Best Alternative for i5-13500

[ruthvik_1411]

I want a CPU for productivity purpose, that performs just like i5-13500, The reason I don't  want to go with i5-13500 is it requires a additional cooler ? .What are the key metrics that one should consider while buying CPU for only productivity. iGPU must be included. Suggest best affordable Mobo for the CPU. 

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, ruthvik_1411 said:

I want a CPU for productivity purpose, that performs just like i5-13500, The reason I don't  want to go with i5-13500 is it requires a additional cooler ? .What are the key metrics that one should consider while buying CPU for only productivity. iGPU must be included. Suggest best affordable Mobo for the CPU. 

You need to tell us what "productivity" means to you.  What exactly are you doing?

 

The 13500 is an ok CPU,  so basically any AM5 or any  better Intel  is fine.  Very broad question.

[ruthvik_1411]

Productive tasks like Developing Android Applications. I will be running Android studio, emulator and chrome (3-4 tabs) parallel. Irrespective of platform. give me suggestions

[PDifolco]

23 minutes ago, ruthvik_1411 said:

I want a CPU for productivity purpose, that performs just like i5-13500, The reason I don't  want to go with i5-13500 is it requires a additional cooler ? .What are the key metrics that one should consider while buying CPU for only productivity. iGPU must be included. Suggest best affordable Mobo for the CPU. 

Not a bad choice for productivity, AMD chips in that range are less performing due to not having ecores

But why is the cooler an issue ? A decent $30ish cooler will do the job perfectly (TR PS120 or PA120)

And you'll also need an aftermarket cooler with anything above a 13400 or AMD 7600 anyway

[RandomLegoBrick]

doesnt the 13500 come with a cooler already?

[ruthvik_1411]

Just now, RandomLegoBrick said:

doesnt the 13500 come with a cooler already?

That's not enough, I am from India. Temperature can reach 40-45 °C. Stock cooler is not enough

[ruthvik_1411]

6 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Not a bad choice for productivity, AMD chips in that range are less performing due to not having ecores

But why is the cooler an issue ? A decent $30ish cooler will do the job perfectly (TR PS120 or PA120)

And you'll also need an aftermarket cooler with anything above a 13400 or AMD 7600 anyway

Okay then, Could you also suggest a Good mobo for i5 13500.

[SpookyCitrus]

25 minutes ago, ruthvik_1411 said:

That's not enough, I am from India. Temperature can reach 40-45 °C. Stock cooler is not enough

40 to 45c isn't bad though? That's well within normal operating temperatures of the CPU, that's actually fairly good if that's under your normal productivity load as well.

[PDifolco]

29 minutes ago, ruthvik_1411 said:

Okay then, Could you also suggest a Good mobo for i5 13500.

Really any B660/B760 should do fine

 

8 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

40 to 45c isn't bad though? That's well within normal operating temperatures of the CPU, that's actually fairly good if that's under your normal productivity load as well.

OP was talking about *ambient* temperature  

Sure it could be a problem for cooling the CPU, maybe some power limit should be set around 120W

[RandomLegoBrick]

52 minutes ago, ruthvik_1411 said:

That's not enough, I am from India. Temperature can reach 40-45 °C. Stock cooler is not enough

Gotcha, unfortunately its hard to beat the price of lga 1700 (intel 12th, 13th, 14th gen) motherboards right now but if you dont mind spending a little bit more, am5 is a great option because it is more power efficient. (therefore easier to cool). I'd recommend the amd 7600 cpu, it will have a little bit less performance in productivity due to the lower amount of cores than the 13500 but it is still a very solid cpu and has a great stock cooler.

For a motherboard the cheapest right now seems to be this gigabyte b650 board https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BZ17BQ4Z/ which is on sale for ₹11,989 (about 150 usd). not an amazing price but its a decent enough board.

 

These are just recommendations btw, take online advice with a grain of salt, its always best to do some research and make sure there wont be issues with the software you want to run and there are likely better deals if you do a bit more hunting. 

 

[Hellowpplz]

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