To help you find the best CPU cooler to pair with the i5-11600K, we have compiled a list of six of the best options the market has to offer: three of which are air coolers, while the other three are AIO liquid coolers – all under $120. Thankfully, the money saved from the purchase of the CPU itself can be allocated towards a high-end CPU cooler, which will be far superior to AMD’s stock Wraith Stealth cooler, and can potentially last even more iterations of processor upgrades in the future. In terms of performance, the Intel i5-11600K only trails the Ryzen 5 5600X by about 3% in single-core performance (according to GeekBench 5 benchmarks: 1,565 vs 1,619), so the price differential will, ultimately, make the Intel i5-11600K the far more cost-efficient option.Īnother area in which the i5-11600K trails the Ryzen 5 5600X is its lack of a stock CPU cooler, and its much higher power demand of 125 watts (versus the 65 W TDP of the Ryzen 5 5600X). With an MSRP of $262, it can potentially cost over $100 less than the Ryzen 5 5600X at launch as Ryzen 5000 series CPUs are still being price gouged due to their lack of sufficient supply and adequate competition. But what will truly make this CPU competitive is its price.
Additionally, this CPU will have RAM support (3,200 MHz max memory speeds) and PCIe 4.0 compatibility that its 10 th generation predecessors lack.
This processor is made to compete against AMD’s Ryzen 5600X (see our comparison here), and it has the best chance in doing so if we consider that it has an equal number of cores and threads with its competitor. One such Comet Lake variant is the highly anticipated i5-11600K. The new generation of Intel microprocessors is upon us, and this 11 th iteration of Intel CPUs has variants that show promise in providing some much-needed competition against AMD’s Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 series.
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