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.

I've been contemplating biting the bullet for a long while going from 13600k to a 14900k but with all of these bad reviews and deterioration I keep turning myself off as I haven't had a single issue with 13600k.

Is it still a bad idea if you consider reliability the most important factor? Im on the latest BIOS patch and I will be reading up on parameters that might need changing in BIOS to ensure more stability.

Just interested to see if many people have run updates and had no issues.

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)

I had a bad experience with AMD, I can try again, or call it quits and go with Intel. Is Intel planning on 15th Gen anytime so I can wait? I am not an overclocker. I had an AMD system 2990wx. I built and ran it smooth no issues for 6 years easy. I know the issues Intel is having. No real OCing it, Precision Boost was all. Any straight forward advice and opinions please, I will appreciate it. Thank you in advance! I am trying to have some 4k gaming and a steady workstation for typical office use, nothing with professional video editing, creating, and rendering. I need a good everyday use CPU to handle these tasks with a breeze and mumtitask. The 2990wx.could run all kinds of tabs and porgrams at once, but not to great of a gamer. It was good at gaming for me at first, then I tried upgrading GPU with 9070XT, so I needed to upgrade the whole system because the CPU was sluggish. Now, I am back on step 1.

It took just 3 days from the day I submitted my old processor for the whole RMA process to complete!

Was debating waiting until the 15th gen intel comes out to upgrade from my 12900k but the 14900k doesn't seem to be too expensive rn and I can move over my graphics card till the 5k series comes out which frankly I think is more important than the cpu atm anyway.

My question is i heard early on the 14th gen had a bunch of problems? Didn't follow the situation very closely but are they fixed now or should I avoid them altogether?

After 10 yrs I finally did my dream build. But after hearing about how my CPU is basically a time bomb, I'm tempted to disassemble everything and return my CPU and motherboard so I can switch to an AMD build. I've had around 2 blue screens a week and now I think i know why.

Am I being dramatic or is this the smart move?

My old i9 14900k burned out and I begrudgingly bought a new one today. It's in and working fine but as I'm not the most knowledgeable about CPUs... Is there anything I need to do to my motherboard or this newly installed CPU to ensure it doesnt suffer the same fate?

Appreciate any help!

Like some of you, after many years, I wanted to ball out on a new build and spare [few] expenses. Intel i9 14900K, Asus 4080, ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING Motherboard, 64GB DDR5, 4TB M.2 SSD, etc.

Since I built it, something was funky. Overall I could game with great performance but sometimes I'd crash on starting up games, sometimes I'd go 15 hours without an issue before crashing. But I was getting all sorts of memory, VRAM, etc. error codes (mostly in COD Warzone but in Rocket League, Fortnite, Spiderman, and others too!) but it didn't feel like any of those components had issues.

Skip to 4 months, 25+ hours of research later... I FINALLY FOUND THE ISSUE! I wanted to pass this along for any of you with an i9 14900K and an ASUS Motherboard. By default, most motherboards are way overclocking and frying your 13th/14th gen CPU unless you do the following. What this will do is enforce the motherboard to use Intel's recommended wattage for their own CPUs.

TLDR:

1. Find "ASUS Multicore Enhancement" in BIOS

2. MUST SET to "Disabled - Enforce All Limits"

This will fix all your problems!

Context from video here: https://youtu.be/HIubZYwBfPc?si=uBSOwjORjJAZmA61&t=764

I have had my 12700k on an MSI Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 motherboard for about 2-3 years now. I have a 4090 nvidia FE gpu, 32gb ddr4 ram, and a 38 inch 144hz Alienware monitor.

I’m wondering if I can find a good deal on a used 14900k if I should upgrade or hold off? My computer runs most games fairly well, except Flight Simulator. With FS 2024 coming soon, I’m wondering whether I should build a whole new machine with the upcoming AMD ryzen 9 X3D processors and new DDR5 ram, or maybe hold on to my current hardware for another 2 years and just put the faster CPU in it for now.

I have a seasonic platinum 850 watt psu, so I feel that a 4900k may be a relatively cheap upgrade without needing a new PSU, possibly case, board, etc. Has anyone done an upgrade and seen any significant performance gains from 12th gen to 14th gen? I already have a good arctic aio id even be able to reuse.

I just bought a PC with an i9 14900k and 4080 super. It’s set to arrive next Friday but after a quick google search I am afraid of thermal throttling issues. Is it true that this CPU is next to impossible to keep cool and will it affect my gaming performance? It is cooled with a 360mm AIO liquid cooler. I would I be better off getting a PC with a i7 13700k for the same price?

Recently got a newer build off of Facebook marketplace. It had a 14900k on it. I made sure to stress test it and see if there were any issues. I didn’t run into anything. Motherboard was updated to the most recent BIOS and gaming was fine.

Just today, I had some micro stuttering in my games, I would crash and freeze on some games and overall it was just not running well.

I know that the 14900k had launched with many issues, is there any ways that I could go about and fix this?

If you’ve been running the i9-14900K for a while, I’d love to hear how it’s holding up.

I’m looking for real-world feedback from people who’ve actually put this CPU to work — gaming, productivity, rendering, whatever. Has it stayed stable? Any issues with thermals, crashes, or reliability?

Would you still trust it as a high-end pick today, or do you think that it does not compete?

I’ve (accidentally) purchased this new 14900k because of a deal I couldn’t let go for €450,- now, I still have my 13700k+FS 140 V3, so thought why not get the Phantom spirit and build a new pc with it.

Never had an i9 in the past, and was really fucking surprised to see idle 50-60c and basically 100c on any stress.

My case is the Corsair 4000x, best I could do is order the H115i Elite Capellix 280mm rad.

Now, all I want is to get the temps down without losing performance, I won’t even mention overclocking with this thing.

Any recommendations are welcome.

system spec:

Asrock Z790 Riptide Wifi (2023) G.skill trident z5 6400 2x 32GB 6400 (able to do 6800 for now) RTX 4090 Asus tuf oc Thermaltake toughpower GF3 1050W

There have been plenty of comparisons between current gen Intel and AMD, and it’s pretty clear the jump from 13 to 14 is not worth the price of admission. Would it however, be prudent to wait till Alder lake or grab the 14900K if I’m upgrading from the Ryzen 3600X?

Would your answer change if I said I have an opportunity to get the 14900K for $300?

EDIT: Primarily it’s going to be a gaming pc, but I do need some overhead for programs like Fusion360, SolidWorks, Ansys, and MATLAB. 

Also, this would be for a full upgrade. The plan is to refresh the current build with new storage and maybe an upgrade to the 5800x3D a bunch of people have already mentioned and give it to my wife to replace her current build. I’m not looking to stay on AM4.

With the 285k being more efficiency focused vs being an actual performance upgrade (and seemingly less powerful than the 14th gen in gaming) - If I am planning on upgrading from an 8086k should I just go 14900k and be done with it?

I've been wanting to upgrade for many months now and held back when the 13th / 14th gen issues starting to show up this summer - and all the nonsense almost made me jump ship and go AMD - but now I'm just tired of it and wonder if I should just pick up a 14th gen and build around that (and pray it doesn't explode) vs going the 285k route. I'm going to need a new MB, RAM, PSU etc - as it's a major upgrade anyway.

I'm looking to game heavily but I also multi-task and basically live and work off the computer. What do you guys think?