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

Great CPU, but some LGA 1700 motherboards have compatibility issues with 13th gen chips so be sure of what you buy.

This is an excellent price to performance CPU and outperforms the 5800x3D. For the price the performance is exceptional and impressive and highly recommend this over any current gen CPU

Must buy good cooler for it. I have Noctua D14 and its hardly enough.

This chip is great for both gaming and content creation. The CPU and platform are both affordable. Best cheap since the legendary 2500K.

Going from an old 4790K to this thing is like going from a biplane to the Concorde jet! This processor will crush any game out there. My main game is Flight simulator and the price to performance boost is outstanding. My old 1080SC is now the bottleneck in my system but both of them together makes even flying a helicopter in downtown New York, on multi-player, on high-end settings smooth as butter and the processor just sits at 55-60c! Amazing! The final piece of my new build was 32gb of corsair vengeance and I couldnt be happier unless I won the lotto.

Paired this chip with an RTX 3070 and a Z690 motherboard- no regrets!

Great cpu for gaming and programming

To think that an i5 nowadays has 14 cores/20 threads is just crazy. This CPU is very capable and handles anything I throw at it with ease. Does the average user really need even an i7 or i9 at this point?

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!

The i5-13600k seemed to be the sweet spot of price/performance among both Intel and AMD processors right now. For most of what I use a computer for, this is way overkill, even for most PC games I play. My RTX 3070 graphics card is now the bottleneck in games, by a long shot (though thats fine, as 1440p fps is still plenty high enough in most games with that graphics card).