Intel Core i7-4770S Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.1 GHZ 8 MB Cache- BX80646I74770S

Be very cautious with Intel’s warranty
This is a great processor when it works, it does run hot, but draws lower power than a non S processor. That being said, because it is an S processor, it is taken from batches that are lower quality than say a K processor, and will likely die shortly after the warranty expires. This is exactly what happened with mine, and Intel doesn’t seem like a company that will work with customers a single day past that expiration. Mine was warrantied up to March of 2017, and it failed in June 2017. $300 is a lot to pay for hardware that can’t live past 3 years.Update: They were reluctant at first to honor the warranty as it was a few months past…but after explaining the situation they did replace the broken CPU and now my PC works again. I’m very grateful that they did. I changed my rating again because they did that for me, usually big companies like this do not do it, I was very surprised. I will stay with intel for sure.

Wrong product
I purchase this specific model of processor (i7-4770S) but I received another model instead (i5-4570S)I don’t live in US and I just realized that when I was upgrading my PC.It’s a bad thing that I received the wrong product, but at least Amazon gave me a refund of the difference between these two models.I have a friend in US, I will buy it again and delivery to him, when he get back to my country I’ll get the processor. I hope this time they don’t commit the same mistake again

True Workhorse
Been rock solid since I fired it up, noticeable speedup for single thread programs. Energy usage is amazing – total build uses 100W less that the previous.Passed my burn in test with flying colors (x264 10bit encode of 1080p content over the course of 5hrs)Full tilt – runs hot, but no hiccups with the stock fan cooling things, and promptly clocks down at idle.

Great for a silent PC
Has been working great for 2 months and is a key part of making my PC nearly silent.

このCPUは、損失が64Wのために、CPUクーラに 虎徹 を取り付け、12㎝ファンの回転数を下げた。更に、ケースの inletに14㎝ファンを低速で使用し、Outlet ファン12ｃｍも低速側に設定した。このために、PCが極めて静かである。従い、このCPUの特質を生かす事ができた。

Gamerではないので、低発熱・静音PCを組み上げる目的で、i7 4770S を採用した。マザーボード Asus Maximus VI Hero、ビデオカードは UEFIにネイティブ対応している Club 3D の Radeon HD 7850 を使いCSMを無効にすることで SecureBoot が可能となり、また OS load を高速化することにより Windows 8.1の高速起動設定が出来た。OCが必要のない User であり高性能なCPUを使い省電力・静音チューニングを目指すなら良いCPUではないだろうか？満足しています。