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# 3.4 GHz base clock speed 12 MB L3 cache for lightning-fast data access 6 cores / 12 threads powerhouse Intel 3.4 5 LGA 2011 64 Technology Extended Memory CPU Processors BX80633I74930K

**Brand:** intel
**Price:** € 172.70
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## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your rig with Ivy Bridge-E power — because average just won’t cut it.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Intel 3.4 5 LGA 2011 64 Technology Extended Memory CPU Processors BX80633I74930K by intel
- **How much does it cost?** € 172.70 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- intel enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted intel brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Hexa-Core Powerhouse:** 6 cores and 12 threads deliver seamless multitasking and heavy-duty processing for your demanding workflows.
- • **Extended Memory Support:** Intel EM64T technology unlocks advanced 64-bit computing for handling massive datasets and complex applications.
- • **Turbo Boost Performance:** Dynamic clock speeds up to 4.2 GHz ensure peak performance when you need it most—no lag, no compromise.
- • **Efficient Thermal Design:** 130W TDP optimized for high performance with compatible air cooling solutions—stay cool under pressure.
- • **Future-Proof Socket LGA 2011:** Robust platform compatibility ensures your build stays relevant and upgrade-ready in a competitive tech landscape.

## Overview

The Intel Core i7-4930K is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor built on Ivy Bridge-E architecture, featuring a 3.4 GHz base clock with Turbo Boost up to 4.2 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache, and support for 64-bit extended memory. Designed for high-performance computing, it fits the LGA 2011 socket and operates at a 130W thermal design power, making it ideal for professionals and enthusiasts seeking a powerful yet cost-effective upgrade in their workstation or gaming PC.

## Description

In September, Intel plans to launch three Ivy Bridge-E microprocessors, including flagship Core i7-4960X with 6 CPU cores, and much cheaper and not as powerful Core i7-4820K. The third model will be Core i7-4930K, which is going to fit feature-wise and price-wise between the other two. Specifications of this processor leaked in March 2013, and they stated that it will have 6 CPU cores, 12 MB of L3 cache and 130 Watt TDP. These specs are similar to Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E part, but several other features of the 4930K will be improved in comparison to the 3930K. The prices of both processors could be close. At the beginning of August, the Ivy Bridge-E chip appeared for pre-order in one US online store, priced exactly like the i7-3930K, which suggests that the difference in official price between them will be small. The Core i7-4930K is expected to launch in the second week of September.

Review: super fast, great power core, some good price/performance trade space among options - We have a requirement for some decent processing horsepower, in contrast to the succession of low price laptops we've used over the past 10 years. Servers in this performance class appear to start at about $6,000, so we decided to build our system from scratch with case, power supply, mother board, memory, graphics card, keyboard, mouse, and this cpu. It installed easily and works great. Because of the detents and markings, there was little chance of installing it improperly. On choosing which CPU family to purchase: The 3000 series (eg 3930, 3960, etc) are the older Sandy Bridge technology, while the 4000 series (eg 4930, 4960, etc) are the next generation Ivy Bridge technology. I haven't seen reviews suggesting there is a big difference in performance among them. On which CPU among the families to purchase: We wanted top performance, so we chose Hex cores (6 processors) over Quad cores (4 processors). The price seemed to scale fairly linearly with number of cores, so you get what you pay for. The primary difference between the Hexa-core 4930 (3.4 GHz) and the Extreme 4960 (3.6 GHz) appears to be clock speed, which is less than 6% (probably not humanely noticeable), while the price difference is 2x ($500 vs $1000). You decide, 200% price for < 6% performance? We chose not. On coolers: We were surprised by one thing. In contrast to other Intel performance chips, this chip ships without a fan, but if you run it (even at low clock rates) without one, it runs hot enough to burn your hand. After just a few minutes, we became worried and shut it down. We immediately ordered a cooler from desertcart and waited a few more days before we could finish the build. After reading many reviews, we ordered the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO which is working fine. In retrospect, though, we wish we had ordered the Cooler Master 212 EVO Plus (this newer variant hadn't been reviewed). As near as we can tell, the Plus is the same exact cooler kit with an additional fan attached. It delivers extra cooling and is still compact enough to not interfere with adjacent memory and PCI cards, and if (for whatever reason) you just want the 212 EVO, you can easily unclip one of the fans and you've just saved yourself $12.11. The 212 EVO is $38.99 on desertcart prime, while the 212 EVo Plus is $26.88. If you really want to overclock this CPU, you'll probably want a circulated water cooler. Again we compared clock rates you might achieve (4 GHz with our cooler, 4.6 GHz with a decent water cooler) and decided it wasn't worthwhile to spend 400% the cost for 15% performance improvement. On cost vs performance trade-offs in a power build: To put these decisions in perspective, the cost of all the components for this performance machine was about $4,000.00. We traded some cost for marginal top-end performance. The highest performance CPU would have cost maybe $600 more for 6% performance improvement (eg 15% cost growth for 6% performance growth). This was probably a good trade. The best performing cooler would have cost maybe $80 more for 15% performance improvement (eg 2% cost growth for 15% performance growth). One could question the wisdom of this trade, and we may re-think it. Since we've already bought the fan-based cooler, our upgrade cost is $120 not the $80 difference between air and water, so we would bear a 3% cost growth for that 15% performance growth. Time will tell... Just for background info (or ego), here's our total build: 212 EVO cooler fan thermal grease cpu solid state hard drive windows 8 pro 4K 20 Hz monitor monitor insurance gtx 780 graphics card rosewill thor case asus dvd 16 gb gskill trident ddr3 2800 asus rampage black edition lga 2011 motherboard extended warranty rosewill lightening 1000 power supply haven't bothered to address all software packages, as your own personal software installation will vary considerably. Hope this was helpful. Whichever build choices you make, I know you'll enjoy your PC for a long time to come, and I hope you have as much satisfaction as we have had throughout the extended planning, building, installing, and operating process.
Review: A very good upgrade - There were some games that were unplayable when more than 10 people are on the screen. I thought I needed to update my gfx card (evga gtx 680 superclocked). Nope, turns out that the gpu's perfectly fine and can play in max settings 120hz (1920x 1080 in 3d) almost without a hiccup. I probably won't need to upgrade it for another 3-5 year or so (but I'll probably get the maxwell because I hate being out of date). All I did was replace my amd fx8150 (and obviously the mobo). Wow, smooth as a baby, no more studder. I guess it turns out that the fx8150 was the bottleneck (oc'd to 4ghz). I thought cpus were better than that nowadays? I guess not. For the last 10 years I've been AMD all the way. But now I guess I'm going to be an intel fanboy. Okay, I suppose AMD is still the best bang for the buck hands down. But if you want top raw performance, AMD won't give it to you. I heard the fx9000 series were disappointing and not that much better so I took a chance on this 4930k which was cheaper, I'm glad I did! Pros: -No pins, wow when did that happen? I was worried because instead of pins, the cpu and mobo only had tiny gold bumps. I'm not too fond of connections that don't lock in, but I also don't like accidentally bending pins. I guess these guys know what they're doing. -4.2ghz without even trying to oc. like seriously. I just put turboost on auto and it maxes out at 4.2ghz when it needs to and comes back down to 1.5ghz on idle. Well I'm sure I probably did something while stumbling through the bios. -Processor speed debate aside, this thing is the fastest cpu I've owned. I probably wont need to upgrade until they come up with quantum cpus. -Very cool, not as hot as the other intel processors I've had in the distant past. Also I suck at putting on thermal paste, can't ever figure it out. So I'm glad this runs cold. Cons: Its too sexy, I caved in and bought it. I'm hope some of you have more willpower than I do.

## Features

- SSE4/SSE4.1 + SSE4.2/Streaming SIMD Extensions 4
- AES/Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
- EM64T/Extended Memory 64 technology/Intel 64

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00EMHM622 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #899 in Computer CPU Processors |
| Brand | Intel |
| CPU Manufacturer | Intel |
| CPU Model | Core i7 |
| CPU Socket | LGA 2011 |
| CPU Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 12 |
| Cooling Method | Air |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 189 Reviews |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00735858272216, 05032037057592 |
| Item Part Number | BX80633I74930K |
| Item Weight | 5.6 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Mfr Part Number | BX80633I74930K |
| Model Number | BX80633I74930K |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Platform | Windows |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Processor Core Count | 5 |
| Processor Count | 5 |
| Processor Number of Concurrent Threads | 12 |
| Processor Series | Core i7 |
| Processor Socket | LGA 2011 |
| Processor Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Secondary Cache | 12 MB |
| Software Update Supported to Date | unknown |
| UPC | 675901246620 637958823940 735858272216 803982790057 |
| Wattage | 130 watts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Intel
- **CPU Manufacturer:** Intel
- **CPU Model:** Core i7
- **CPU Socket:** LGA 2011
- **CPU Speed:** 3.4 GHz

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ super fast, great power core, some good price/performance trade space among options
*by R***R on January 1, 2014*

We have a requirement for some decent processing horsepower, in contrast to the succession of low price laptops we've used over the past 10 years. Servers in this performance class appear to start at about $6,000, so we decided to build our system from scratch with case, power supply, mother board, memory, graphics card, keyboard, mouse, and this cpu. It installed easily and works great. Because of the detents and markings, there was little chance of installing it improperly. On choosing which CPU family to purchase: The 3000 series (eg 3930, 3960, etc) are the older Sandy Bridge technology, while the 4000 series (eg 4930, 4960, etc) are the next generation Ivy Bridge technology. I haven't seen reviews suggesting there is a big difference in performance among them. On which CPU among the families to purchase: We wanted top performance, so we chose Hex cores (6 processors) over Quad cores (4 processors). The price seemed to scale fairly linearly with number of cores, so you get what you pay for. The primary difference between the Hexa-core 4930 (3.4 GHz) and the Extreme 4960 (3.6 GHz) appears to be clock speed, which is less than 6% (probably not humanely noticeable), while the price difference is 2x ($500 vs $1000). You decide, 200% price for < 6% performance? We chose not. On coolers: We were surprised by one thing. In contrast to other Intel performance chips, this chip ships without a fan, but if you run it (even at low clock rates) without one, it runs hot enough to burn your hand. After just a few minutes, we became worried and shut it down. We immediately ordered a cooler from Amazon and waited a few more days before we could finish the build. After reading many reviews, we ordered the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO which is working fine. In retrospect, though, we wish we had ordered the Cooler Master 212 EVO Plus (this newer variant hadn't been reviewed). As near as we can tell, the Plus is the same exact cooler kit with an additional fan attached. It delivers extra cooling and is still compact enough to not interfere with adjacent memory and PCI cards, and if (for whatever reason) you just want the 212 EVO, you can easily unclip one of the fans and you've just saved yourself $12.11. The 212 EVO is $38.99 on Amazon prime, while the 212 EVo Plus is $26.88. If you really want to overclock this CPU, you'll probably want a circulated water cooler. Again we compared clock rates you might achieve (4 GHz with our cooler, 4.6 GHz with a decent water cooler) and decided it wasn't worthwhile to spend 400% the cost for 15% performance improvement. On cost vs performance trade-offs in a power build: To put these decisions in perspective, the cost of all the components for this performance machine was about $4,000.00. We traded some cost for marginal top-end performance. The highest performance CPU would have cost maybe $600 more for 6% performance improvement (eg 15% cost growth for 6% performance growth). This was probably a good trade. The best performing cooler would have cost maybe $80 more for 15% performance improvement (eg 2% cost growth for 15% performance growth). One could question the wisdom of this trade, and we may re-think it. Since we've already bought the fan-based cooler, our upgrade cost is $120 not the $80 difference between air and water, so we would bear a 3% cost growth for that 15% performance growth. Time will tell... Just for background info (or ego), here's our total build: 212 EVO cooler fan thermal grease cpu solid state hard drive windows 8 pro 4K 20 Hz monitor monitor insurance gtx 780 graphics card rosewill thor case asus dvd 16 gb gskill trident ddr3 2800 asus rampage black edition lga 2011 motherboard extended warranty rosewill lightening 1000 power supply haven't bothered to address all software packages, as your own personal software installation will vary considerably. Hope this was helpful. Whichever build choices you make, I know you'll enjoy your PC for a long time to come, and I hope you have as much satisfaction as we have had throughout the extended planning, building, installing, and operating process.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very good upgrade
*by T***D on November 1, 2013*

There were some games that were unplayable when more than 10 people are on the screen. I thought I needed to update my gfx card (evga gtx 680 superclocked). Nope, turns out that the gpu's perfectly fine and can play in max settings 120hz (1920x 1080 in 3d) almost without a hiccup. I probably won't need to upgrade it for another 3-5 year or so (but I'll probably get the maxwell because I hate being out of date). All I did was replace my amd fx8150 (and obviously the mobo). Wow, smooth as a baby, no more studder. I guess it turns out that the fx8150 was the bottleneck (oc'd to 4ghz). I thought cpus were better than that nowadays? I guess not. For the last 10 years I've been AMD all the way. But now I guess I'm going to be an intel fanboy. Okay, I suppose AMD is still the best bang for the buck hands down. But if you want top raw performance, AMD won't give it to you. I heard the fx9000 series were disappointing and not that much better so I took a chance on this 4930k which was cheaper, I'm glad I did! Pros: -No pins, wow when did that happen? I was worried because instead of pins, the cpu and mobo only had tiny gold bumps. I'm not too fond of connections that don't lock in, but I also don't like accidentally bending pins. I guess these guys know what they're doing. -4.2ghz without even trying to oc. like seriously. I just put turboost on auto and it maxes out at 4.2ghz when it needs to and comes back down to 1.5ghz on idle. Well I'm sure I probably did something while stumbling through the bios. -Processor speed debate aside, this thing is the fastest cpu I've owned. I probably wont need to upgrade until they come up with quantum cpus. -Very cool, not as hot as the other intel processors I've had in the distant past. Also I suck at putting on thermal paste, can't ever figure it out. So I'm glad this runs cold. Cons: Its too sexy, I caved in and bought it. I'm hope some of you have more willpower than I do.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the strongest CPUs I've ever had
*by J***. on August 23, 2016*

I bought this in November 2013. I did not install and use it until winter of 2014. So this is a review with 2 years of usage of the product. This is one of the best processors I've ever had. It's incredibly fast, and is more than enough for gaming on maximum settings. I can load intensive games like future-era huge maps in Civilization 5, Skyrim running with over a hundred mods, a 1000-year game on a 1000-star galaxy with max civilizations in Stellaris, pretty much anything. I can run Firefox with multiple tabs including streaming AND downloading while having multiple VoIP programs like Discord and Teamspeak and Uplay running with the Division, and I get no lag at all. Keep in mind, I have a 980 GTX and 16 GB of Ram as well as a high end SSD. I highly recommend this processor, especially now that it's getting cheaper.

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