Hello,

I’m going to buy one of these as an upgrade from a 12th gen. For 90% gaming usage which do you think would be a better way to go? There is only a $180.00 price difference between the two. I’m going to be pairing this with an MSI Z790 EDGE DDR4 motherboard with 4000 CL14 4x8 ram. I also currently already have a corsair 360 AIO. Does the 14900k have a better memory controller? I’ve also read that APO is only available currently on the 14900k? I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not? Which one would you guys go with? Thx

  • DelayedYT@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    there is not much point upgrading from 12th gen rn, but it really depends which games you play and if you run many intensive tasks. 14700K should play most games smooth like butter and with great fps, but if you really want to 14900K would probably last a little longer

    • Noreng@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      14700K should play most games smooth like butter and with great fps, but if you really want to 14900K would probably last a little longer

      Lol, by “a little longer”, do you mean 10 days? Because the performance difference between a 13600K and 14900K in terms of gaming isn’t large enough that I’d consider the 14900K more “futureproof”.

      • PsyOmega@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, having more e-cores won’t extend the window of gaming usability

        By the time, a decade from now, that games hammer CPU’s, all current gen will not be enough.

        CPU’s age with gaming on only two factors, IPC and cache. core counts, especially e-core, doesn’t matter “as much”.

    • aleetszns@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m going to use my 12th gen kn a different computer. From everything I’ve watched/heard the 13 an 14th gen are huge upgrades from 12th gen?

      • Noreng@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        From everything I’ve watched/heard the 13 an 14th gen are huge upgrades from 12th gen?

        Yes, in Cinebench, Blender, Handbrake video conversion, and 7-zip, there’s a significant difference. There’s also a significant difference if you’re into HWBot stuff like SuperPI, Geekbench, and y-cruncher and your 12th gen doesn’t support AVX512.

        For gaming purposes however, you’re looking at 15% at best

      • Tatoe-of-Codunkery@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        There is an upgrade for sure , and APO is only supported by 14th gen. I have the 14900k and love it , I upgraded from a 5800x3d and my 4090 can fly free now

        • aleetszns@alien.topOPBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Thx. I’m leaning that way because the cost difference is so minimal at the moment.