Intel® Core™ i5-11600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W

I own a Gigabyte Z490M Gaming X motherboard. It has two M.2 slots, but one that doesnt work (labeled limited functionality). It turns out that Gigabyte built ahead to provide added functionality once the 11th Gen processors were released. So, when the new processors came out, I replaced my 10th Gen i5 10500 processor with this one. Initially, I noticed six things:

Good

Put in a pc for a friend for Christmas. If all you are interested in is gaming this is a great chip.

Works well for my gaming pc

Put it in an aorus extreme and it auto overclocked it for me to 4.6ghz and it smokes.

Excellent mid-range processor with a reasonable price. My budget did not allow me to go 12th generation, nor could I afford and i7. Paired this baby with an MSI Z590 WIFI Pro Series motherboard and I have not been disappointed. I pushed it to 5.0 Ghz on the turbo boost setting and it blew away my previous 9th gen i7. Stress test after 10 minutes and everything was still rock solid. I backed it down to stock settings and it still performed very respectably. I dont do any gaming on my PC so I cant give an honest rating for it, but it had no problem with the Passmark benchmark. Besides, the graphics adaptor is the key in that realm.

The cpu came in small intel box and im useing it with z590 aorus elite board and its compatible like charm... have easy tune option for OC with 1 click, good value for money and its amazing for gaming

Great performance / price

Intel I5 11600k, 16 GB 3200 Mhz, M.2 500 GB, Windows 10 todo se configuro sin ningún problema

Very fast processor, even w a $100 cheap Asus motherboard. Dont spend your $ on an I7 or I9. This will do 99% of what you will need. DO get a decent $40-50 heatsink and fan for it.