Core i3-3220 3300GHz 3MB Cache Socket LGA1155 Desktop CPU Box

The best budget CPU on the market? This is a perfect bit of kit for someone looking to game on a moderate level, there are some games that are taking advantage of the 4 cores the i5's have to offer such as BF3 but most still looking at duel cores really. This cpu, for the price, gives a good 'bang for buck' it is fast, stays cool and is cheap. I am running: i3-3220 3.3Ghz w/ stock cooler 4GB Corsair RAM Gigabyte HD 7770 1GB MSI motherboard 500GB Seagate 430w corsair cx430. All wrapped in a Fractal design core 1000. Cheep system all in all about £360, and I have had far cry 3 running on ultimate at about 50FPS, minecraft with highest setting about 70-100FPS. So this is what you are looking at from this cpu in a budget build it is a very nice bit of kit and worth the price most defiantly. Sorry I can not provide any other benchmarks for more popular games, haven't played any others yet. If you are looking to pick this one up I suggest it highly, out performs my friends £700 pre-built system he got about 1 year ago, but that's because it is pre-built and you always get ripped off, haha!

Got this for my first ever gaming pc build, and the thing handles everything I chuck at it just fine. Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex, Bioshock Infinite, Team Fortress 2; I can play all of these maxed out, this really is all you need. If I had the extra money I would have reached for the i5 3570k not only offers great performance but also the overclocking function. However for now I am perfectly happy with this cpu, great performance and great temps for a casual gamer like myself.

The Best Budget Gaming Processor On The Market Right Now Unbelievable Performance. This CPU Is Better In Performance And Price Compared To All The 1st And 2nd And Some 3rd Generation Core i5 CPU's Maybe Even Better Than Some Core I7's ! Pros:Good Fast Hyper Threaded Cpu Good For Gaming Cons: The Core I3 3225 Is Out But Only Offers A Little Performance Boost But Is Not Worth The Upgrade. My Rig Radeon Hd 6670 1 Gb Gddr5 Asus Edition 8 Gb DDR3 Crucial Ram 1 Tb Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive (7200 RPM) Intel Core I3 3220 (THIS CPU) Cit Vantage Gamers Case Ace 750W Power Supply Asus P8 H61-Mx USB 3.0 And Pcie Next Generation 3.0 Hanns-G HZ194 20 Inch TFT Monitor

So I bought this CPU to put into my new rig. So I unboxed it and out came a potato. I attempted to fit it into my motherboard but it wouldn't fit, so I taped it on and added super glue to the heat sink. I turned the PC on and it literally gave me about 1 fps in bf4 with my two 780ti's. Would defo not recommend.

Not great, consider an i5.

Bought this as part of a kit for my parents' new computer. The i3 is a powerful processor and perfect for home use. If you're into gaming then upgrading to an i5 is recommended (i7 if you have the cash and want to squeeze more performance), but for everyday use you cannot beat the value of this chip. Also it comes with its own heatsink and fan, with thermal paste applied.

I bought this to go with an Asus P8H61-MX USB3 motherboard as a replacement for a dead ABit AN8-32X motherboard on my children's computer (one of my old cast-offs), and coupled it with 8 GB of Crucial DDR3 PC3-12800 RAM (2x 4 GB sticks). Putting that in the carcass of the dead machine (which was running Fedora Linux) resurrected it and resulted in a very respectable machine for an upgrade cost of under £200. Needless to say I was very happy with the result and it runs faster than I'd expected (my usual machine is an i7). My son no longer pesters me to use my machine because his own is too slow.

A great CPU with plenty of processing power for the everyday user. Comes at a great price and has no problems dealing with photo editing, streaming movies and playing games. NOTE: If your thinking of getting a CPU for basic use then dont go lower than this as anything older will simply become redundant as technology is evolving rapidly. This is the new gen at a good price

Also igot fan and geat sink with it Aswn processor with intel hd 2500 which is capable for godd gaming like GTA V at low ,crysis 3....

Wollte mir ursprünglich ein PC-Bundle mit 1155 Board und G860 CPU zulegen. Dann fiel mir dieses Angebot ins Auge. Ein I3 der aktuellen Generation kombiniert mit dem Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Rev. 2.0 bilden ein günstiges und sehr gutes Update für den heimischen Rechner. DDR3 Rams hatte ich und eine Grafikkarte hatte ich noch rumliegen. Alles wurde schnell geliefert und passt auch perfekt zusammen. Zusammengebaut, Win7 drauf nd nun ist der Index bei 7,4 bis 7,6. Nur der RAm ist mit 5,9 der langsamste Teil. Der wird demnächst auch noch ausgetauscht. Resume: Für knappe 150€ finde ich es ein Schnäppchen und würde es sofort wieder kaufen

Salve , un processore Intel eccellente lo uso da anni mai cambiato , a tre messi cambio pasta termica , pulire sempre pc da polvere e nei giochi è un spettacolo, lo consiglio, non spese grande ma per me è sufficiente grazie Amazon

G550からCore i3-3220（中古）に載せ替え。DISKも合わせてSSDに交換した所、十分処理が早くなり、もう３年ぐらいは延命できそうです。

Je cherchais un processeur polyvalent sur un socket qui me permettrait d'évoluer sur du matériel plus puissant. Je me suis naturellement tourné vers le socket 1155 et le core I3. Il fait tourner ma config beaucoup plus rapidement, windows seven se charge plus vite (mais cela vient aussi du fait que j'ai réinstaller l'OS). Que du bonheur. Par contre, je n'ai pas essayé la partie graphique intégré, préférant laisser ma carte dédiée, une Geforce 8600 !