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Another Intel Core i9-13900K “Raptor Lake” CPU gets tested ahead of October launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/another-intel-core-i9-13900k-raptor-lake-cpu-gets-tested-ahead-of-october-launch

"In Prime95, Raptor Lake running all cores at 5.2 GHz saturates at 378W and 92°C. Judging from the video, this appears to be the Maximum Turbo Boost limit set to 440W."

Feels like every time we have a new Raptor Lake benchmark, the power consumption goes up...

20 September

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— HXL (@9550pro) September 1, 2022

Going to be one hell of a week! Ryzen 7000 reviews/launch, Nvidia Lovelace announcement and Intel Raptor Lake announcements.

Certainly the recommendations are not going to be very easy this time around. Being the fastest won't be the only thing to consider as you have platform longevity with Ryzen as well as Electricity bills on the rise in the EU and other places. So personally, I'll be doing 4 separate recommendations:

Absolute fastest in gaming:

Efficiency and all that out the window in favour for pure framerate.

Best bang per buck:

I will be including 5800X3D and AM4 into the equation assuming Ryzen 7000/Raptor Lake is within 10-15%. But an i5 13600k with a cheap Z690 that has PCI-E 5.0 for GPU might take the cake.

Efficiency optimized build:

Most likely an easy win for Ryzen but with the growing electricity prices, it does need to start being in consideration.

Long term Recommendation:

This is where I take longevity, IO and such into the equation. Having been one of the few people that upgraded from Ryzen 1700 to 3900X to 5950X... I am all too familiar with the ups and downs of sticking with a platform for a long time.

Last edited by Jizz_Beard_thePirate - on 04 September 2022