I have teamed this up with an Asus Prime Z270 - K motherboard with Crucial Sport Ballistix 2666 MHz Ram and it runs like a dream - so quick and seamless. A great price point for a mid -budget conscious build without the higher prices of i5 and i7. I...

The stock cooler is pretty silent to the previous generations but a slight ticking sound can be heard but nearly inaudible except when one's near to the case.

It is INTEL :-). In programs such as PSE, Affinity Photo, Topaz plugins, Serif X8 series, Portrait Professional, and similar to photo work, the speed is comparable to the old Intel Xeon E3360. In office programs, web browsers and generally the Windows...

2 core only.

Good value for money compared with i5 - speed vs £. Handles 4K video output with onboard graphics (haven't tried this). Ideal for photo and video editing, plus usual internet and office tasks, which is what I use it for. Only 2 cores.. but hyper...

None. All good!

Faster and cooler than the AMD of similar price.

Can't over clock much.

Plenty fast enough for what I need, including entry level gaming. Runs very cool and quite, even on the stock cooler.

Not overclockable (you have to pay about another 70 quid to get an overclockable one!)

Handles gtav v no problem, Battlefield 1, battlefront, doom, you name it is got it covered!

Easy install