Overall Review: I am a software engineer and write code for a living. I have a desktop, with a 13th Gen i5 CPU and it does an awesome job at compiling code. I also have a laptop, with an 11th gen I9 CPU. The i5 is considerably faster. Interestingly enough, one of my co-workers has an Apple M2 laptop, which seems to be the fastest of all! Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase. It did not break the bank and is extremely powerful. I ended up using air cooling and the fans rarely run above idle. The CPU is the heart of your PC, make sure you get a good one.