• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh"

I was kind of hoping for a new socket, as the LGA1700 socket has well known flexing issues that can cause contact pressure problems.

Oh well, if I upgrade, I'll just buy a £10 frame to help reduce any problems.
 
darael said:
I was kind of hoping for a new socket, as the LGA1700 socket has well known flexing issues that can cause contact pressure problems.

Oh well, if I upgrade, I'll just buy a £10 frame to help reduce any problems.
Click to expand...

The frame is definitely worth the money.
I purchased one a few months ago and the CPU temps have come down a little and my cooler doesn't seem to be as loud when gaming - Or this could just be a placebo.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
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.
Click to expand...

Yeh. Toying with the idea of selling my 12700k and plopping a 14700k in there, as should give a reasonable performance increase with the clock bump, extra cores and cache.

Might not really be worth it though. Might just wait a few more years and a whole new upgrade, although after selling the 12700k it would at least be a fairly cheap interim upgrade.
 
Last edited:
Jono8 said:
Yeh. Toying with the idea of selling my 12700k and plopping a 14700k in there, as should give a reasonable performance increase with the clock bump, extra cores and cache.

Might not really be worth it though. Might just wait a few more years and a whole new upgrade, although after selling the 12700k it would at least be a fairly cheap interim upgrade.
Click to expand...

Looking at it, not sure it is a worthy upgrade.
A 12700K is worth £220 - £250 on the online auction site, so it is roughly £170 upgrade.

Not too sure a 14700K is worth the extra money.
 
darael said:
I was kind of hoping for a new socket, as the LGA1700 socket has well known flexing issues that can cause contact pressure problems.

Oh well, if I upgrade, I'll just buy a £10 frame to help reduce any problems.
Click to expand...

New socket next year mate, it's being known for quite a while, not that long to go just keep waiting few more months: Intel 15th gen on a LGA1851 socket coming middle of 2024, just 8 months to go till 15th gen
 
Last edited:
I assume they have lots of orders so updating order status may be delayed, I was just wondering as i have other stuff in my cart I need asap so if I did miss out on the initial stock i'd prefer to order them seperately
 
Matthew Hunt said:
Looking at it, not sure it is a worthy upgrade.
A 12700K is worth £220 - £250 on the online auction site, so it is roughly £170 upgrade.

Not too sure a 14700K is worth the extra money.
Click to expand...

Yeah, for an average user/gamer, if you have an i7 or i9 12th/13th gen then none of them are really worth upgrading to, but like everything value is subjective :)

Workstation usage has different calculations.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
Looking at it, not sure it is a worthy upgrade.
A 12700K is worth £220 - £250 on the online auction site, so it is roughly £170 upgrade.

Not too sure a 14700K is worth the extra money.
Click to expand...

You are probably right. If i see a great deal/voucher code or something i may bite. Otherwise, probably not.
 
Tetras said:
Yeah, for an average user/gamer, if you have an i7 or i9 12th/13th gen then none of them are really worth upgrading to, but like everything value is subjective :)

Workstation usage has different calculations.
Click to expand...

Yeh, i mean 12700 -> 14700 is a pretty significant jump in multi threaded stuff. 8/40% more cores/threads is not to be sniffed at! Not to mention every core (even the efficient ones) gets a 10%+ clock boost.

in certain tasks (and even in some games), the 14700 is going to be much quicker than the 12700.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom