Amazon [amazon.com] has Intel Core i7-13700KF Gaming Desktop Processor 16 cores (8 P-cores + 8 E-cores) - Unlocked for $291
Specs
- 13th Gen Intel Core processors offer revolutionary design for beyond real-world performance. From extreme multitasking, immersive streaming, and faster creating, do what you do.Max Memory Bandwidth : 89.6 GB/s. Instruction Set : 64-bit.
- 16 cores (8 P-cores + 8 E-cores) and 24 threads
- Up to 5.4 GHz unlocked. 30M Cache
- Discrete graphics required
- Compatible with Intel 600 series (might need BIOS update) and 700 series chipset-based motherboards
- Performance hybrid architecture integrates two core microarchitectures, prioritizing and distributing workloads to optimize performance
- Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, and PCIe 5.0 & 4.0 support. Intel Optane Memory support. No thermal solution included
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Plus the F marking means no integrated GPU...which also means no quicksync. You're better off getting a used 13700K on ebay for about the same price, even if you have no immediate plans to use the integrated graphics.
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The iGPU also provides potential (slight) framerate improvements and power savings by offloading tasks from the main GPU, and yes quicksync to transcode content extremely efficiently and of course encoding for twitch streaming or whatever if you're into that sort of thing. I'm sure there's more uses I'm unaware of, but those are the big ones I can list off the top of my head. I myself recently bought one to upgrade my Jellyfin server. 15+ simultaneous transcode streams and 10W of power when idle with no dedicated GPU required, yes please.
And just because you can't imagine ever needing the iGPU doesn't mean it's not worth pointing out that the feature is lacking. It's possible somebody looking at this does need the iGPU capabilities, possibly without even realizing it, and does not realize what the little F means. You seem to have done the calculus and decided the iGPU is not to your benefit, but I find it to be a hard thing to give up when the difference in price is only $20 or so.
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