hi all i have a few £££ left over after building my daughters pc, and thinking of getting a new cpu, i currently have a 12 gen i7 12700k would there be any benefit for going for a 14gen i7 14700k i only use the pc for gaming if that helps, please excuse my ignorance i like building pcs but when it comes to cpu's I'm clueless
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14th gen i7 14700k
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Same boat, was pondering the same thing for ages but i think aside from the higher clocks and increase cache with the extra ecores, there's not really that much benefit unless you're a 1080p gamer?
I've overclocked my 12700k to 5.2ghz so im even less inclined to upgrade.
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I was going to do the same thing to replace my 12600 non K but the power draw and the heat the 14700k is chucking out has put me off.
4k gamer, at 144hz currently have the aorus 43inch monitor but i am also thinking of a upgrade at some point this year
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Absolutely not needed then, you're gpu bound at this point just stick with it and upgrade when there's a true next gen.
Same, if anything i'm more interested in the 13900k for the higher clock speeds and possibility to overclock it a little further.
I agree with Jay85, I doubt you'll see anything worthwhile.
This is very general, but for gaming specifically, the 12th gen K CPUs are a significant step down from 13th and 14th gen K CPUs (I believe that's primarily due to the cache changes), but that step is probably not going to be noticeable at 4K and even at 1080p or 1440p, I don't think I'd bother unless I was gaming in a CPU-bottlenecked situation (e.g. esports @ low settings) where every last frame matters. You may notice some improved lows and smoothness if you have a high-end graphics card like a 4080 or 4090, but that's the most I'd expect.
thank you i currently have a 3080ti and i have noticed lately on some games i have had to put it down to 120 with high/ medium settings like of cod and redfall
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I am contemplating upgrading my 12600k to either a 13700k or 14700k, the 14700k is slightly better from my understanding but is it worth saving £50 or so by getting the 13700k? it will be for a mix of gaming and video editing
If you are going to the trouble of upgrading from 12th gen, then you might as well get the CPU with the highest number of cores / performance and that's the 14700. Will 4 extra cores make that much difference for productivity? Not on their own, but you'll go from 6 P-Cores and 4 E-Cores, to 8 P-Cores and 12 E-Cores. For gaming, depending on your card, it might not be worth upgrading at all.
thanks mate, if it was just gaming I wouldn't bother at all, but resolve is struggling with my workload so I think you might be right
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I'm having the same problem, but gaming in 1440p and i'm cpu bound with 11700k and 6900xt in most of AAA games. Had to turn overclocking off due to heat factor...
Looking at YT videos with both 11th gen and 14th gen I would gain extra 5-7fps in 1440p? That can't be right...
Looking at YT videos with both 11th gen and 14th gen I would gain extra 5-7fps in 1440p? That can't be right...
Could be looking at over 25% performance increase at 1440p vs 11700K (with something like a 7900XT/4080 or higher) though does depend a bit on the GPU and settings, 6900XT probably isn't terribly bottlenecked by a 11700K.
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GPU goes to 100% usage only when upscale...
With what card? 6900 XT?
AMD cards usually have less of a CPU bottleneck than nvidia and power unlocked 11th gen CPUs are pretty fast, so depending on the game and the settings used, that's not surprising.
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Yes with 6900XT.
Had to OC to 5GHz on all cores for FS2020 or upscale it.