Customer Ratings & Reviews

Lots of hate for these Core Ultra 2 processors, but, I have found that they are fine. I spent a year in the AM5 platform reading about how its the best thing ever... but, I disagree and I wont get into all the issues and oddities of that platform. What I will say is that this CPU runs great for productivity oriented tasks, its extremely easy to cool and memory as always is a strong suit for Intel chipsets. People look past the fact that this processor does amazing in productivity and is on par with with processors that have twice the threads (Intel no longer does hyper threading) and when you see how much work it can put in with half the threads going, its pretty impressive along with being very easy to keep cool. The ITX boards available for Core Ultra 2 are insane as well. Gaming has been wonderful as well... compared to my AM5 days, way less dips and more consistent frames. Mind you I am not saying my Avg is higher than my AMD, but the lows are way more consistent and it feels better and smoother. Love the added PCIe lanes so it keeps the bifurcation easier for builders and just overall better for people. Yes, Intel had a bad launch... but, they admitted all the faults and took ownership of how that launch went. With the Windows Updates, Firmware Updates this processor is a beast and people are sleeping on it because there is so much hype on team Red. Is it perfect... absolutely not... but this feels like Core Duo all over again. Its going to get better and better.

New intel arrowlake is decently fast. Very power efficient and runs extremely cool. Only issue is all the bugs since this is a new architecture. People complain but overall performance compared to other CPUS but...you would likely see no difference in FPS if u play single player with everything maxed out on 1440p or above. Arrowlake is suprisingly stable with high speed ddr5.

Nobody mentions this - it's at least in part made in the USA! Besides the various fabs across the states (OR, NM, others), the assembly of key components is done in the new Foveros fab is here in New Mexico! Reviewers are negative on this product, however. I'll concede two points. 1-Other products as of Nov. 2024 are better value. I'll pay a small premium to support a mild market pressure for local jobs, but if that's not you, hold out for a sale. 2-Upgradability. I had my last motherboard for 9 years (1st gen Ryzen). Upgrading this chip may limit options for upgrades. It's not clear if there will be future products that will fit in the motherboard you're about to buy for this chip. If so, the only thing available is a used / discounted 285k for a small bump (4-5% increase over this chip).

So I am a self described nerd. Where as some guys put a lot of money into cars, mine hobby is my computer. My last two processors was a Core I7-14700 and after that an AMD 9700. I wanted something different as the 9700 ran very hot for me. I have a AMD 7900XT video card. I've always like intel but always believed that AMD was better for gaming. Not only does the Core Ultra run cooler, it also had a 2500+ improvement on my 3DMark scores. I have kept up with bios updates (I have a MSI Z-890A motherboard paired with it.) and have not had one single problem.

Working flawlessly as expected with Intel product. I chose this because the lower pricing of most cpu on sale for $339. Temperature stay cool with just a fan. I would rather spend a little less on the cpu and use more of my money towards a 50 series gpu that is going to do most the work for my gaming.

The only reason I returned it is because its not quite what I needed for my computer

I decided to upgrade completely to the I7 Ultra processor. What a huge difference from my old i5. The motherboard upgrade made it easy to install. Very pleased with Intel technology, will be upgrading more computers sson.

Best CPU bang for buck nowadays! Amazing cpu for productivity, very stable, didn't have to mess with any settings other than XMP on my ram which runs wonderfully at 48gb 7200mhz. Seriously this cpu is underrated.

Great chip, worked straight out the box. Been using AMD for a decade+ and it was refreshing just having something work first time go.

Fast Reliable Stable. Seems to be just as advertised Does seem to run hot so use a good cooling setup if your gonna push it hard when overclocked.

Intels new series is a different direction in processing power. Allowing more processing with slightly less power draw. And faster ram speeds are quicker than quick.

Great CPU, another brand new build with this CPU, no issue booting up, pair with ASUS MB

Good so far. Performs well for my use case. Does not struggle with workload.

Great processor. Working perfectly. Gaming and multitasking and performance is amazing.

Good product, the quality is great as well as performance.

Arrived brand new, and in excellent condition but came delayed due to UPS

Has been amazing for me in productivity and gaming. I am able to get higher fps then ill ever need in every game while recording. Very happy with this cpu