Customer Ratings & Reviews

Upgraded to the i9-14900K from a i7 and it’s been nothing short of incredible. This chip chews through everything I throw at it — gaming, streaming, editing, you name it. Temperatures stay manageable with a good cooler, and performance is buttery-smooth across the board. Games launch instantly, multitasking feels effortless, and heavy workloads finish in record time. You can really tell Intel pushed this one to perfection — it’s fast, responsive, and future-proof for years to come. If you want top-tier performance without compromise, the 14900K is 100% worth it. Easily one of the best purchases I’ve made for my build!

So far intel hasn't let me down until I got this cpu. Only inconvenience that I had was unreal engine 5 games wouldn't load in due to overvolting and thermal throttling of the cpu. A simple bios update solved all the issues and I haven't had any issues since then. When playing games or multitasking it has been superb especially using Intel XTU to tune the cpu to desired specs and allow the cpu to get maximum performance under my cooling system. Pros: Super fast processor (base speed) Intel XTU tuning unlocked even more speed multi-tasking performance Cons: CPU overheats due to voltage overload (UPDATE BIOS)

Wanted something to go with my 5090 and this did not disappoint. Runs a little hot so I strongly suggest you get a really good cooler

I assumed my i7-13700KF was defective so I bought this to upgrade my system performance. Since I play Baldur's Gate 3 and it is CPU intensive I knew it would make a difference and it has. Very happy with the purchase.

Intel definitely has always had the top of the gaming world to me. This processor is unbelievably fast and efficient. I can run the most demanding of games and full on OBS and still take around a third of the cpu power, not even overclocked. Definitely recommend for high end gamers or those in need of a high power workstation.

Fast as heck but the 13th/14th gen CPUs have a bug that causes games to crash or cause a BSOD. (more specifically certain UE5 games) This can be fixed if you update your motherboard's BIOS. I have a Gigabyte mobo so the issue seems to be fixed. Keep this in mind before upgrading to new CPU like this one. Apart from that hiccup, I love this thing. The performance is great!

It's a good chip if you need lots of threads. If that's not as important, the 14700 and 14600 are both better value for money. Additionally, motherboard manufacturers do lots of dumb things to make sure their boards perform half a percent better than competitors' offerings. The problem with this mentality is that on Intel platforms, it means they often exceed Intel's specs by a lot. In the case of both MSI and ASUS, they do not set power or current limits. This leads to excessive heat, power consumption and shortened CPU life due to degradation. If you run one of these chips, you should definitely consider setting PL1, PL2 and ICCmax to Intel's recommended values depending on your cooling.

This processor is a BEAST! Intel is really trying to push their technology to the max and they are doing it well. It runs a bit hotter than usual but that's normal for a CPU like this. I love it! :)

First of all, you need very good cooling if you’re going to run this stock, just to be safe. There are a lot of in my opinion, overblown horror stories about this cpu especially with the newer bios updates from the motherboard manufacturers. That being said, if you know what you’re doing, you can undervolt this beast of a card and still be able to use it with zero issues. Personally, I run mine at 5.5ghz and it never even reaches 60 degrees even after long gaming sessions.

Zips through compressed files like no other. Great Gaming performance when paired with a high end Graphics card. I’m running this on an MSI z690 Unify-X motherboard and I have no issues at all with it. It runs well. Power consumption is high but it gives my custom loop purpose. I have a 32GB kit of DDR5-7200 RAM and it runs XMP with no issues and I don’t have to make additional voltage tweaks to make it work. I wish the E-cores had less latency. If you’re moving files around you’ll sometimes see it takes the E-core a bit to ramp up and get going. This is because some of the E-Cores do not have direct access to the L3 cache.

I saw performance improvements in creative work and gaming, although it gets considerably toastier than my previous i7 (11700K) in similar conditions. Be ready to invest in better cooling alongside this if you're only using a fan cooler. I used a 240mm AIO cooler before and had to upgrade to a larger one to see only a slight improvement in thermals (less than 90°C spikes while gaming with the new AIO cooler).

Before you purchase this CPU please also purchase alongside of it purchase a 360 AiO as well, this CPU is in need of it. I'm not trying to say that to scare you but it runs warm. In my (asus) bios I turned on "Disabled-Enforce all limits" so that the motherboard doesn't try to do on the fly OC to keep temps low and stability up. I haven't had any crashes or stability issues at all. I did a full platform upgrade from the 10900k to this, I kept my RTX 3080 and the performance bump was actually fully noticeable. I'd say my average temperature for doing basic computing is around 37c with my Lian Li Galahad II Trinity 360. It's a monster of a CPU genuinely and if you are in the market for an upgrade don't hesitate you won't regret it.

I upgraded from an i5-12600k to the i9-14900k. What a difference. I am loving it. The boot time is less than 5 seconds. Gaming is great, with a rtx-4070ti.

this cpu is amazing for overclocking and high performance with a good cooler. The potential in it is as limitless as your ability to cool it. This cpu is better than the i9 13900KS. And is only 15% less than a specially binned 14900KS version. The power in this is very good for games comparable to a ryzen 9 9950X

Easily the best CPU I ever had. I was going to do a AMD build but I already had ddr4 ram 64 gigs of it and didn’t want to switch to ddr5 because of the price. AMD literally left ddr4 and their newest CPU’s only support ddr5 it’s good to know the Intel is still supporting ddr4 on their newest CPU’s

Very powerful CPU. Will overheat overclocked to 6200mhz but it will run as fast as you can cool it. Possible safer option are the 14900KF but in research not as fast for gaming.

Wow, this CPU makes my head spin. There have been reports that this CPU runs hot. So, with the in mind, with no overclocking and Corsair H100I water cooling, CPU temps are 32c to 37c in very warm room under normal Windows. When playing Call of Duty, temps are barely hitting 40c. Now Lightroom is the big test with the program running without a hitch and extremely smooth, with temp running around 50c. Intel's top dog does not disappoint!!

A decent processor, though as you are probably aware at this point it does run extraordinarily hot. I am reasonably pleased with its performance however I am looking at swapping over to AMD processors at this juncture

This chip has been used for a year now, and haven’t had a single issue. For anyone weary of the overheating issues, the manufacturer presets are set wrong, and can be set in BIOS with 0 change to productivity and no worries of overheating.

a high-performance processor designed for demanding workloads, including gaming, content creation, and multitasking. Featuring multiple cores, high clock speeds, and advanced architecture, it offers exceptional speed and responsiveness. Its support for technologies like DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 ensures compatibility with cutting-edge hardware for future-proof performance.