The Intel Core i5-13600KF is currently available at a huge discount. This 13th-generation chip has a listed price of $304 but ...

Both laptops are powered by Intel's 12th and 13th Gen Core i5 processors, which feature multiple cores and threads to handle multitasking efficiently. They are equipped with 16GB of RAM and 512GB ...

With that lower power budget, clock speeds are also slightly reduced. Where the last-generation Intel Core i5-14600K had a max Turbo speed of 5.3GHz, the Core Ultra 5 245K only boosts up to 5.2GHz.

Still, it's primarily a modern-day counterpart to Intel's 14th Gen Core i5-14600K, which launched at $319, so the price makes sense. Whether it's worth a motherboard upgrade to adopt the new ...