So I’m currently running the 12th gen i7 3.60GHz and lately I feel like an upgrade might be due soon.
During heavy loads I usually have a game up such as Escape From Tarkov or Battlefield 2042 and various other games, but I also have discord up to stream and have my friends screens up as we play, and I also have chrome running with multiple tabs for maps, Crunchyroll, Netflix and such. (I watch anime in between matches and when I’m not too concerned about being competitive).
Would upgrading to 14th gen be worth it? I’d certainly like to upgrade from DDR4 to DDR5, so maybe a bundle upgrade would be in order?
Depending on your stream settings in discord, it could be worthwhile in my opinion. I sometimes stream for my friends in discord as well and even going from the 12900k to 13900k was beneficial. Same with the rare occasion that I stream to twitch since I prefer to use CPU encoding rather than GPU encoding.
As for the difference in gaming with a web browser and some videos up, I think that would most likely be unnoticeable.