12th and 13th gens were fantastic, which is why 14th gen was so disappointing. If they had continued the LGA 1700 trend, 14th gen would be a powerhouse that’d make Zen 5 quake, instead it’s a nothing burger. F.
12th and 13th gens were fantastic, which is why 14th gen was so disappointing. If they had continued the LGA 1700 trend, 14th gen would be a powerhouse that’d make Zen 5 quake, instead it’s a nothing burger. F.
I’d advise you look at the total platform cost of moving up to 12th gen. Consider good RAM and a good motherboard with decent PCIe support for a current or future SSD you might acquire.
The LGA 1700 is a good socket and corresponding motherboards support 3 generations (mostly two since 14th gen changed next to nothing) with BIOS updates, so you may want to throw in a better 13600K/14700K down the line for not that much of an investment, while recouping close to your original cost for the 12400F.
If you don’t plan on ever upgrading from the 12400F, I’d be more wary, since it’s roughly a 50% boost in performance for a fairly large investment (proportionally).