps in GTA V. Mit dem I3 und gleicher Grafikkarte schaffe ich schon min 60 bis max 80 Fps in GTA V. Der kleine hat echt Power und ich kann ihm jeden empfehlen, der nicht so viel Geld hat oder ausgeben möchte und trotzdem gut spielen will. Das ist ein echter geheim Tipp in Sachen CPU. Einfach spitze und an alle die sagen, zum zocken muss man einen I5 haben der locker mal 80 bis 120 Euro mehr kostet, ohne mich! ;D Ich bin super zufrieden und bereue den Kauf nicht. Habe mit dazu noch das Mainboard Msi H110M und 2 x 4gb DDR4 gekauft. Konnte alles sogar ohne Windows Neuinstallation tauschen.

Au départ j'étais partis pour prendre un i5 série K. Et la sortie des kaby lake étant proche j'ai pas trop voulu investir dans un processeur haut de gamme. J'ai donc commande ce i3 série Skylake et j'en suis pas déçu !! Il culmine à 3.7 GHz, et reste à moins de 50° avec un TX evo 212 (ventirad d’origine trop bruyant), et est très silencieux malgrè tout. Il répond très bien au demande que je lui soumet (modélisation, streaming, gaming), couplé à une gtx 750 ti il fait tourner par exemple: - skyrim à 60 fps en ultra haute définition (1080p) - fallout 4 à 60 fps en hight (1080p) - fallout new vegas à 60 fps en ultra - wow en ultra à 135 fps et même gta V à 40 fps en medium !! Alors oui la nouvelle génération d'i3 skylake supporte le gaming si couplé à un bon GPU. Il est idéal pour de configurations à moins de 600e comme la mienne :)

Honestly this is the best processor you can go with if you're on budget and want a gaming pc. This processor won't bottleneck graphics card like the GTX 1060 and provides amazing performance in games. In my current rig I have a Core i3 6100 paired with a GTX 770 and I can smash AAA titles at High-Ultra at 1080p and receive solid smooth frame rates. If you do have more money to spend on a cpu I would go with the Core i5-6500 but honesty you don't need an i5 to game. I had a maximum budget of £350 and this processor ticked all the boxes, so glad I didn't go with the AMD Ahtlon X4 860K...