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I don't know which to get. I currently have a i5-9600k, but it's ready for an upgrade. And there are a couple of deals.

I7 13700: 389 euro I7 14700KF: 429 euro I7 14700K: 469 euro(419 euro deal is unfortunately sold out)

I'm leaning towards the KF, but don't know if it's worth it. Hope to get some advice! Thanks.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The 14700K and KF are a very recent refresh of the 13700K.

They should be priced similarly, and they should perform a little better in productivity applications, and have some extra features (e.g. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000095419/processors.html). Unless you can find a very good price for the 13700K, pick a 14700K or KF.

The 14700K includes a built-in GPU which the KF does not. Some streaming applications may use it to encode your stream, and it may help in some other applications (e.g. Corel Painter) if you use those. It may also come in handy if you have a discrete GPU, but it fails, and you need something whilst it's being repaired or replaced.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The 14700K is not really a refresh of the 13700K, it has an additional 4 E-Cores, it really is the only improved CPU among the K SKUs on the 14th gen.

So if OP uses multi-threaded applications a lot, the additional E-Cores on the 14700K might be worth the difference in costs. In gaming, besides the 2 APO games, 13700K and 14700K perform more or less the same, the difference can be gained by slightly oc'ing the 13700K.

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