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At the moment i have a 13700f and it looks like i have a cpu bottleneck with my current gpu (a 4090) and im not sure what would be the best option for upgrading since im also a bit flat on money now since i got my new gpu

Also im not sure if the prices here in my country are high but the 13900k is about 700 USD and the 14900k is about 800usd and the 14700k is about 500usd.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

13700k is already pretty damn good you shouldn't need to upgrade, you already have all 8 pcores.

But sure if you want you could get a 14700k or 14900k. Probably 14900k if you want to see a difference. But again, it will be small. You already have 95% of the gaming performance avaliable on the socket.

Are you sure you're not experiencing, like a game engine limitation or something? What are you trying to do that you can't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

But I have the 13700f not a k...

Its cuz whenever i play games after i switched my gpu i cant get higher than 70% utilisation on the gpu where my cpu is pushing all it can

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

Oh I see. Sorry I missed that. Yeah I suppose a 14700k wouldn't be a bad upgrade since you can still get pretty good money for your existing cpu. Your all core boost would go from 5.1 to 5.5. Thats something. But just so you know, it can be hard to get 100% utilization out of the 4090 on any cpu, especially at lower resolutions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's assume you get a 14900K then, overclock it to 6 GHz P-cores using direct die cooling, and throw on 8000 MT/s DDR5 with a Z790 Apex Encore for good measure. You're now somewhere around 30% faster in games than your previous setup, and GPU utilization will occasionally hit 90% instead of 70%

All for the neat sum of roughly 2000 USD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

a 14900K is about what? 5-10% faster? not worth it, wait a few months and buy a 8800X3D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

lol 8800X3D requires basically a whole new computer

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

The difference is how well AMD supports their platform to be honest. AM5 could easily last someone ten years. I’d say it’s absolutely atleast worth considering. Until Intel abandons their current socket and platform changes I’ll absolutely never go back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also… 14900K vs 13700F is 12% faster single-core and 50% faster multi-core.

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

yeah.. most people dont care about multithreading, and yeah, 12% st is important, but 8800X3D is said to deliver 20% better st? read that even 30% is possible, while being way way more efficient and like 30-40% better in gaming... 14900K is a waste of money if already have the 13700

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

and i say that an i9 is pointless as a 13900K owner, ill upgrade ASA 8800X3Ds are available

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

As a 13700F and 14900K owner I’ll say that I’ll be waiting to see how the 8800X3Ds actually perform before even thinking about getting one.