12th Gen, or safe 13/14th gen?

[Defy Belief]

So i've seen all the issues regarding intel 13/14th gen, crashes, instability, degrading etc.

I am picking up a 'barebones' pc on Friday, which contains a z690 motherboard but no cpu. It has usb-flash without cpu needed so I can update the BIOS to support 14th gen.

I don't have much of an issue budget wise with the price of what i'm paying for the unit, so my question is am I better off buying something like a 12700k/12900k and avoid these issues, or are there any safe bets with the 13/14th gen now?

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Defy Belief]

Sorry, z690!*

Interesting insight though that you and people you know have had little issues.

12600k @ £149.99 and 12700k @ £189.99 seems a good starter I think

 

[Defy Belief]

You could get a 13700K or 14700K and do the following to prevent any issues:

-Update the BIOS and make sure that it has the updated microcode from Intel.
-Down clock the CPU.
-Manually set the TDP limits in the motherboards BIOS.

See Buildzoids video here

This is useful, thank you

 

[Defy Belief]

To be honest I wouldn't be flourishing on the 13900/14900 side of the fence either, a 14600k would be plenty for 1440p gaming

 

[Defy Belief]

Ok thoughts now then...throwing some options in the mix, would you buy a...

14600KF for £160.

Or

12900KS for £150.

gogogo.

 

[Defy Belief]

What is the main thing you are going to be using the PC for?

Gaming really, not much else as I don't do much in the way of editing nowadays...on the odd occasion I do some stuff with VMs for training purposes, but that's usually more ram intensive than anything.