Intel BX80662G4400 Pentium Processor G4400 3.GHz Fclga1151

Surprisingly fast for the price. It makes no sense at all to buy an i3 for the few hundred megahertz you're paying double or more than the Pentiums. Both i3s and Pentiums are dual core / quad thread CPUs with minimal differences in performance but drastic pricing differences. If you want something fast either muster up the extra cash for an i5 or just buy an AMD Ryzen CPU and motherboard. The Ryzen 3 is the same price as an i3 dual core quad thread but is overclockable and is a quad core quad thread just like an i5. Almost all Ryzen CPU's can hit 3.9 Ghz. Keep in mind Ryzen's don't have any intergrated GPUs as of yet so you would need to spend some more money for a dedicated graphics card. For some this isn't an issue since you can choose to spend a little more to get much better graphics than an iGPU like the ones in the Intel Core lineup excluding the high end desktop platforms. Keeping that in mind for the price of the Pentium you can't beat it considering the fact that there's an intergrated GPU too, which is more than enough for people like me who use these CPUs for home theater pc's and for pretty nice entry level gaming platform on a budget.

Low power consumption, works fine for normal light use and NAS applications. Support for DDR4 ram, new connection standards, etc. It also comes with a stock cooler. iGPU is Intel HD 510.One thing to take into consideration when buying this processor is that unlike the G3258 20th Anniversary edition, the multipler is locked. This means that you can't overclock it. Without overclocking, they perform roughly the same, but if you overclock the G3258, it would smoke this processor.However, by buying this processor you get a much better platform in regards to future-proofing. Skyline brings native support for NVME drives which have blistering fast speeds, USB 3.1, DDR4, Skylake upgrade path, etc.TL:DRFuture proof platform & slightly better iGPU= G4400Pure Performance/Price=G32583/2016 Update- Intel has released a newer microcode which blocks BCLK Overclocking, however I would recommend this processor over the G3258 due to falling DDR4 prices and future-proofability.

Depending on what you're doing and the gpu you pair with the g4400 expect some pretty good results. I don't do anything insane. I play world of warcraft, PoE, LoL. In WoW I easily 100+fps around high settings 1080p.Understanding what you do is important in choosing your processor and choosing a gpu that doesn't bottleneck your cpu. I have the g4400 with a 750 ti and it does all I need it to do. Without hiccups. Now if you're doing some heavy stuff like regular video editing, large amounts of multi-tasking, streaming. Things of those natures look elsewhere. I personally recommend one of the new ryzen cpus which does have lower per core performance but it's multi-thread performance is significantly better, therefore you can easily multi-task, have multiple programs open, easily video edit, stream etc. In terms of workload ryzen smashes a lot of the higher priced intel equivalents (not always in terms of pure performance but for the price you can't beat ryzen at the moment). Most important thing is performance to dollar. I recommend if you want to purchase a cpu to do your research, understand what you're doing. Google is your friend and channels like Linus tech tips will help you through the process.

It runs cool, quiet and smooth in low demanding apps. I matched it with a cheap SSD and the overall speed is quite good. Of course it is NOT a CPU for gaming nor for design apps

Perfect for a budget gaming build, for more than one reason.You could look at this and think that a dual core is in the past and that this would be hardly capable of running anything, gaming-wise, but you'd be wrong. For the budget PC builder, or someone just starting out with plans to upgrade later, this little guy provides for both of these needs.One word: SkylakeA dual core skylake processor is the best thing you can get right now for a budget or starter PC, because you can upgrade later on and not feel like your stuff is getting outdated. With an 1151 socket, you are preparing a build that most likely will last you for years. A decent motherboard, paired with ram and you are setting yourself up for success. Upgrade this processor to an i5 and invest a little into a decent GPU and you probably won't even have to upgrade anything else in your build for a long time.A great value considering a G3258 is currently more expensive, less current than this processor. Can't beat this deal.Used this in a client's build and after doing a check in with them, they couldn't be happier.Giving this five stars, because price to performance makes this a superb value.

This processor keeps up with gaming even though it is dual core. I've only played a few games on my new 170 board which include Fallout 4 and Tomb Raider GOTY. The benchmark in Tomb Raider is always at 60FPS same with FallOut 4. Video card is a simple Zotac GTX 970 (not overclocked) and everything runs great. I do not run an media conversion or 3d applications on this system yet but when I do, I will probably upgrade to an i5 processor but for now for $60 and taxes, this is one stellar CPU. These specs are on a standard NON overclocked CPU. However if your board can overclock you can simply do this with this CPU as well provided your motherboard can not only change the multiplier but the base operating frequency.And a secret is that if your board can overclock the 100 MHz base - you can overclock the CPU. Mine works well a 127 MHz so I'm getting about 3.5 GHz from the 3.3 GHz default rating.