Der Core i7-5820K ist für einen 6-Kern-Prozessor von Intel erstaunlich günstig, zeigt im Test aber trotzdem eine überragende Leistung. Wahrlich kein Schnäppchen sind dagegen die speziellen Highend-Mainboards mit Sockel 2011-3, die Sie für die CPU benötigen. Dennoch ist das Modell eine gute Wahl für alle, die extreme Leistung zum kleinen Preis suchen.

We could probably have written this conclusion without carrying out a single benchmark, although the speed the new CPUs offer when overclocked and in heavily multi-threaded tests is even faster than we'd have guessed. Apart from this pleasant reading, though, the choice is a relatively clear one. As well as being more focused towards professional users, if you'll only be using one graphics card, the Core i7-5820K is the CPU to go for as its PCI-E lane restrictions won't matter. Our pre-launch sample didn't overclock as far as our retail Core i7-5930K, but that's likely just down to the luck of the draw. In any event, unless you're lucky enough to have custom water-cooling system, 4.3GHz is likely as far as you'd want to push these CPUs for a 24/7 overclock anyway....