Upgrade to i7-14700K, is it worth it?

BPD007 · Dec 18, 2023

Hi everyone. Thinking about upgrading to i7-14700k as the price as there is a nice sale going on.
I am currently running an i9-12900K in an MSI MPG Z690 board with DDR4 64G ram @3600. The CPU is not overclocked and I don't plan to. Worth it to upgrade or hold off?

Thanks

Betroz · Dec 18, 2023

No, is the short answer. The 14900K would at least give you more e-cores and higher frequenzy, and a better IMC.

jarablue · Dec 18, 2023

I personally would not. Wait till 15th gen. See what happens then. Or see what amd comes out with. I wouldn't bother.

charonme · Dec 18, 2023

if I was already satisfied with the 12900K I'd maybe consider it if I could sell the 12900K for at least 2/3 of the 14700K price (probably less if there was something bugging me about the 12900K and wanted better power efficiency)

Cryptedvick · Dec 18, 2023

Really not worth it. You would get very minimal FPS increase. Wait for at least 15th gen or even 16th gen for a real bump in performance. By that time IMCs will also mature and >8000Mhz DDR5 will be common and finally worth upgrading over fast DDR4.

ahoypolloi · Dec 18, 2023

BPD007 said:
Hi everyone. Thinking about upgrading to i7-14700k as the price as there is a nice sale going on.
I am currently running an i9-12900K in an MSI MPG Z690 board with DDR4 64G ram @3600. The CPU is not overclocked and I don't plan to. Worth it to upgrade or hold off?

Thanks

If you are doing alot of multicore processing/editing, then consider the 14900K; it would be another 50% extra power.

leonman44 · Dec 18, 2023

I can’t really say about the 14700K but I upgraded from the 12900K to 14900K and it was a big upgrade , bigger than I thought.

s1rrah · Dec 19, 2023

not at all.

Akadaka · Dec 19, 2023

Nope not worth it.

BPD007 · Dec 19, 2023

Thank you everyone!

Neutronman · Dec 20, 2023

Well, like everything.....It depends. In multi-threaded applications the 14700K is around 14% faster and in games at 1080 it's 10% faster, however it is definitely more of a power hog than the 12900K, using 279W in Blender, opposed to the 12900K that uses 244W....

I doubt that the 12900K is struggling to keep up in applications or games, so if it was my choice I would keep the 12900K and wait for next gen.

However, if I really had money burning a hole in my pants I would upgrade but to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, significantly faster in games than the 12900K or the 14700K and uses a quarter of the power that the intel cpu's use.

Just saying...

mxthunder · Dec 21, 2023

for gaming, probably not, but it does give you more cache and higher frequency.

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mahanddeem · Dec 24, 2023

Not a major update, unless you enjoy spending, and using newer things (hobby driven), if you sell the 12900k for like 250 to 300 then you'll spend like a 100 (plus) more going to 14700k.
It's not super worth it, but if I were you I'd do it. It's a disease 😂

joeh4384 · Dec 24, 2023

mahanddeem said:
Not a major update, unless you enjoy spending, and using newer things (hobby driven), if you sell the 12900k for like 250 to 300 then you'll spend like a 100 (plus) more going to 14700k.
It's not super worth it, but if I were you I'd do it. It's a disease 😂

The not needed upgrade but hey I at least sold my old parts before they really depreciated to crap.

s1rrah · Jan 5, 2024

Here is my 14900K after just banging around for a day or two; only advantage I could see is the theoretical lower voltages. EK NUcleus CR360

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