How to replace where exists with inner join?

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I would have thought exists would be faster than an inner join.
When you run the query in SSMS and also select execution plan or estimate execution plan, are there any index recommendations?
I would actually start writing the query using only exists:

SELECT pr.partid
  from parts.Nop_Part pr with(nolock) 
 where exists(select *
                from extractreports.dbo.RequiredPartsPL rp with(nolock) 
               where rp.partid=pr.partid
                 and exists(select *
                              from Parts.Nop_PackageAttribute pa WITH(NOLOCK) 
                             where pa.packageid=pr.packageid 
                               and exists(select *
                                            from dbo.Core_DataDefinitionDetails dd WITH(NOLOCK) 
                                           where pa.[Key] = dd.ColumnNumber 
                                             and exists(select *
                                                          from extractreports.dbo.getrelatedkeyandvaluepackage g 
                                                         where g.Featureid=dd.acceptedvalueid 
                                                           and g.valueid=pa.value)
                                          )
                           )
             )