Wondering what people’s suggestions would be should I get the current gen i7 or last gen i9?
Primarly use my pc for gaming a bit of video editing + work but when I upgrade my pc again in hopefully 5+ years I put the CPU, motherboard and memory into my home server that I use for my lab.
i9 is £460 i7 is £420
with such a low price difference I’d be seriously considering it and comparing them more thoroughly, however where I live the 13900K is still about 50% more expensive than the 14700K and just a couple of EUR cheaper than the 14900K
Not a huge difference in price. Get the 13900k. Anything more than £100 then get the 14700k.
Get the microcenter 14900k bundle, totally worth the price for the cpu, motherboard, and ram
14700K is the way to go according to one source (TechRadar)
The 14700K is £399.95 in the UK: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i7-14700k-raptor-lake-s-socket-lga1700-processor-retail-pro-int-00800.html
If you’re going to get a 13900k, get a 14900k, They are only $50 more. Just make sure you get a z790 mainboard.
In the UK they’re all at least £100 more expensive ($125 ish)
I have a 13900k and there really few and far between workloads that can use the sustained all 40 threads to its maximum. I do high performance computing and encoding besides gaming. I get 100% usage with some very specific R code, Python only goes above 1 core for very short durations and handbrake uses ~60% of the cpu for software x265. Also you’ll need faster ram to get the most of it and cooling it is a harder as well. I’d go with the 14700k, save the difference and place it towards the gpu
32 threads
If I’m gonna keep the same pc for 5 years, I’d go for 14700k or 14900k instead and a z790 refresh motherboard. I want a board with wifi 7 10gb lan port and gen 5 ssd (this one not sure as it cuts the bandwidth for gpus)
Other option is amd 7950x3d or 7900x with x670 motherboard
You really can’t go wrong with either one, just undervolt, and it will cut down on power usage without sacrificing performance.
7950x3d is ur answer
That probably would be the wiser choice when compared to buying into an EOL platform… though I would suggest the 7800X3D.
I would go the 13900k seems they have better memory controlers so far so you could go with 7200mhz memory and not have to worry about XMP working.
I just did this last weekend and it’s great! I upgraded a 3770 so it’s a pretty big update for me. :D
My 14700k pushes my ram to 8000mhz
igors lab test were flawed. complete misinfo debunked by frame chaser. 14700k running 7466mts here. 14th gen has a better imc
The i9 is the best choice as long as you have an excellent cooler
14700k is faster in games. and apo its not even close.
Longer term the 13900k will be better. the 14th gen is a joke for the most part in that its basically the same cpu’s with a higher base clock.
Just throwing this out there but is a 14700k worth an extra $100 over a 12900k? Going by microcenter deals btw.
I’d go with the newer CPU over the older one, so 14700K.
4 more cores, 2 generations up, more ram utilization, yes.
Yes, it definitely does. There’s a big difference in cache between those and there are some other core enhancements. So 14700K being has essentially faster cores and 8+8 vs 8+12 don’t tell you the whole story.
People would choose 13600K over 12900K even if the i9 is cheaper than the i5 due do that.
I’d lean i7-14700K.
Marginally more efficient, a little less total power draw in games (~ 131W vs 143W) and apps (155W vs 169W): https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-14700k/22.html
and you get the APO features.
Either one will be fine though. 13900K is a little faster in applications overall, but 14700K is a little easier to cool and cheaper to boot.
You’ll likely have to power limit either of them unless you have a 360 AIO.
Not really - they’ll throttle if they run too hot. No need to artificially power limit. They’re engineered that way.
There are also plenty of air coolers than can handle 200-250W