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I thought I might as well get the best cpu I can ever get for my motherboard so what the hell. 14900k ordered and hopefully arriving on Wednesday 
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14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh"
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I thought I might as well get the best cpu I can ever get for my motherboard so what the hell. 14900k ordered and hopefully arriving on Wednesday
What you going to do when the KS launches?
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If there is a ks version I doubt it’ll be much faster so I’m sure I’ll still be happy with the 14900k
Next on my list is a 4090 which I’ve postponed for a while.
If it never arrives then will stick with what i got for the forseeable as tbh the 13900k is not exactly struggling with anything i use it for and running a nice undervolt and is direct die cooled so very happy with it as is .. if the 14900k offered a substantial uplift then would be all over it but it doesn't so will wait to see if the KS arrives which won't be much better but should be an ok jump from a 13900k
first 14900k review
He doesn't like it, says it has same performance as 13900KS but it runs at higher voltage so draws more power for no extra performance.
He got the CPU from one of his viewers who received because a store sold it to them early, that's why he's not breaking any NDA and can get the review out before anyone else.
He doesn't like it, says it has same performance as 13900KS but it runs at higher voltage so draws more power for no extra performance.
He got the CPU from one of his viewers who received because a store sold it to them early, that's why he's not breaking any NDA and can get the review out before anyone else.
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Don
If you're under NDA, you're under NDA. It doesn't matter where the processor came from
There is no NDA if you didn't sign anything. No one sends him hardware to review, he buys all his own stuff to review and a store decided to sell it to him early, he can't be sued for that, Intel can try suing the store that sold it to him.
That's how it's always worked, a reviewer who buys hardware from retail stores and reviews it is not bound by any legal obligation like the YouTube channel who take free samples and sign contracts to get stuff for free. You can say and do whatever you want with hardware you have bought.
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Don
Ah I thought he was a reviewer who did get samples
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I won't be upgrading this time.
I was stupid enough last year to upgrade from 12900k to 13900k, the performance difference just isn't there - Especially when it would be a £200 - £250 upgrade once you have sold the 13900K.
The only upgrade that seems significant is the i7-14700K which does actually seem like a worthy upgrade compared to previous gen i-7's.
I was stupid enough last year to upgrade from 12900k to 13900k, the performance difference just isn't there - Especially when it would be a £200 - £250 upgrade once you have sold the 13900K.
The only upgrade that seems significant is the i7-14700K which does actually seem like a worthy upgrade compared to previous gen i-7's.
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Outside of people who just like tinkering for a hobby, the only market for the 14900k etc seems to be competitive gamers playing at 1080p 500hz lol.
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You got the summary backwards. His 14900k runs more efficient than his 13900ks thus he can get an extra 100mhz at the same load voltage.
If you’re on adl or 13600k and below, the 14700k is a good drop in upgrade that will last a long time.
Unless something revolutionary will come, it's unlikely I'll upgrade before 2030.Well you can as you are buying in to an EOL platform.
If primary gaming I'd opt for am5, 7800x3d not much in it for gaming and you'll have upgrade path
Pretty sure AMD won't be doing refresh with minimal gains
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Still makes no sense to cut off any possible option of a drop in upgrade along the way if you change your mind, but whatever floats your boat, your money and all that jazz.
I'm closer to the average user than the typical forum member I guess, since 1988 I never bothered doing more than changing hard disk/SSD or GPU.Still makes no sense to cut off any possible option of a drop in upgrade along the way if you change your mind, but whatever floats your boat, your money and all that jazz.
I always overspec RAM to guarantee longevity and that trick never failed me so far.
Hadn't watched the full video yet when posted and went by his Twitter post where he said it's less efficient than the 13900ks. However he does say it has the same performance in all benchmarks he tested and the ram controller isn't any better so overall he said the performance was the same. Perhaps the 14900k might undervolt better but that guy doesn't generally doesn't undervolt much
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