Intel Core i7-13700K Desktop Processor 16 cores (8 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 30M Cache, up to 5.4 GHz

This was a no brainer upgrade for me. The 13900k may be faster depending on what youre doing but this is a close second. No issues for me, and since the motherboard I used was able to take the cooler from my previous cpu (10850k) I was up and running right away. Temps are slightly warmer at times than the 10850k but definitely nothing to worry about. Quite pleased overall!

Far exceeded my wildest expectations. Runs like a dream, tearing thru anything I throw at it. Even without an overclock it benchmarks at anl high level. Cinebench casually posting around a 31000 multicore score. Havent even bothered with an overclock, as gaming at 144 fps has been a breeze. P cores are performing well, and Ive seen boosts well up past 5.2ghz when needed. Those e cores are a huge advancement, taking strain off other cores running background tasks. Just a fantastic processor, highly recommended.

Intels 13th gen is a very strong contender and the i7 this time around is all the overkill I needed. While the i5 works great for gaming the extra cores in the i7 make it even better for game streaming or production workloads like video editing, It can be a little power hungry but uses that power to overclock extremely well, but thanks to the efficiency cores when you are sitting idle runs with very low power.

If you are looking to get the best gaming experience with the decent price and not getting poor processing power, this is your option, you get the flagship power with lower price than competitor.

Don’t cheap out on the CPU cooler because this thing runs hot. Otherwise amazing gaming performance and the E-cores are nice when you are just web-browsing

Coming from a I7 7700k, this is a serious upgrade.When gaming, the CPU barely reach 50% load.I have not yet overclocked it and will not do until I feel the CPU has reached its limit under usual daily use.The I7 13700k is great at multitasking: I often have multiple pages open in chrome while running multiple softwares on 2 monitors.The only downside is the CPU generate quite some heat and may need a water cooler or a very good air cooler to not be throttle.Overall satisfied with this CPU.

Have my gaming machine running in native with my work VM running I parallel without a sweat. All these cores makes it a breeze for the machine almost never maxing out when performing multiple tasks. Worth the money as you’re getting 4 machines performance in one.

What was intel thinking with this Clamp design. Dont even look at the socket pins the wrong way. The slightest touch on the Motherboards CPU socket will end in disaster.

paired with 3070 and working great no problems so far. seeing a huge performance boost in gaming from rust to tarkov to dayz all games seem much smoother and the 1% lows feel and stutters feel non exsistant. also running with corsair vengance ddr5 ram @ 4800mhz as someone else mention being 13th gen cpu you may need to flash the bios of your mobo to get it to recognize it.

Runs good little warmer