I upgraded from 8700k and I don’t want to upgrade but my pc was already asking for performance in my current work. I felt like I’m already losing money because of it so I upgraded to something I can replace in a year or two (13700 paired with b760) both are cheap and way faster. I practically saved 60% of time vs my old system. Less of a headache and more free time. Know your reasons for upgrading.

Save it. If you’re going to upgrade, just go for a 13600k, then sell your 12400

Important question is: what will you do with it? Gaming, work? For work, get the 14700k. Gaming, 14700kf. Ultra budget, 13700k/kf/non k paired with b760/z690.

Another option: If you’re a 3D artist, just go 14700k and add the extra budget to the gpu. If ultra budget, Even a 13700 non k will do the task for 25% slower than 13900k in multithreaded. So it won’t be as slow when you’re actually working as not all cores are utilized. Pair it with a b760. Add the budget to ram and go 64gb.

Don’t upgrade if you don’t need to. If you just really want to spend money, buy 14900k and/or do custom watercooling 😜

It’s enough. Go for galahad 2 trinity 240. Or something with lcd. If you want rgb and still can see your beautiful mobo, liquid cooling. It still has a slight advantage over high end aircooler when it comes to temp. Go for an aircooler if you are afraid of water and much cheaper and most and foremost, your mobo is ugly to look at. Either will be enough to cool it.

If I’m gonna keep the same pc for 5 years, I’d go for 14700k or 14900k instead and a z790 refresh motherboard. I want a board with wifi 7 10gb lan port and gen 5 ssd (this one not sure as it cuts the bandwidth for gpus)

Other option is amd 7950x3d or 7900x with x670 motherboard

Just for comparison: I have the 13700 (non-K) with b760 motherboard and if you stick to intel 65w tdp, it’s cold. But when you turn on the performance mode maxed to 90c, it goes up to 93c 5ghz-5.2ghz all p cores. Everything “cooled” by 240mm aio and with a contact frame. I bet it will reach the 100c if I disable the temp limit completely. The max power I get is 215-260w. And yes, I use it for work everyday and it reaches that temp. But intel made the processor to run that hot so no biggie.

Do you have the money to upgrade your cpu and ok if it’s already the deadend platform? Yes.

Wanting the highest uplift bang for buck upgrade? No, wait for end of 2024.

It’s most likely that you’ll choose intel over amd if you play very specific games that lean over intel. And if you want a cpu that works right away. But we’re at a time that the 7000 series cpus bugs and errors are mostly fixed.

Yes. Even a good 240 aio can cool a 13900k. Ofcourse only with the power limit. Hardware Canucks made a test about it. Just make sure to install the aftermarket contact frame to slash the temp some more.

Yes. Unless it’s causing any issues

That’s why it’s important to double check if the ram model is guaranteed to work. Look for it in the memory list from the motherboard manufacturer’s website.

4 dimms are only guaranteed to run at 4000mhz for 13900k. You can try 5600mhz, some reviewers said they can get it stable at that speed for 4dimms.

In my country it’s $50 or even less. 4 more e cores for work is always welcome. You can go either way 13700k or 14700k. I choose the latter personally. It’ll pay for itself fast. What your budget allows, go for it. You can also either go for z690 if it’s cheaper than b760. What I always require though and important to consider is DDR5, pcie gen 5, number of m.2 storage, and # of connectors. Your usecase might be different.

That’s a valid point too. Depends really on your location and usecase. In my country, the difference isn’t that much between 13700k and 14700k. You may need to flash the bios though if the bios isn’t updated yet for all the z690 and z790 boards.

just an update to the comment: be cautious about mobos with m.2 pcie gen5 being populated that reduces the gpu pcie x16 to x8. I don’t know if this is true to all current motherboards. If that’s the case, it’s better to get the non m.2 gen 5 mobo.

If you want intel for work, just go for 14700k, 4 more ecores for almost the same price as 13700k. Get z790 ddr5 motherboard that can have pciex16 gen 5 and m.2 gen5. 4 slots of m.2 the better. Get a DDR5 ram 32gbx2. In that way, you can upgrade the storage, gpu and ram later if you want.

If you’re on the budget side, still get the 14700k, get the Asrock B760M steel legend motherboard. It can run 14700k no problem, and it’s already DDR5 memory and pcie,16 Gen 5 ready for ~$200, then get DDR5 16gbx2 ram.

Well, maybe in some rare cases but this one can be cooled by mostly anything. The 3D v-cache feature allows it to run cooler with low latency.

You can go either intel or amd. If it’s just gaming, Ryzen will give you a better upgrade path for lower cost, while still being on top of the list. I’d suggest going 7800x3D. Intel is only a good choice for work/game and some very specific games.