The Intel Core i5-13600K is exactly what I hoped it would be. I was talking to my brother recently about the PC I just built, and when I mentioned the gaming, the benchmarking, the content creation, and the general work I'd be doing on it, he asked if the processor was an i7 or an i9. I shook my head.
I'm a little surprised that the i5 still isn't considered viable by a lot of folks for more demanding workloads, even if its value reputation has been growing in recent years. With the 13th generation, and to a certain extent, the last generation of Intel's chips, the i5 has become an absolute powerhouse. So much so, that I'm beginning to question who an i7 and i9 are actually for.
