We all know how the 13th and 14th gen high end CPUs have cooling issues, but how bad is it realistically? I've heard from many people that a good 360mm AIO should be enough to cool it, and it has been updates addressing the issues.
And in performance, it's in a pretty good spot. According to TomsHardware, it's the best Intel CPU for gaming, losing only to the X3Ds, but at a much cheaper price. This is also at 1080p, where the CPU is used much more than the GPU. I can pick up the 14900k for around 400 USD right now, as opposed to 7800X3D at around 450-500 and 9800X3D where prices can reach 500+ easily.
In Single Threaded productivity, the 14900k is top 3, losing only to the core Ultras. It even outperforms 9950x, a CPU that costs 580+ USD. 9800X3D is mid level on this list, around 13700k and 14600k, and 7800X3D is outperformed by a 12th gen i5.
In Multi Threaded, 14900k is doing decently well, but gets smoked by the 9950x ($580) and 7950x ($500), both more expensive CPUs, while massively outperforming 7800x3d and 9800x3d.
For gaming/productivity, 14900k feels like the perfect CPU, it's cheaper than all its competitors in gaming AND in productivity. AMD CPUs seem very specialized, with the 7800x3d and 9800x3d being really good for gaming, but terrible for multi thread, and 9950x being really good for productivity, but mediocre for gaming. The closest cpu to 14900k is 9950x, which costs a lot more, and 14900k outperforms it in single thread as well as gaming.
As someone who wants a good CPU for both gaming and productivity, is there any reason I shouldn't get a 14900k? It's the cheapest option, offering a more balanced performance compared to AMDs more expensive options. Yes it's on the now dead LGA 1700 motherboard, but I figure by the time I upgrade again, AM5 will be dead by then too. I guess I could wait for 9950X3D and 9900X3D, but they'll probably cost at least 600+ USD.
Is the i9 14900k so Bad as people describe it and full of errors?
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Optimizing Stability for Intel 13900k and 14900k CPU’s
OP is on to something here, these chips have something wonky going on with them and I personally think ASUS mobos are frying them(the motherboard part is anecdotal). I followed the advice given in earlier responses OP did and it did stabilize my chip enough to determine I need to RMA this thing because its pretty much FUBAR now at this point. I will update this response when I get my new chip just to confirm it works but I have a feeling it will.
I was experiencing endless BSOD, thermal run away, game failures to load, frequent program errors in CAD software and games, but doing these steps took most of it away.
Update: I got my new processor and these steps definitely fixed it. Im not experiencing temperature spikes, all my programs work, clock speeds are fine, scoring high on 3dmark. Voltage to the processor is 1.35. Yeah, gotta say, much better.
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I hate that most of the market in my country is full of Intel and Nvidia products, rarely AMD.
And my only options are: I9 14900k which is 419$ Ryzen 7 7800x3d which is 580$ Ryzen 7 9800x3d which is ~700$
Is there any other good cpus that I missed? Or should I wait for the new cpus that are coming out. (Am planing to buy 5070 ti if that helps)
Thanks.
(Sorry for my English)