Question 1

What cooler/fan/heaksink did you get for it?

Accepted Answer

Happy Thanksgiving!  To answer your question, I'm running it on air with a Noctua Redux NH-U12S (plus the second fan upgrade kit).  I'm using Noctua HT-H2 thermal paste and it keeps it cool from 0% - 90% load.  I'm over the 'overclocking' phase in my life, so the only performance "boost" was enabling an XMP profile for the 4 x 16GB of DDR5 RAM (G.SKILL DDR-5600) in the MSI motherboard.  Let me know if you have any other questions...

Question 2

Does this CPU come with a fan?

Accepted Answer

No, it doesn't come with a fan.

Assume from now on that any CPU, especially those of the upper tier, will require an additional separate purchase of a cooling solution. The throw away fans that used to be included in the box in the past are not sufficient to cool, and to include one that is would not be economically viable without increasing the overall price when you could purchase something better.

Question 3

i7-3700K 13 Gen Raptor CPU, is it a 300 series CPU? I have a series 300 motherboard and I am looking to upgrade my i5-9400F.

Accepted Answer

You will need to use a 600 or 700 series for raptor lake cpus.
When it comes to Intel, the general rule of thumb is that you would usually have to upgrade your motherboard every 1-2 generations of CPU. 
AMD, on the other hand, utilizes motherboards that are supported for about 5 years, but are much more expensive.

Question 4

Does this come with thermal paste?

Accepted Answer

Thermal paste often comes with the CPU cooler you will need, not the CPU itself.

Question 5

Is this the same as 12900K?

Accepted Answer

No, it is not the same.  There are far too many differences to list here to answer your question, but these are two completely different processors albeit similar in specs.  The 13700K is Gen 13 (Raptor Lake) and is in the core i7 family whereas the 12900K is Gen 12 (Alder Lake) and is in the core i9 family.  The amount of threads is the same for both (24), but the base clock speed of the P-core and E-cores of the 13700K is faster than that of the 12900K along with the max single P and E-core Turbo Frequencies.  The Gen 13 core i7 has a larger L2 cache than the Gen 12 core i9 (24MB vs. 14MB).  You are also comparing an Intel core i7 chip to an Intel core i9 chip which is fine...just know that this chip (Gen 13 / Core i7) absolutely destroys the Gen 12 / Core i9 for half the price and you don't have to worry about your ambient room temperature hanging around 80 degrees! LOL

Just do a simple Gxx00gle search to compare the two chips...both support the Z690 chipset, both support 20 PCIe lanes, both have support for PCI Express 5.0, and so on.  The Gen 13 will work with the newer Z790 chipset but not the Gen 12 chips.  The memory speeds are slightly different (RAPTOR LAKE -- DDR4 3200 / DDR5 5600 vs. ALDER LAKE -- DDR4 3200 / DDR5 4800).

Thanks.

Question 6

So this supports DDR5 speeds no faster than 5600? I wanted to pair this with DDR5-6400 RAM.

Accepted Answer

It should work fine.  Use the XMP profile to go above 5600.  I bought ddr5 6000mhz for mine.  Ill find out in a few days

Question 7

Will this come with modern warfare 2?

Accepted Answer

It would be nice, but I didnt see any offers.  I preordered it, it should ship on the 20th.  If it comes with it, Ill update my answer

Question 8

Would this processor be a good fit for the rog strix Z790 E gaming wifi motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes, easiest way to tell if it's compatible, is to look at the CPU slot. LGA 1700. You could get any mother board for this CPU, that uses this slot number.

Question 9

How would this be for gaming and pairing it with the AMD Radeon RX 7800XT when it comes out? What would be a good Motherboard and Memory to pair with it?

Accepted Answer

A good board for gaming that has wifi built in is the z690 tomahawk ddr4. IMO its not worth the price for ddr5 memory, but any ram that is reputable will work, 3200 or 3600 frequency. I use the g.skill aegis 64gb (16x4) and couldnt notice any difference in different sticks.

Brand	Intel
Processors Type	Desktop
Series	Core i7 13th Gen
Name	Core i7-13700K
Model	BX8071513700K

CPU Socket Type	LGA 1700
Core Name	Raptor Lake
# of Cores	16-Core (8P+8E)
# of Threads	24-Threads
Operating Frequency	P-core Base Frequency: 3.4 GHz E-core Base Frequency: 2.5 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency: Up to 5.4 GHz Single P-core Turbo Frequency: Up to 5.3 GHz Single E-core Turbo Frequency: Up to 4.2 GHz
L2 Cache	24MB
L3 Cache	30MB
Instruction Set	64-Bit
Hyper-Threading Support	Yes
Memory Types	DDR4 3200 / DDR5 5600
Memory Channel	2
Max Memory Size	128 GB
ECC Memory	Supported
Integrated Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 770
Thermal Design Power	125W
Operating System Supported	Windows 11

Intel Core i7-13700K - Core i7 13th Gen Raptor Lake 16-Core (8P+8E) P-core Base Frequency: 3.4 GHz E-core Base Frequency: 2.5 GHz LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop CPU Processor - BX8071513700K

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