Upgrade itch - thinking of moving on from my 5900x

[teejay73]

As per the title, I'm looking to upgrade in the near future (see what Black friday deals are about) from my 5900x. I game every now and again, but most of the time I'm using my pc for productivity stuff, such as Photoshop & Lightroom.
I've looked at the Ryzen 7900x and Intel's offering, and I'm tempted to get the 13700k, but I've been out of the loop on current gen stuff, so would like to know where to put my money?

Any thoughts and recommendations appreciated.

 

[teejay73]

I'd have a look at the reviews which cover the 14th gen along with various AMD CPUs.

Personally I'm pretty happy with the 14700K at the price point, but depending on the balance of what you do potentially other CPUs are better.

I'd go with the 14700K, good mix of single and multi thread performance. I hope your usage is pretty serious though, or you might be disappointed at the difference it makes day-to-day.

What are the differences between the 14700k and the 13700k? There is hardly any price difference, so might be better going with the former?

 

[teejay73]

Thanks all for your help! I think I'll likely go with a 14700k and Z790 motherboard as my preferred choice.

 

[teejay73]

Just a quick update to say that I finally bought my new cpu and went with the Ryzen 9 7950xd, along with the Asus ROG Strix x670-e & two sticks of Kingston 64gb ddr5 6000 cl30 ram. I was ready to go full intel, but I knew it was an EOL socket. Hopefully the cpu is as good as I've read/seem