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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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I7 14th gen
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I upgraded from an i5 13600k and have seen a masive boost in performance after installing this new cpu
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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 am kind of surprised at how many people have given this a good rating. As a little background, I build a new computer every three years, and I alternate between Intel and AMD. Unfortunately, I didn't do my due diligence on Intel this year, or I would have stuck with AMD.
The 14th gen chips suck up too much power and have heating issues. This is likely due to AMD's excellent chips putting pressure on Team Blue to release their own chips before they are ready.
In practice, this has left me with some stability issues when gaming. I'm not overclocking the chip, and I've suffered crashes and bluescreens across two different motherboards. I'm beyond my return date (though Best Buy would likely refund me via gift card, but I'm not going to press my luck) so I'm going to eat the price of the chip and got to AMD's highly regarded 7800X3D which is $30-40 cheaper.
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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.