The difference this processor made in my gaming or just loading task... It is life changing lol Great cpu, had no issues booting with the Z690 MPG motherboard. It does run on the hot side, I am waiting for my H7 case and X73 Cooler to arrive to help fight that. I heard people mention under volting, I am not the best with fine tuning, regardless, I would recommend this cpu. It was a massive upgrade for me and I went from 50-70 fps in most games to 125-150 fps, waiting to upgrade my gpu from a 2070 to a 3 series. ( dont mind the wire mess, it was a quick build that is only temporary. )

I purchased this on sale for Black Friday as an upgrade from my i7-9700K. Paired with a Gigabyte Aorus Z790, RTX 3090 Ti, and 32GB DDR5 RAM, this is one beast of a computer. It doesn't fall far behind from the i9-13900K and runs under 80C with a 240mm AIO. After building up the computer, I haven't had any issues running games at 1440p Ultra settings. 4k is probably the ideal resolution for something like this.

A massive upgrade in performance compared to my 9700k. Paired with my 4090 FE, the 13700K runs like a dream in all games I throw at it! 13700k vs 13900k imo is a no brainer. If you're not really going to utilize the extra cores and cache that the 13900k will provide (and you don't have the cooling capabilities with your chosen CPU cooler) the 13700k proves to be a perfect gaming CPU (of course with the side benefit of being great for productivity work as well!). I am able to maintain a below 90 degree all core load by simply limiting PL1 and PL2 to 200W max (Not that I any games should ever utilize 100% of all cores at the same time). All in all, a very good CPU more than enough for gaming on PC.

it is a big upgrade over the 12900k even know some say its not. If you use ddr5 make sure not to go over 6800mhz as it can over load mem controller. I would stick with ddr5 6400. my. First chip I got burned out mem controller in a week running ddr5 7400. I had a r23 score of 31500@ stock msi z790 edge mb with about 1.4 volts, But the new chip running at stock ddr5 6400 I get a score of 30000 to 32000 with about 1.3volts in r23. Its a fast chip. I did start with a 13900k that I could not get cool enough for my liking with a custom 3- 360 rad water cooled setup. At stock I got a 42000 r23 score @ 1.45 volts no mater what I did with the ddr 5 7400. I am enjoying this chip and think its better then the 13900k for cooling, and gaming and streaming. Got my on sale for $409

I upgraded from a 12900KS to the 13900K and it was not a hug leap in performance,It runs hot but memory controller is better than 12 gen and the good thing is is you can upgrade to 13th gen on existing Z690 chipsets with a bios update which I have one of. If you are upgrading from an older cpu say 11th gen and back you will notice a big jump in performance. The 13900K trades blows with the 7950X but in majority of the test the 13900K edges it out, and you can use DDR4, or 5 memory with it, and it is also a little cheaper than the AMD cpu. I am happy with my purchase and it is good to see Intel, and AMD being competitive again with one another! Also, my 13900K and my 4090 great combo!