Rig: Intel i5-12600k / MSI Z790 Tomahawk / MSI RTX 4080 Suprim X / 64 GB DDR5 kingston fury / Lian Li mesh performance II / Noctua DH-15 with two fans / 2 intake fans / 3 exhaust fans / Gaming at 1440p & 4k
I want to upgrade my cpu, but I’m wondering what would be a logical upgrade, and if an upgrade from 12th gen is even worth it to 13th or 14th gen at the moment (with current price to performance).
I’m leaning towards 14th gen since it’s also the last gen on a LGA1700 socket, but with the bad reviews on it i’m not quite sure it’s worth the effort. Then again i just bought the motherboard, and i don’t want to wait on 15th gen and have to buy a new mobo again. Any thoughts and advice?
Just wait for something meaningfully better. I put a 13700k and now a 14700k in my system and frankly, if I hadn’t sold a pc to necessitate building another one, it was entirely a waste of time. Gained a few fps but spent like 3 days messing with clock speeds and voltage settings so it wouldn’t run at way-too-hot all the time.
In a MSI Z690 Force mobo. Enhanced core clocks off and LLC mode 3 or 4 (I forget atm) was necessary to get the cpu (14700k) to behave acceptably. This is on a 360AIO, too.
Old temps were high 20s at idle to low 40s in game. Initially I was 45 idle, 70-80s in game. Now it’s low 30s idle and mid-40s in game again.
That all said, if you find a smoking deal on a 13700k, sure, I DID notice some improvement in 1% lows (3440x1440, max settings when possible), but not worth all the BS.