Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

This is an awesome CPU. It’s stable at 33-37c with some cheap Noctua rip off brand cooler. Was told by many people to go AMD but a weekend sale got me to make a whole new computer build from Best Buy. (Also having 50 series GPU in stock). I cannot wait to see wht Intel has in store for the future

Anonymous · 2025-10-05 · via bestbuy

Works great for my media server build. Runs cool and doesn't use a lot of power. The 245k's built in AV1 encoding is what sold me on this CPU. This saves me money from having to buy a discrete GPU and having to power a discrete GPU in a 24/7/365 situation.

Downfall · 2025-11-04 · via amazon

Works well for my video editing PC build

Colin Russell · 2026-02-01 · via amazon

It may be slightly slower than Intels previous generation and not as good as AMD's ryzen 5 but its extremely energy effiecent and runs a lot cooler. This new Intel architecture gets a lot more performance per watt and I like the direction Intel is heading. For its intended use case this cpu is more than fast enough. It will play any game you through at it without issues and handle everyday needs. Overall its just a solid mid range cpu.

Michael · 2025-03-30 · via amazon

I am using one of these in a Z890 Proart Motherboard, Intel x710 10gb ethernet, 16 port SAS HBA card with 96gb RAM and 13 26TB WD Red Pro and Gold Enterprise drives for a media server. Boot and cache drives are Samsung 9100 Pro drives. This 245k is just doing straight up file/media server duties and also hosts a Quickbooks company file. Way more then enough processing power for my needs.

PCDoctor Support · 2025-11-17 · via amazon

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VALUE SCORE

FUTURE-PROOFING

Cores

14C/14T

Boost

5.2GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W

Cores

16C/undefinedT

Boost

5.3GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W