Just sharing my views on this processor.
I always thought about i5 as slow processors, but I was checking the benchmarks and its amazingly fast and in gaming some cases even defeated i9 13900k
Intel Core i5-13600K Review | PCMag
The single core performance is really strong almost (slightly less) around Ryzen 9 7950X.
And now the prices are reasonable. Intel has done a great job with raptor lake 13th gen
Yeah, I got one six (?) months ago for $250 when microcenter had them for that and bestbuy would price match. I want another one for my daughter’s PC (she has a 13100f), but prices are up since. Ugh! Realistically this will be a solid gaming chip for years.