Hello boys and girls,

As probably most of you on Z690 and alderlake, I have an upgrade itch.

Currently running Z690 EDGE, DDR4 3600 CL14 and RTX 4090 with 12600k cooled with noctua u12a.

I kind of invested into “better” motherboard so I could have future upgrade path.

Now I’m wondering, is it worth it to swap to higher tier 13900k/14700k/14900k for 4k gaming.

Has any of you made similar upgrade?

Thanks to everyone’s contribution.

  • Impossible_Dot_9074@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    14700K. I just made the same upgrade and am good for at least another 3 years. I had my 12600K for 2 years already. So that’s 5 years on the same socket. Plus I was able to get some money back by selling on my 12600K. Very pleased with the performance of the 14700K but it does tend to run hot even with a NH-D15.

    • jerubedo@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The only reason temperatures get out of control is because of the stupid wattages these motherboard manufacturers are allowing by default. The Intel spec limit for sustained wattage is 253 watts. And you get 96% of the performance, literally, as opposed to unlimited wattage that peaks at 350w. My 14900k at 253 watts gets a Cinebench R23 score of 39,514. At 350 watts, it gets 41,217. That’s a 4.3% difference in performance for 38% more power! And at 253 watts the temperatures at a max AVX2 load are in the low 80s on a 360mm AIO. At 350 watts, it’s in the very high 90s bouncing up and down off of 100 degrees.

      TLDR; Set the PL1 and PL2 limits to 253 watts, get 96% of the performance, and temperatures won’t exceed the low 80s on a good cooler with a punishing load.

  • holt2ic2@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Just as others said just wait for 15th gen. No point since 14th is just a very minor increase in performance. You will see an increase but probably to just hold out for now. 12600k shouldn’t be too bad still.

  • RockyXvII@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If the most intensive task your PC is used for is 4K gaming, it’s not worth it

  • d13m3@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I also have 12600kf , evga z690, ddr5 and 4090, today bought 13700k, wanted to try amd, but don’t want to change motherboard and waterblock. What I don’t like from 12600 - low memory overclock, only 6800, and cpu overclock is only 5300. Expected to get from 13700 7600 for memory and 5700 for cpu.

    • nsvs_@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Nice. Care to report on the difference? Are you running 4k as well?

      • d13m3@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        No, I play 1440p that’s reason why I can see difference between cpu. And also it’s my kind of hobby- overlocking, so interested what I can achieve with 13700