Intel Core i5-10600K

Recently we took a long hard look at the 10th generation Intel Core i9-10900K and walked away with a better opinion of it than what we went in with. The combination of ten cores and blazing fast, ‘out of the box' 5.3Ghz frequencies makes it a rather...

Source: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows CentralYou should buy this if. You want the best gaming CPUMake no mistake here; the Intel Core i5-10600K is the best gaming CPU you'll find in the $300 category, and the chip outmatches all of its AMD rivals.You...

Intel's Comet Lake recently crashed into the market with the beastly $488 Core i9-10900K leading the charge, showing us that its aging Skylake architecture and hyper-refined 14nm++ process still has the gumption to keep the company's gaming performance...

The Intel Core i5-10600K is an undeniably fast midrange gaming CPU, but at its launch price, it needs more daylight between it and Ryzen 7 chips above, and less between it and the Ryzen 5 ones below.

Right now, platform cost of Comet Lake is too high, especially when it comes to price-sensitive users. AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 and 3600X are highly competitive, definitely more affordable and only with slightly lower performance, a trade-off that will make sense for a lot of gamers as they can invest the savings in a faster graphics card. If you are looking at building a 1080p gaming rig and feel like a 4c/8t CPU is sufficient, also check out the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X, which is fast enough in games and lets you save another $150 on the CPU, so you can go a tier higher on the GPU. I have a Core i5-10400F on the way, so stay tuned.

Honestly, I wish I had more to say about the Core i5-10600K in comparison with AMD's Ryzen 5 3600X, since that's its direct competitor. And if you're building a new PC, you're likely faced with that choice between the two, especially since you need a...

Intel Core i5-10600K is a classic example of a product that is too little, too late. If Intel had delivered Hyper Threading with its 9th Gen parts, then this CPU would have made a perfectly decent showing as Core i5-9600K.More importantly it would have...