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Rig: Intel i5-12600k / MSI Z790 Tomahawk / MSI RTX 4080 Suprim X / 64 GB DDR5 kingston fury / Lian Li mesh performance II / Noctua DH-15 with two fans / 2 intake fans / 3 exhaust fans / Gaming at 1440p & 4k

I want to upgrade my cpu, but I’m wondering what would be a logical upgrade, and if an upgrade from 12th gen is even worth it to 13th or 14th gen at the moment (with current price to performance).

I’m leaning towards 14th gen since it’s also the last gen on a LGA1700 socket, but with the bad reviews on it i’m not quite sure it’s worth the effort. Then again i just bought the motherboard, and i don’t want to wait on 15th gen and have to buy a new mobo again. Any thoughts and advice?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If you must 13700K/14700K are on sale about 47 apart currently. Am not sure about heat but have 12700KF & 12900KF, and I likely should have spent the extra on the 13700K. There's a minor bump in speed and more e cores between the 2 (ecores aren't super useful for gaming other than background tasks). I updated my BIOS on the 12900KF and I think one of those two if I upgraded either rig would be fine. Just am not sure it's worth the spend but there is some improvement. You will get more p cores on either of those. The 14th i7 and i9 are pretty close. These are US prices though so it does depend on your local pricing also.