IntelS1700 CORE i5 13600KF TRAY GEN13

Excellent CPU, great gaming performance, and the midrange King of Productivity. Typical of Intel, it just works flawlessly with everything, 14 cores & 20 threads deal easily with heavy work loads. Fast, 5.5-5.7 Ghz overclock, no problem! Efficient gaming chip, uses a little over half the power as a 9th Gen 9600k (that's with a 5.5GHz overclock) and UK summertime in game temps rarely exceed mid 50°C's. (cooled with 280mm AIO) Flexible, use with DDR4 or DDR5, so there's a wide range of mobo's to choose from. Impressive CPU.

Out of all the Intel CPU,s the 13th gen I5’s definitely provide the best performance vs cost, I use it for a bit of CAD as well as gaming and have had no issues.

While I've been trying to build a PC as a blender workstation I wanted a good enough processor that won't bottleneck under £300 as spent most of my budget on GPU. But it is way better than I expected. I am not rendering anything with the CPU and it handles complex geometry without hiccups. Unless you're doing complex simulations, I think it's a decent option as you can use the extra cash on GPU.

specs:i5 13600KF2080 TI FE32GB 5600MT/s DDR5arctic liquid freezer III 360ASUS TUF GAMING B760M-PLUS II650W PSUI've had this CPU for a few months now and upgrading from an i5 8400 so quite the upgrade.This CPU is an absolute powerhouse for any AAA game. its perfect for a mid budget pc and can work well into the 4060 - 4070 series with little to no bottle necks. I have not tried overclocking or under-volting so cannot comment on that but it may help with the temps.my one issue which is common among the 13th gen is heat, hence the 360mm rad. with a 120mm be quite air cooler I was getting max temps of 90 while gaming even with new thermal paste, I heavily recommend an AIO 240 or 360 to get max temps of 80 or less.