The i5-3330 delivers adequate performance in a small price factor, when going for simpler builds on a tight budget, older Ivy Bridge processors like this one can actually come and save you some money, and still give you a decent performance in exchange. 4 processor cores in a design with a gentle TDP makes this a pretty smooth processor to use in day to day tasks, it can also do gaming on non last-gen titles, so overall, I'd recommend this CPU to anyone looking for a good uplift in performance coming from older stuff like Core 2 Duos and such.
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Although it's a little bit dated, this processor is a decent upgrade for a reasonable price for socket 1155 motherboards that are ivy bridge compatible. It's probably good for office work and older or not too cpu-demanding games. It's onchip graphics are really slow, so you should probably pair it with a graphics card.
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I bought a i5 3330 to run windows server 2012. The cpu has been great. System has 24g of ram and 7tb of combined hd space. I have had no problems running Hyper-V running Win7 and Win8 at same time. Going to load a linux workstation and server next. This is the best Ivy Bridge i5 cpu. Still a little pricey but worth it. This is not a problem with the CPU but make sure the mother board has up to date bios. If I can get a good deal on ebay again, I’ll update another computer.
You do not know it until you get into the business of using the i5. It is not as fast as the i7, but it is fast enough indeed, covers the whole of the computer demands, and uses a lot less power so it runs cooler. I would suspect it does not do music as well as the i7,, I do not want to do music.
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Good shipping and packaged Can I change it for the right one still ?
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