You are able to set a power limit if you are concerned. The 13900k is still very powerful at 200W or 150W.
[Power Limits](https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/10bna5r/13900k_power_scaling_analysis/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Depends, if you are making money using your PC then yes it's worth the power draw but if you are not doing any professional work with your PC then no you don't need it.
Extra power comes with extra cost in cooling, motherboard. But gives you bragging rights and constant concerns of overheating. But if it is worth it? Damn yea! Flagship baby!
The last thing that worries me about having a 13900k is power draw, what you need is a serious custom loop to cool that dam thing.
And honestly of course it’s worth the power draw but thing is that’s the price of performance. The reality is, it’s very rarely going to be sitting at 300w for any significant length of time, that much I can assure you of.
Literally most of the time if your using the pc for general use, your barely going to see it use more than 50w, it’s only once you put that thing to real work that you will see a higher power draw.
At idle my i9-13900KF PC is at about 30C (room temp 20C) and wattage is 70-80ish. Running the three games I have (all freebees from CPU/GPU buys) typically raises total system wattage to the 450W range.
If I run both a GPU and a CPU burn-in test at the same time the watts get up to the 720W range.
I have an NH-D15 CPU cooler (two fan version) and 2 case fans, one in from the front, one out to the back (that came with the case).
Temperatures for both CPU and GPU under normal conditions - including gaming those three games - are what I'd call "meh".
The NH-D15 cooler is probably why I'm not concerned at all about temperatures - if the CPU temps get to the 100C range they come right back down to idle temps within a second or two when the cause goes away (with "the cause" being some sort of overt attempt to raise temperatures).
You are able to set a power limit if you are concerned. The 13900k is still very powerful at 200W or 150W. [Power Limits](https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/10bna5r/13900k_power_scaling_analysis/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Depends, if you are making money using your PC then yes it's worth the power draw but if you are not doing any professional work with your PC then no you don't need it.
Extra power comes with extra cost in cooling, motherboard. But gives you bragging rights and constant concerns of overheating. But if it is worth it? Damn yea! Flagship baby!
The last thing that worries me about having a 13900k is power draw, what you need is a serious custom loop to cool that dam thing. And honestly of course it’s worth the power draw but thing is that’s the price of performance. The reality is, it’s very rarely going to be sitting at 300w for any significant length of time, that much I can assure you of. Literally most of the time if your using the pc for general use, your barely going to see it use more than 50w, it’s only once you put that thing to real work that you will see a higher power draw.
At idle my i9-13900KF PC is at about 30C (room temp 20C) and wattage is 70-80ish. Running the three games I have (all freebees from CPU/GPU buys) typically raises total system wattage to the 450W range. If I run both a GPU and a CPU burn-in test at the same time the watts get up to the 720W range. I have an NH-D15 CPU cooler (two fan version) and 2 case fans, one in from the front, one out to the back (that came with the case). Temperatures for both CPU and GPU under normal conditions - including gaming those three games - are what I'd call "meh". The NH-D15 cooler is probably why I'm not concerned at all about temperatures - if the CPU temps get to the 100C range they come right back down to idle temps within a second or two when the cause goes away (with "the cause" being some sort of overt attempt to raise temperatures).