If you not having application performance issues related to your CPU then hold off until you are

Thats basically the correct way to look at it.

Look for Samsung B-Die DDR4 if you want the pinnacle of DDR4 performance which is what you should be aiming for with that chip.

I use 4x 8GB B-DIE with a 13700k @ 3600 cl14 which does well

Easy, the problem of being thirsty and not sexy enough

I have a 13700k and my wife has a m2 macbook pro

The macbook feels way too sluggish to me and if lower power mode is on…oh boy that thing is a slug.

You would only get a 14900k over a 14700k if you were already getting a 4090 and still wanted more

As long as $50 doesn’t mean going without something else, 14700k easy

Depends, whats the performance problem your trying to solve. Need some context!

You would get a small boost from a new CPU in SOME scenarios and HUGE boost in most scenarios with a new GPU.

I think your looking at the wrong component (IMO)

(im also a flight simmer)

Yes 100% worth it if you need to solve cpu performance issues

Wait how did you macro this?

Ill ask them to reduce the cost of the order to compensate at least partially

I just had one question. What performance issue were you hoping to solve with the upgrade and did it indeed solve the problem?

One personal already pointed out the MSFS uplift was surprisingly high between the 2, are you a sim player also?

As a flight simmer myself actually surprised you seen an uplift of 20-25% going from a 12700k>14900k

The increased cache probably had something to do with it.

Anyways, thanks for sharing!