Intel Core i3-6100 6th Gen 3.7 GHz LGA 1151 Processor

Just built a PC with the i3 6100 processor. Since I had 24 Gbs of DDR3 RAM my initial finding was that I could not use these with new Gen6 Intel processors. However, there are motherboards which do support Intel 6th gen processor with DDR3 RAM. Right now I've got this processor working fine with Asus B150M-Plus D3 motherboard. The speed is blazing fast compared to what I upgraded from which is a Phenom X3 processor with 8 Gb RAM. The built in graphics processor is fine, I can play Street Fighter 4 with almost all settings ON with zero lag. This was not the case with the Phenom X3 processor. The performance observed when converting RAW files to Adobe DNG was also pretty fast, faster than anything I've seen including mobile Core i7 processors on Dell 7000 laptop. I have yet to test running virtual machines which is something I want to use my PC for. Based on the first few days of usage I totally recommend this processor to anyone looking for a powerful home PC for medium gaming, programming and graphic use.

The Core i3-6100 sits on the current bottom end of Intel's 6th-Generation "Core" chip stack. There are two slightly higher-clocked Core i3 chips available, as well. But the Core i3-6100 is arguably the best value, with a 3.7GHz clock speed and integrated HD 530 graphics that are just slightly (by 100MHz) down-clocked compared to its much-costlier counterparts. The other notable detail in the chart above is that Intel's Core i3 chips are rated at 47 watts, while AMD's high-end APUs (and the Athlon X4 880K) are rated at 95 watts. While TDP (thermal design power, a measurement of heat output) generally doesn't translate to exact power consumption numbers, it's clear that Intel's CPUs still have a huge advantage when it comes to performance per watt. As we'll see, the Core i3 chip generally outperforms AMD's competing chips on most CPU-specific tasks. If electricity is expensive where you live, that may be reason enough to opt for an Intel chip over AMD, though if you're going to add a high-end graphics card in your system as well, it will consume much more power when gaming than any one of these processors. Also note that, like the Core i7-6700K, this chip requires a new motherboard with an LGA 1151 socket. You can’t drop it into an existing Z97- or H97-chipset motherboard. And you likely won't be able to carry over old RAM, either, as most new Intel-based boards require DDR4. We’ve been quite impressed with the new features that have landed on many of the new LGA 1551-equipped Z170 motherboards. Most of the new features have to do with extremely speedy storage via PCI Express x4 M.2 SSD slots and ports for USB 3.1 Gen 2, which doubles the theoretical bandwidth over USB 3.0. (See our comprehensive primer on USB 3.1.) For details about these new features and others, be sure to check out our review of the MSI Z170A Gaming M5, a sub-$200 board that delivers some of the best of what the new Z170 boards have to offer. That being said, if you're planning on building a tricked-out PC with more than two graphics cards and multiple M.2 drives, Intel's Z170 chipset is definitely more advanced, and it offers more bandwidth (via PCI Express 3.0 lanes) than AMD's aging high-end FM2+ A88X chipset. So if loads of high-end components are in the cards for your next build, we'd definitely go the Intel route.

For GNU/Linux lovers out there: The Core i3 6100 combined with Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H board and Kingston 8Gb DDR4 works perfectly with Xubuntu 16.04. I have been running it for close to 2 months with no issues. If you are building a new system, always go for an SSD (I am using Samsung 850 EVO 250Gb) - you will see you system booting in 10seconds flat and stuff like Chrome starting up almost instantaneously on mouse click!

Best Processor under 10k. I got this for my home use like do some corel Draw. Photoshop, and to play recent games like Far Cry 4, Fifa 15, CS GO, Alien: Isolation etc. Config - i3 6100, Dell S2216H 21.5" Monitor MSI H110M PRO- VH - 6th Gen motherboard Kingstone Hyper X Fury Black series 8GB DDR4 2133 mhz RAM WD Cavier Blue 1TB -HDD, Crosair VS series VS550 550 watt SMPS

Its a budget processor. Provides 2 cores with 2 threads which are like 2 virtual cores. Handles multitasking very smoothly when paired with 8 GB RAM and MSI PRO V motherboard with LGA 1151 architecture. Costed Rs 9K and worth it. Easy to install and keeps your system cool. Not for heavy gamers though. But very efficient for regular use and light gaming as heavy games can not reproduce 60fps with this unless paired with good graphics card.

Please Suggest a power supply unit for this,

it comes with a ddr3 compat motherboard and when skylake cpus are used with ddr3 after a year or half the cpu gets damahed so buy same mobo with ddr4 compat ram

Be sure to check out the RAM compatibility, it supports DDR4 and DDR3L type memory, but according to me, you're better off going for the DDR4 'cause, DDR3L run on considerably lower clock speeds, and, the Motherboards that support DDR3L are difficult to find, DDR3 memory is not compatible with the skylake microarchitecture, i.e. the LGA 1151 socket type, so choose your components accordingly. Other than that, it is a 'bang for the buck', some people might argue that it only has 2 cores, and, it might get outdated pretty quickly when developers start using the DirectX12 or Vulkan APIs to make their products communicate with the hardware more directly, and 4 cores become a requirement rather than just an advantage. But, the important thing to remember here is that, this CPU is in the 'middle' class, i.e. in the more affordable spectrum of CPUs, it isn't manufactured for setting benchmark records, it is for fulfilling 'minimum' requirements, and that, it will do just fine, for a considerable span of time. As maximum day-to-day programs being run, are usually single threaded, 3.7GHz clock speed, and 4 threads are more than enough. at just around Rs. 9000, it is an excellent choice.

Totally impressed with cpu, wanted an i5 6600k like everyone else does but could not currently streach to it, however this i3 6100 flies, am using it with an asus z170 pro gaming m/board 16gig 3000mhz corsair ram, r9 380oc video on a cheep samsung 24in monitor and could not be happier, plays all my games no trouble at all and very smooth, but!! to get the best out of it you must use a z170 m/board with 3000+ ram and a good vid card, the motherboard defaulted to 2400 at start up, and was noticably slower, believe the m/board will take 4000 ram, but expensive, highly recommended for a really good budget games machine unless you need bragging rights then it will cost you, A++++

This is the budget iCore CPU - better than the plain Pentium but nearly at a double price. Still recommended for future proofing your PC (I use it in small factor Shuttle DH110 bare-bone). Great for multimedia center as it supports better internal graphics (Intel HD530) and runs very quite and cool!

Después de días y días de leer mil foros que si amd que si Intel que si con este Intel o este amd es suficiente para tus exigencias, que si mejor aumentar un poco más el presupuesto que si tal que si cual ,...me acabe decidiendo por este procesador por varios motivos. Antes que nada decir que lo compre para hacerle a mis padres un ordenador por piezas por su cumpleaños. 1. Entre amd e Intel son evidentes que los precios son más económicos en amd pero la calidad de estos es peor. Se calientan más (tengo amd en mi ordenador) y es cierto y su rendimiento no es tan bueno como Intel. Rinde más Intel que amd a igualdad de precio aunque amd tenga más núcleos. No todos son los núcleos. Este Intel trae de por sí un disipador que hace que no sea necesario pillar otro aparte ya que apenas consume, mientras que amd al consumir más y dar tanto calor habría que gastar también en un disipador gastando más dinero. Ya aquí descarte amd y me decanté por Intel. 2. Ahora tocaba elegir entre las distintas generaciones de Intel que hay. La 1150 o skylale 1151. Entre un i3 de una generación y otra había unos 17€ o así. Debido a por si en el futuro hubiera que hacer algo en el pc siempre sería más sencillo y barato encontrar piezas de lo ultimo que de lo antiguo sumado a que si estoy montando un pc de cero pues ya aprovecho y pillo la nueva generación con su leve mejora respecto a la anterior. En este punto por tanto decidí pillar skylale. 3. Ahora lo más coñazo, pillar un pentium, un i3, un i5,... Los precios varían bastante. Con un pentium para el uso que van a dar mis padres estoy seguro que a día de hoy les va a ir bien, pero de aquí a unos años (quiero que el pc dure los máximos años posibles ) cuando los programas exijan más tiene menos recorrido ese pentium que el i3. Por lo cual me decidí por i3 sobre pentium. Luego mire i5 pero eso ya si que era innecesario. Por ahora muy satisfecho con el rendimiento del procesador y nuevo pc de mis padres.

Habe mich bewusst für einen I3 entschieden auch wenn es nur ein 2 Kerner (Virtueller 4 Kerner). Ich mache zurzeit eine Ausbildung und da ist das Geld einfach nicht so reich vorhanden. Ich habe diesen I3 mit einer Radeon RX 460 zusammen am laufen und bin begeistert. Hatte vorher einen FX 8320 und zusammen mit dieser Grafikkarte bekam ich gerade so 40 bis max 60 Fps in GTA V. Mit dem I3 und gleicher Grafikkarte schaffe ich schon min 60 bis max 80 Fps in GTA V. Der kleine hat echt Power und ich kann ihm jeden empfehlen, der nicht so viel Geld hat oder ausgeben möchte und trotzdem gut spielen will. Das ist ein echter geheim Tipp in Sachen CPU. Einfach spitze und an alle die sagen, zum zocken muss man einen I5 haben der locker mal 80 bis 120 Euro mehr kostet, ohne mich! ;D Ich bin super zufrieden und bereue den Kauf nicht. Habe mit dazu noch das Mainboard Msi H110M und 2 x 4gb DDR4 gekauft. Konnte alles sogar ohne Windows Neuinstallation tauschen.

Au départ j'étais partis pour prendre un i5 série K. Et la sortie des kaby lake étant proche j'ai pas trop voulu investir dans un processeur haut de gamme. J'ai donc commande ce i3 série Skylake et j'en suis pas déçu !! Il culmine à 3.7 GHz, et reste à moins de 50° avec un TX evo 212 (ventirad d’origine trop bruyant), et est très silencieux malgrè tout. Il répond très bien au demande que je lui soumet (modélisation, streaming, gaming), couplé à une gtx 750 ti il fait tourner par exemple: - skyrim à 60 fps en ultra haute définition (1080p) - fallout 4 à 60 fps en hight (1080p) - fallout new vegas à 60 fps en ultra - wow en ultra à 135 fps et même gta V à 40 fps en medium !! Alors oui la nouvelle génération d'i3 skylake supporte le gaming si couplé à un bon GPU. Il est idéal pour de configurations à moins de 600e comme la mienne :)