Review on Desktop Processor: Intel Core i5 6500 3.20 GHz Quad Core Skylake, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache by Aadam Rods ᠌

Name: Desktop Processor: Intel Core i5 6500 3.20 GHz Quad Core Skylake, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache
Item: Desktop Processor: Intel Core i5 6500 3.20 GHz Quad Core Skylake, Socket LGA 1151, 6MB Cache
Rating: 5

October 29, 2022

Full compliance with the manufacturers assurances, high quality.

Previously, this processor could compete with the i5-6600K and FX-8370, but now, after changing the Intel policy regarding overclocking on the bus, the i5-6500 is interesting as a budget option for the cheapest motherboards based on the H110 chipset. That said, if you don't want Intel on principle, AMD's eight-core FX outperform the 6500 by a significant margin at a lower price point.

Pros

Very cold (40 degrees in games with a boxed cooler), the performance is enough for any games in conjunction with a fairly powerful video card. When overclocking the bus to 4.4 GHz with a not-so-top-of-the-line cooler, the Cryorig H5 only heats up to 50 degrees in the stress test!

Cons

The graphics core is weaker than that of Broadwell and much weaker than even the most garbage AMD processors. For those who buy a motherboard now, bus overclocking is no longer possible.