I’m going to upgrade my son’s PC. He’s got my old Ryzen 3600x after i upgraded to 5900x. was gonna go with Intel for him this time. Microcenter has cpu/mobo/ram combos for the 13700k and 14700k. its $50 difference to go with the 14700k bundle. should i go with the 14 or 13? mainly for gaming for him. got him setup with 1440p 144hz monitor on his desk and also hooked up to 42” 4k 144hz monitor.
not concerned with the $50 price, but more concerned with some youtubers saying the 14 series draws crazy power or isnt that much of an improvement over 13 series.
That’s only a question that you can answer. With 14700K you get 4 more e-cores than the 13700K. Is $50 for 4 more e-cores worth it to you? What would you spend the money on if it weren’t being spent on e-cores? Do you value 4 e-cores more than that?
14700k has 8 core + 8ht + 12 e corr. It’s a beast. And for 400 euro vat included. Performance is 5% less of an amd 7950x ornin par. And you can oc it. Take a good z690mb with 2 ddr5 6000mhz and you are ready also to upgrade in the future to the 14900 even if the difference will be minimal. Bye
14700k
Always get the newer option especially if it’s supposed to last a few years. Ignore the it runs hot crap and just make sure it gets adequate aio and psu.
14700K all day long.
13600k and extra money for games
As a 14900k owner myself - I can’t help but to recommend a 7800x3d and calling it a day, if it’s for a kid that literally is just wants play video games.
14700kf
Microcenter has 7800x3d bundle for $499 same price range as Intel bundles your looking at and it’s not on the tail end of the socket. Go am5 so he has an upgrade path plus it’s the best gaming processor on the market right now.
Bro no one want’s that AMD garbo.
Did you just call a 7800x3d garbage lmao
Why not just a 5800X3D into his existing mobo?
Good idea. Less money to spend but ddr4. So half bandwidth
good question, the mobo is a b350 and starting to cause some issues. so, going to start from scratch with whichever platform/combo i go with.
and also reuse the motherboard no?
For gaming go AMD.
Correction: If you are broke and don’t care about raw performance, go AMDolt.
5800x3d
Why would OP want to downgrade to that trash?