Just sharing my views on this processor.
I always thought about i5 as slow processors, but I was checking the benchmarks and its amazingly fast and in gaming some cases even defeated i9 13900k
Intel Core i5-13600K Review | PCMag
The single core performance is really strong almost (slightly less) around Ryzen 9 7950X.
And now the prices are reasonable. Intel has done a great job with raptor lake 13th gen
The i5 13600k I got for $250 and a used 3080 for $400 at the start of this year has been my favorite build to date. Unreal performance for the price.
bro I paid 1,5x of (total of) that for my 3080 alone!
400$ for an used 3080 is crazy good! nice catch!
A friend sold it to me when he upgraded to a 4090. Very cool.
Same with the i7-2920XM, the i7-7700K, and the i9-9900HK! Mostly because those are the processors of the beefiest computers I own and I’m always hoping for high resale value!
I do love mine. And looking at the benchmarks it trumps almost every amd cpu except the 7800x3d and the 7950x3d pretty crazy tbh
I have the 13600k and have been saying it for ages, this CPU is an absolute beast for the money, it’s literally nothing less than amazing.
For a so called i5 model, it performs nothing like one, I’m fairly sure that this was the very model that caused Intel to officially announce that they were going to use a new model naming scale, because this CPU no longer lined up with what each model was supposed to be capable of.
Even if you pair this thing with a 4090 vs a 13900k and 4090, at 1080p which is the worst case scenario for the CPU, the 13900k only averages about 7% more performance, and lets be honest, the 13900k is just a savage in comparison, so that is seriously high praise for the 13600k for gamers.
I’ve played around lightly with a very basic overclock, which only consisted with nothing more than changing the multiplier so the P cores were at 5.4ghz and the E cores at 4.2ghz, no cache change, no additional voltage or anything fancy, and i gained almost 10% of additional performance in Cinebench straight up.
It just has so much potential, it undervolts more than the i7 and i9, and from what I’ve seen, you can gain up to 20% overall performance through overclocking and bring the P cores to something like 6.1ghz, which is just insane, honestly worth every cent.
Yes very good cpu I just upgraded to a 14700k today. But I might not have if I had a Z motherboard and could overclock.
But I might not have if I had a Z motherboard and could overclock.
For single threaded performance, it’s not really worth the upgrade. But for multithreaded applications it’s definitely a worthy upgrade compared to just overclocking.
Indeed I am very happy with it. I was quite afraid of the thermals ( heard a lot of horror stories, but my 240mm aio handles it like a champ). To be honest, I didn’t really need it, but felt that with a 4090 I should have at least 8 p cores and some higher boost clocks since chances are I’m gonna be on lga1700 for a long time. I really dont like mobo upgrades…
It’s the best Intel CPU since at least the i5-2500K. There’s some evidence to suggest that Intel’s margins are suffering from it, but it’s absolutely surreal that they doubled multicore performance at the $300 price point in two years.
I had a 2500k since release, I have just replaced half a year ago, but that beast would’ve pulled still if it wasn’t for memory speeds…
I’m happy with my Ryzen 7 3700x, but am planning a 13th/14th gen i5 build. Phenomenal threads per dollar, and overall performance is just great. I just switched out entire esports fleet to Intel 13th gen i5 13500’s from ryzen 5 3600’s.
I think I made the right choice going with 13600K with my NR200P Max and 4060FE. But man, I’m still fomo’ing hard on 14th Gen (I know, I know, it’s just a refresh with marginal performance), especially i7 and i9.
Same here! It runs so smooth! And with undervolting the temp stays cool at under 85degrees in cinebench24
I paired it with an 4090 :D just thinking of upgrading my mobo from B series to Z so i can overclock it
I5’s have always been great.
2nd through 7th gen, they were just basically the same as the quad core i7 but without HT. In an era when threads didn’t matter at all.
8th gen it was 6 core without HT
9th gen was a little awkward since 9700K was 8 core and 9600K was 6c/6t.
10th gen was a truly epic i5, 6c/12t. Still holding up today. OC’d like a beast.
11th gen, same.
12th gen, same. my 12400F is rockin as hard as my 12700K does, and the 12600K could OC high
I have 14th gen 14600K which is almost the same as the last gen, but runs a little hotter for whatever reason lol. So maybe I should have actually gone with a 13600K like OP did…
I think i5-13600K is the new i5-2500K. It is a beast in both gaming and productivity tasks, overclocks well and will probably last years.
Mine is overclocked to 5.4Ghz/4.3Ghz (P/E) on air and I have also overclocked and tightened my RAM. Gaming performance is just sweet and I believe my little i5 can handle the next GPU upgrade too. I’m currently using RX 7900 XT and play at 1440p so I don’t need to upgrade soon though.
May i ask how you overclocked it? And also what mobo do u have?
Got it last week too, coming from a i7 7700k and I love it.
Now I can push the videocard to the limits finally
I always thought about i5 as slow processors
Why though?
I prefer AMD lately , but I’ve been still been saying that 13600k is the best all around price:performance cpu out right now
Ay, upgraded from an 11700K and got some pretty big gains, and it’s cool and quiet too on my Peerless Assassin.
Should I order the 13600k or 13700k since it has the same price at microcentre
If they are the same price go for the i7.