CPU Upgrade From I7 12700k

[sawacs]

I am wondering if I should go ahead with a small upgrade to my current system by upgrading from an I7 12700k to a i7 14700k

Current System:
i7 12700k OC to 5ghz on all P-Cores
GSkill DDR 4 3200 CL 14 overclocked to 3600 CL 15 gear 1
Asus RTX 4090 OC Edition
MSI Z690 Edge Wifi

Would there really be any point in upgrading to a i7 14700k if I run all games at 4k?

Thanks!

Sawacs

 

[infinitevalence]

What motherboard are you running?

 

[mackerel]

My gut feeling is, probably not. You get some more E cores, a bit more boost but lower base clock. It'll probably perform pretty similarly.

 

[BugFreak]

I went from a 10 series to a 13 and saw little to no difference. I would imagine the difference from a 12 - 14 would be about the same. I would say don't waste your money.

 

[sawacs]

Thanks for the advice.

The mainboard is an MSI Z690 Edge Wifi

 

[EarthDog]

I wouldnt either... regardless of mobo.

 

[infinitevalence]

Thanks for the advice.

The mainboard is an MSI Z690 Edge Wifi

Core i7

Raptorlake Refresh

i7-14700K

100

3.4GHz

28MB

33MB

B0

So good news, your board supports the upgrade, as for noticeable performance....

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they did not make any major changes to the P-Cores from Alder to Raptor Refresh but if I recall correctly they did make some reasonable improvements to the E-Cores so if your applications and operating system have good support for multi architecture.

 

[EarthDog]

E-cores are still the same IPC on RL refresh. They did add more to the 14700K (and only that one), though.

 

[Woomack]

I would wait for the next-gen. At 4K it doesn't matter much and in less than a year we will see new CPUs and motherboards (probably in Oct-Nov this year, but it's not confirmed).

 

[sawacs]

Great points to consider everyone and thank you.

I am leaning towards wait until the next gen CPU arrives.

Cheers!

 

[Tank Geek]

I feel like they just pushed the 14's through just to have something new for the stock market and not for the enthusiast. I upgraded my 9700K to the 13900K. It is a great new machine with DDR5 RAM. Plus now I have type C ports, which is nice, so I have that going for me.