Overall, the Core i9-13900K takes a slight lead over AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X, but there’s no doubt the two chips are highly competitive. What really stands out is the Core i5-13600K.

Generally, though, we're seeing top gaming performance with the Core i9 13900K (and Core i5 13600K, for that matter), which puts this chip at the top of the charts versus Intel's true rival, AMD.

So my mini-review of the 13900K is the ease of dropping these into a Z690 mobo is overstated. In reality when I did that my nvme device and wifi stopped working.

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