Great but not perfect

This CPU is fantastic, Runs stable overclocked if properly cooled. It's currently running at 5.1GHz and pairs perfectly with a 4070 Ti.

Great CPU, but I wish it had at least 10 cores, maybe 12 to not bottleneck my 3080... Otherwise great CPU

coming from a 10700f, this thing is a beast

so far great CPU. I read a lot of reviews regarding heat spikes and heat being a major concern for most. I OC to 5 ghz and am seeing 38-45 degrees at idle and 50-60 when gaming. there are occasional heat spikes, typically when launching a game, that last for about 10 seconds, but after that it comes back down pretty quick. My whole setup is focused around cooling though so that obviously helps. NZXT X63 does great with this cpu.

Beast of a CPU and does everything you need at incredible speeds. Only problems I could find is the price and how toasty it gets under a crappy cooler

Excellent CPU, very powerful. Haven't experienced any overheating problems.

the 11 th gen intel chips get a fair amount of flak, and yes AMD at least until alder lake came out had better CPUs but I ended up with this through a combination of price and timing. That being said it is still quite a performance boost over my previous rig and am content with it.

Great Processor! Not as fast as my 10900k with 2 less cores but, it works well :)

I don't know what I was expecting from this processor going into this, however I read some reviews and was kind of questioning myself about using it. I went on to go with it and then it performs extremely well. The only complaint would be that it heats up quickly. The other thing is that games now prefer the single core speed rather than the core count.; I am not doing any rendering of videos etc. so I did not require that many cores. I paired it with a 360mm rad and that keeps it below what Intel reported so am extremely happy with it. Only scored 4/5 due to it getting hot quickly which isn't ideal for majority of people!