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I5 13600K/KF

It was popular, but the X3Ds have taken the 13600K's thunder (at least, for gaming) and even though the lower-end AMD CPU: 7600/X (& to a lesser extent: 7700/X) performs worse for productivity, the gaming performance is competitive, with the longer-term upgrade potential of AM5.

With the 13700F and B760 out now, I'd rather have that.
 
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Tetras said:
It was popular, but the X3Ds have taken the 13600K's thunder (at least, for gaming) and even though the lower-end AMD CPU: 7600/X (& to a lesser extent: 7700/X) performs worse for productivity, the gaming performance is competitive, with the longer-term upgrade potential of AM5.

With the 13700F and B760 out now, I'd rather have that.
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Why does AM5 have more upgrade potential than 1700?

From what I have seen in benchmarks the 13700F doesn't perform much better than the 13600, at least in games.
 
gjbf1 said:
Why does AM5 have more upgrade potential than 1700?
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AMD have said they'll support AM5 long enough that I'd expect at least 1, probably 2 more generations. AM4 had Zen, Zen+ (2000), Zen 2 (3000), Zen 3 (5000) and the 5800X3D. Intel have one new CPU for 1700, but it's apparently just a refresh of 13th gen (higher clocks and power limits).

gjbf1 said:
From what I have seen in benchmarks the 13700F doesn't perform much better than the 13600, at least in games.
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Yeah, I'd expect that, but at this point, I'd prefer to have 8 P-cores if I was keeping the system for e.g. 5+ years.
 
gjbf1 said:
So which AM5 processor is the current favourite (other than 7800X3D)?
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They don't get much attention anymore, because it is X3D, X3D, X3D, but if I had the choice for gaming: 7700 non-X. £300, 8 fast cores, a stock cooler which is good enough for gaming (wraith prism) and it often slightly beats the 7900X/7950X in gaming benchmarks (at least, it does for now).
 
Mr G said:
I did think long and hard over replacing my KF for an X3D but not sure it's worth it?
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Depends on the use and which KF. It probably is worth the effort, as I would take pretty much any X3D chip over any KF, but if it’s worth the money only you can decide.
 
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