I’m wanting to upgrade this month as I’ve previously posted. I’m going from a 9700k.
Initially I was looking at the 14700k but now I’m considering the AM5 platform.
It’s cheaper, the socket will have a longer lifespan and the 7800X3D is superior in games.
What are people’s thoughts?
Desktops yes. I’ve had 2 gens of AM4 and went AM5 7900x with my latest. 5800x and 2 5600x boxes on AM4. Previously had been all Intel. Still run some Intel systems where it makes sense. Stand alone Plex box with a 10th gen because of Quicksync. No issues with AMD systems. GPUs can’t say the same. However it’s not like Intel is doing a bang up job there either.
Socket longevity and efficiency honestly were the tipping points. Intel seems to arbitrarily kick out new chipsets and sockets where they could have probably made a socket last. Prime examples socket 1151 100 and 200 series boards made to work with two generations newer chips. Specifications likely could have been beefed up to allow 4 generations to stick to a common socket.
Then there is the significant boost power draw of Intel chips. Sure some are faster in certain workloads, but they are power hungry to do it.