

There’s fun to be had with DDR5 kits, too. And that’s with cooling solutions that you order online today. In our internal testing, we’ve found the Intel Core i9-13900K, Core i7-13700K, and Core i5-13600K all can hit that lofty number in lightly threaded workloads, like gaming and regular desktop usage. But you don’t need Intel’s top-of-the-line chip to join the 6GHz club. The Intel Core i9-13900KS offers a 6GHz Max Turbo Frequency right out of the box. But for folks building their own PC at home with an off-the-shelf air cooler or AIO liquid cooler, 6GHz overclocks have only been a dream - until now. Professional overclockers have long used exotic cooling to push CPU frequencies into the stratosphere.

Ready to start fine-tuning the performance of your Raptor Lake PC? Here, we’ll get you started with some tips and tricks for getting the most of your hardware. But if you’re the kind of PC enthusiast who likes to roll up your sleeves and tinker with your computer’s BIOS settings, there’s even more performance potential on the table from your overclockable K-series chip. Intel’s latest 13th Gen Core, or “Raptor Lake,” CPUs offer exciting performance right out of the box.
