I don’t know which to get. I currently have a i5-9600k, but it’s ready for an upgrade. And there are a couple of deals.

I7 13700: 389 euro I7 14700KF: 429 euro I7 14700K: 469 euro(419 euro deal is unfortunately sold out)

I’m leaning towards the KF, but don’t know if it’s worth it. Hope to get some advice! Thanks.

  • Wulfrand@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just built my new PC (three days ago) with a i5 14600k and I am very happy with it. I was thinking between 14600k and 14600kf, but I went with a K because of the integrated graphics card. Which was a blessing because my new graphics card was acting out (as I thought at the time) and it allowed me to troubleshoot the system. If I went with a KF that has no integrated graphics card, I would have been in a major pickle. All in all it was not the graphics card that was the problem, but somehow my windows installation was corrupted and it got fixed with another installation.

    • Psaiducks@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for the explanation. For me it’s kinda new so i’m still learning, this helps. What made you go for the i5 over i7?

      • Wulfrand@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        To be fair there were a few things that influenced my decision:

        1. I primarily game on consoles these days. Therefore, I do not need a high end gaming PC anymore.
        2. I use my PC to play my favourite old and older games in 4K 120fps. For that and for some newer ones in 4K 60fps and i5 is more than enough. I play all of that on a 55 inch QLED TV.
        3. The benchmarks I saw showed a small difference between an i5 14600k and an i7 14700k. For example here https://youtu.be/lPujFWliL20?si=ItCHJHD3Nz81KSrh Therefore, I decided it was not worth 100€ more.
        4. A lot of reviews have said that it is not necessary to go with an i7 unless you want to perform some heavy duty task and that an i5 is more than enough for proper gaming.

        Basically this was enough for my needs. I always look at my needs first and then at price vs performance. As I said, my needs have changed in the last few years so I decided not to go with the absolute high end PC like I used to do (back in the day). I hope this helps.