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Upgrading the 8700 to the 12400F/13400F (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is my current build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j9d9KX

Planning on upgrading the cpu as it’s the only part of my build that I haven’t in a long time. But a bit lost on what the upgrade should be. Is the 13400F a decent jump in performance from the 8700? Is paying 60 usd more for the 13400F over the 12400F worth it or is its price to performance not justified?

What about the 13500? Is it worth paying 110 usd more for it over the 12400F?

And what mobo will pair well with it? DDR4 as I want to reuse the memory I already have

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It depends on your use case. 12400F is good enough for gaming. 13400F is barely 3-2% faster than 12400F on a good day; however, more e-core gives an edge in productivity software. 13500 is a 10-8% faster gaming and productivity beast for the price, but you need a beefy dual tower air cooler to keep it cool.