Deal of the Day – Intel Core i5-3570k

Today’s deal of the day is a popular favourite, we’ve even featured it before on deal of the day, but for anyone who is looking to upgrade their gaming rig or home pc that needs that extra power on a mid range budget, then this CPU is perfect for your needs, providing more than enough power for all the latest games and other intensive applications.

Intel’s new IvyBridge based CPU’s is a refresh that requires socket LGA1155 mainboards based on Intel Z77 Chipset. This new platform uses less power and has vastly superior integrated graphics. The HD2500 graphics is capable of all multimedia task featuring DirectX 11 runtime making them ideal for gamers too. The K series edition processors are unlocked on the multiplier allowing overclocking and also feature HD4000 onboard graphics which feature multiple times the horsepower of the previous generation HD2000 making them ideal for gamers and have support for 3D Gaming. The new IvyBridge K series processors also feature immense overclocking as well.

• Lithography Process: 22 nm
• Cores: 4
• Threads: 4
• Frequency: 3.40 GHz (Turbo Mode 3.80GHz)
• Integrated HD 4000 Graphics
• Integrated Graphics Frequency: 650MHz (1150MHz Turbo)
• Cache: 6 MB shared L3
• Memory Controller: Dual channel DDR3 1333/1600/1600+ MHz
• TDP: 77W
• Socket: LGA1155
• Compatible with Socket 1156 heatsinks
• 3yr Warranty

You can pick up the i5-3570k here for only £173.99