Customers praise the Core i7-14700K for its fast and reliable processor speed and overall performance, although some find the performance increase minimal. The installation process is also considered simple and easy. However, some customers recommend a robust cooling solution to manage the processor's heat output.
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Processor speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good enough
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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good for my workstation. Try to update the bios before installing the new processor. Hoping to upgrade to sapphire rapids HEDT in near future.
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The negative review is for the store I purchased from. as soon as I walked in to pick up my order, I noticed that the CPU chip itself was bouncing around inside the box without any protection. They still handed me the item and told me to check the pins if they were damaged, why would that be my job? It ended up taking another hour just to return it because they assumed I swapped it out with the broken one. How can I swap out a CPU chip when the box was not even opened and I never left the store? Really weird situation, ended up getting my CPU from Micro Center.
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Was not impressed at all, stopped working properly after 40 days. This combined with the GeForce 4060 TI 16gb, did well for the first week, then was getting 25FPS! now I upgraded my rig and motherboard used is ASUS TUF Z790-Pro. It also ran very hot and I was using ICUE H150I. I switched back to my I5 13400F and got 80 - 100FPS on AAA games.. I'm not an expert but I've been building my own rigs for 15years. Honestly feel it was a bad CPU.. which I'm out $400. Good luck..
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I am building a gaming computer. I have never done gaming since my 1980 experiences building the Heath-kit H-89 computer and writing a pong game in basic. Looking forward now to see what todays gaming is all about.
The I7 is on the motherboard and powered up.
No smoke yet.
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I've run Intel exclusively since replacing a Phenom II in what had to be 2010/2011.
After I had purchased it articles on stability issues started popping up. They didn't really worry me especially as they were mainly surrounding the 13900/14900 i9s..But that was until I started having random crashes that have ultimately been pinpointed to the CPU.
What makes it worse is..I'm stuck with it. I spent $900 on the CPU, a motherboard obviously for this specific chipset, and less importantly - RAM. There's no fix from Intel. RMA? Sure, for the same CPU with an inherent design flaw and an apparent 100% failure rate (that percentage is based on 3rd party investigators, not made up.)
If I switch to an AMD CPU I'm basically out another $700. Everything minus RAM. I'm a college student, I can't afford that.
At least whilst it is working, it's fast?