Intel Core i5-13600KF drops to $149 – excellent mid-range gaming CPU returns to its lowest-ever price

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The Intel Core i5-13600KF, once one of our favorite CPUs, matches the lowest price we've ever seen.

Intel Core i5-13600KF drops to $149 – excellent mid-range gaming CPU returns to its lowest-ever price : Read more

 

[Pierce2623]

This is the best gaming CPU Intel has made in the last decade, easily. It still beats the $175 9600x in multithreaded performance and it’s still really close in gaming performance. Overall though, I’d probably still go 9600x unless you’re already sitting on a z690/z790 mobo, since it’s a total dead-end socket.

 

[elforeign]

Here's the real question, i'm on a 12600KF - Do I buy this?

 

[rluker5]

This is the best gaming CPU Intel has made in the last decade, easily. It still beats the $175 9600x in multithreaded performance and it’s still really close in gaming performance. Overall though, I’d probably still go 9600x unless you’re already sitting on a z690/z790 mobo, since it’s a total dead-end socket.

I'd go with the dead socket over the chip that will need to be replaced sooner. 6c12t is the new 4c8t: just barely enough.
If you have to replace your CPU in one Gen you made the wrong choice.

 

[rluker5]

Here's the real question, i'm on a 12600KF - Do I buy this?

Only if that CPU is holding you back. CPUs look to be getting a lot better in the near future so that $150 could be saved towards that or a GPU upgrade.
I went from a 12700k that could only do 4.9/4.0 to a 13900kf that runs 5.5/4.5 and the main difference is benchmarks.

Edit: It is a great deal. I upgraded my office PC and my daughters from Haswells to 13600ks because of W10 going away.

 

[logainofhades]

Here's the real question, i'm on a 12600KF - Do I buy this?

I wouldn't recommend buying any 13th or 14th gen chip. Regardless the 13600kf isn't a massive jump from the 12600kf anyway.

 

[Amdlova]

Here's the real question, i'm on a 12600KF - Do I buy this?

If you want or have a RTX 4080/4090 5080/5090 maybe a new cpu Will be good...
Wait for the next gen for an upgrade Zen 6 and new intel cpus are months away

 

[elforeign]

I appreciate all the responses. I think best advice has been to wait - maybe Prime day next year i'll do 9800X3D or equivalent.

 

[thaddy716]

Im still running a 9700k clocked at 5.0ghz🤣