Intel 4 Core i3 14100F Raptor Lake Refresh CPU/Processor

Fantastic CPU, fast, lower power and great value :-)

Absolutely perfect for my media and plex server (Runs Unraid without issues)

It's easy to look at Intel's CPU lineup and dismiss i3 completely, with i7 and i9 serving the top end and i5 hitting the middle ground. But for budget builds and specific workloads, such as gaming, the i3 shines at it's price point. It only has 4 cores (8 threads), but the single core speed is phenomenal. And this is important, for workloads that require fewer threads, having those threads run fast is significant. I would not pair this CPU with mid to high end GPUs, but for budget RTX xx50/xx60 series GPUs it can more than keep up. The next step up to i5 more than doubles the cost, this step up should only be made given you have some production workloads or mid/high end GPUs to pair it with.

In a word. Excellent value for money. If you're just looking for a decent CPU to put into a reasonably priced computer for your everyday work, this is a great choice. Currently sitting in my mini ITX highly portable computer.

Perfect top quality

Jsu as you'd expect from Intel but the fittings to the board are ultra fiddly -why can't they bring back the old screw fittings!?? They cause me so much stress

Used to build a Zwifting PC. It's single thread speed with hyperthreading means it runs Zwift at high frame rates. Perfect for the purpose.

Fantastic little processor, it's light on power usage but has the power to handle most everyday tasks, I'd say it would even play up to modern games with a combined powerful GPU. Most PC's these days the bottlenck is the GPU not the CPU.