Strangely I was in your situation few weeks ago about same bulid then finally settled for 13600k and rtx 3070 that what was in my budget at the time and gave my gtx 970 to my bro and build him new PC with 13500 and ddr5 6000 MHz and what's really funny now they released 14 gen after I built both PC and now the prices are dropping and I bought the 13600k for 410 USD and 13500 for 245usd and used rtx 3070 for 329 usd
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I would say go with the i7-13700k if you really need more cores for video editing and 3d modeling otherwise either one works.
14700k given extra core & little increases clock speed than 13700k.
I went from i5-13600k to i7 13700k. And I absolutely suggest the i7. Just more stable and hit my sweet spot. Go for i7
Hi everyone, thanks for the advice. People are largely telling me to go for the 14700k, i feel it's overkill for my uses, though.
I've decided to go with the i5 chip due to a few of the answers here; for context, I've been a student for the past 5 years (hence the no-upgrade for 7 years) and so a long upgrade path to me seems normal (which i understand is not the norm).
Now i have a decent job out of my masters; I'll probably be able to afford upgrades on a more frequent basis (not 5+ years lol). My current budget suits the i5 and 4070 combo best. Believe me, if i had an extra £300 kicking around, i would totally have gone with the 14700k and 4070ti.
Maybe next time, folks, i will get the better upgrade. Appreicate all the comments on this (even the ones telling me not to be stingelord, which made me chuckle). Maybe not have convinced me to upgrade this time, but i will certainly be reviewing my build after a couple of years now.
Best, Sam