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The Toyota Corolla of 2014 computing. The i5-4590 wasn't designed to turn heads, break records, or make enthusiasts weep with joy; it was designed to run the world's spreadsheets, mid-range gaming rigs, and office workstations with stoic, unshakeable reliability. Lacking the overclocking "K" suffix and the Hyper-Threading of the i7 big brothers, it was the definition of "enough" for the average user.
Built on the Haswell Refresh architecture, this chip represents the absolute maturity of Intel's 22nm process before they began their long, painful struggle with 14nm. It sits in that interesting historical window where pure quad-core CPUs were the gold standard for gaming, just moments before the "core wars" with AMD forced core counts to skyrocket. A boring chip, perhaps, but one that likely powered the computer you used to write your first resume or play your first round of Overwatch.
