Is it worth upgrading to a i7 14700k or no ?
Only if you don’t need your money
I’m out here on a 7700k waiting to upgrade…
I know them feels. I just bought a 13700 to upgrade after years of playing on my 6700. I’m excited to upgrade. Just waiting on my cooler to show up and I can get to building.
Upgraded my 7700k for a 13700k in January. Wasn’t about to play Phantom Liberty at sub 60fps
I upgraded from 3770 to 13700kf after 10years, the CPU runs mad hot at times.
It’s the last socket so why not, there’s apo down the line when they decide to add more games. 15th gen will certainly utilize this so just go for it.
OP the 14700k is a bit better for gaming and you get APO support as well. Better imc could also lead to better memory frequency/timings which could further improve game performance.
No
A lot of people answering, and not even owning a intel cpu, that‘s funny.
I did it, 12700k to 14700k. Same mobo, ram. Added a contact frame, and needed to underclock and undervolt (as i did with the 12700k) with a NH-D15. After a weekend of fiddling around i‘m at 35-37C idle temp with fans off and at max 90C in CB24 mt. Scores are way above anything the 12900k could do, with way less voltage. Also in the most demanding games it gave me a palpable uplift in fps. But i‘m talking high end. I have a RTX4090 and i can see it in maxed out CP77 (pathtracing) i can see and feel it in msfs20 in VR, also simracing, Automobilista2 VR. I really see and feel the difference.
But if you have a mid tier gpu or even a 4070/4080 i don‘t know if it really makes sense. Depends on the game or workload. If you can use your old mobo and can sell the 12700k for 200€/$ go for it. If it makes you happy, go for it! Don‘t expect a generational uplift in performance though. 7-14% depending on the game/programm.
I did this EXACT upgrade… If your asking 12700K to 14700K specifically for gaming only… while you will get higher fps it won’t be much because the 12700K was barely ever maxed out to begin with at 1440P and up so it will feel like a waste of $ at this time. This will just give you a higher ceiling and longevity. If you do a lot of multi monitor stuff on top of gaming with background applications with discord streaming web browsing etc. the e core difference definitely helps a lot more than the actual P cores. Example is downloading games off of steam. Unless I forced steam to run on P cores with a 12700K the download speed would cap out around because the e cores would pick up that task and couldn’t handle faster than that. With the 14700K it’s not even remotely an issue I get my full 1.3Gbps of speed with steam downloads.
nope
Love to redo my 5950x build but it’s hardline watercooled so I’d lose my ass in the sale
I saw my lows and certain cpu limited scenarios improve dramatically. That was very worth it for me.
Same. Did 12700KF to 14700K to pair with my 4090 on 1440p, so basically everything is CPU capped. It’s not drastic but it has certainly smoothed things out noticeably with a small bump in FPS. It’s likely the cheapest way (~$200 after selling 12th gen) to squeeze out a few frames without changing a bunch about your setup.
I did this, also needed to upgrade my cooler to a 360aio so keep that in mind, the 14700k is alot hotter, like alot…
Did I notice anything? No not really, I already had 400fps in cs2 for example, yes now the number is like 500-600, do I notice it though, is it tangible? Not really.
Good to know im future proofed for longer though.
It only runs hot with these out-of-control default motherboard settings. Set your power limits to 253W (the Intel spec) and you’ll get 96% of the performance (literally) and temps in the upper 70s on a torture test vs instantly at 100 during the same test with the power unlimited.
And before anyone says that that eats into the performance gains in coming from 12th gen, nope. Because 12th gen also needs to be power limited out of the box to 241W (again, the Intel spec) in order to not have the same exact issue. And again, it’s roughly that same 96% of the performance at 241W.
depends if you’re going to upgrade your ram AND mobo. with less than 7200mhz, stick to your z690 and 12700k. with a new 14th gen mobo, get the 14700k and get 7200mhz+ xmp ram.
you cant keep you z690 as you will be stuck with your current ram kit, (it wont run 7200mhz ram). so it wont be as big of a jump. probably not even noticeable in games.
Does this ram frequency vs 6400 make that much of a difference ? And how so?