Intel Core i5-13600K Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24M Cache, up to 5.1 GHz

Get a good Z790 chipset motherboard, and overclock this thing to ~5.7 and youll have the performance of a chip thats 2-3x the price for most users.

Paired the i5 13600k with MSI Z690-A Pro DDR4. Running P-Cores 5.4GHz and E-Cores 4.2GHz without any issues. Efficiency cores are powerful and theyre equivalent to i7 9700k from few years ago. Scores 25,592 in Cinebench 23 with all cores, and 16,507 with E Cores disabled. Simply put, amazing! Cant ask for more. This CPU has no competition, period!

If you want to wait for 4090 or 7900xtx choose this one or buy a used 2080super

Absolute best bang for the buck... I wanted to go i9 or at least i7 but with this latest round of intel processors, the extra $100-$150 per upgrade just did not seem worth it. I am very happy with my i5. Paired with an RTX 3060 TI, I am running super smooth with ultra graphics on most games that I am playing.. Currently playing Hogwarts in 4k borderless ultra graphics and ray tracing and maintaining 60 fps on a 4k television... Love it. It is so much faster and smoother than my other PC running the latest AMD processor.

No bottleneck here! i5 13600K is beast! Intel definitely made one hell of a gaming CPU, that performs better than 5800x3d and it’s cheaper.

amazing, has handled everything I have thrown at it, over overclocked or tuned anything yet.

The best choice for everything with good value

Purchase for my sons gaming pc he loves it.

I upgraded from an i7-9700k to the i5-13600k. WOW! Huge difference. Faster load times, better gaming frame rates in games that depend on the CPU more than the GPU, no stuttering in intense games.

Oh, Intel Core i5-13600K, thou art a marvel of technology,