News Pick up the Intel Core i5-13500 Back at Its Lowest Ever Price: Real Deals

[Admin]

If you're on the hunt for a great CPU deal to pair with a budget gaming or productivity PC then consider this excellent deal on Intel's Core i5-13500 processor.

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[Roland Of Gilead]

I always thought the 13500 is the best bang for buck as opposed to the 13400. More cores higher clocks, and for sweet FA on top. Essentially a 12600k with a new name.

 

[lmcnabney]

Read the reviews. For gaming the DDR4 option is 10-20% slower than DDR5. Might as well go the 7600/7600x route to get slightly better gaming, slightly worse applications, and less power consumption when both are DDR5.

 

[baboma]

>I always thought the 13500 is the best bang for buck as opposed to the 13400. More cores higher clocks, and for sweet FA on top. Essentially a 12600k with a new name.

Yep, 13500 was my sweet spot, but that's only true for the RCP (tray price) at ~$220'ish. At launch, price was ~$285, which subsequently settled at ~$250 for a long while (cf Amazon price history below). I expect ~$210 will be the regular price going forward, in line with drops on other non-K parts.

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BQ6CFDCX

>For gaming the DDR4 option is 10-20% slower than DDR5.

If you had read reviews, DDR4-vs-5 perf is a bit more complicated. In many games, DRAM speed has minimal impact.

>Might as well go the 7600/7600x route to get slightly better gaming, slightly worse applications, and less power consumption when both are DDR5.

For non-gaming: 13500 simply kills 7600/X on multi-core perf. Plus the added appeal of cheaper RAM & board.

For gaming, I'd opt for 13400, not 13500 or 7600/X.

 

[mickrc3]

One thing that I noticed on the SSD offer. Although Newegg handles the sale of the Western Digital 2TB SN 850X the seller ships from China, has only five ratings and an 80% result, and has the confidence inspiring name of Wafy Bear.