Wondering what people’s suggestions would be should I get the current gen i7 or last gen i9?
Primarly use my pc for gaming a bit of video editing + work but when I upgrade my pc again in hopefully 5+ years I put the CPU, motherboard and memory into my home server that I use for my lab.
i9 is £460 i7 is £420
The 14700K is £399.95 in the UK: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i7-14700k-raptor-lake-s-socket-lga1700-processor-retail-pro-int-00800.html
I have a 13900k and there really few and far between workloads that can use the sustained all 40 threads to its maximum. I do high performance computing and encoding besides gaming. I get 100% usage with some very specific R code, Python only goes above 1 core for very short durations and handbrake uses ~60% of the cpu for software x265. Also you’ll need faster ram to get the most of it and cooling it is a harder as well. I’d go with the 14700k, save the difference and place it towards the gpu
Just throwing this out there but is a 14700k worth an extra $100 over a 12900k? Going by microcenter deals btw.
Yes, it definitely does. There’s a big difference in cache between those and there are some other core enhancements. So 14700K being has essentially faster cores and 8+8 vs 8+12 don’t tell you the whole story.
People would choose 13600K over 12900K even if the i9 is cheaper than the i5 due do that.
I’d go with the newer CPU over the older one, so 14700K.
with such a low price difference I’d be seriously considering it and comparing them more thoroughly, however where I live the 13900K is still about 50% more expensive than the 14700K and just a couple of EUR cheaper than the 14900K
13900k is a beast. Runs everything I throw at it from games to intense audio/video sessions.
Either would be fine, the 13900k is the slightest bit faster and the 14700k is the slightest bit more efficient and has apo but for the all intents and purposes they are the same cpu.