Ultimate Upgrade SaleEnds Sunday. Limited quantities. No rainchecks.Shop now

Skip to contentGo to Product Search
Main Content

Customer Ratings & Reviews

$499.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 407 reviews

Rating Filter

Rating by feature

  • Value

    Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars

  • Ease of Use

    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

Pros mentioned filter

Cons mentioned filter

86%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are impressed with the processor speed and overall performance of the Core i9-14900K, noting it as a significant upgrade and the best performance experienced. The CPU is also praised for its multitasking capabilities. However, some customers have concerns about the excessive heat generated by the processor and consider the price to be too high.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
Page 9 Showing 161-180 of 407 reviews
  • Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    AmazIng

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Incredibly powerful easy overclocking but runs very hot AIO is required for this chip

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    i9 chip

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing. Solid choice. Intel lives up to it's name.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Decsnt upgrade.

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good product. If your bulding brand new go with 9800x3d but if ur upgrading from 13xxx and dont want to buy a new MoBO this is the way to go.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome CPU

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great! No issue at all! Made my computer twice as good!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance
    Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best 14th Gen CPU

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best 14th Gen CPU, super fast! Keep it cool though!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Take your computing seriously

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Extremely fast and efficient. Expensive yes but do you take your computing seriously? If you have an I9 you do

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best cpu ive purchased

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Everything has been awsome,i think its a well built cpu,runs a little hot but with a aio helps cool things down and helps it run stable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Godspeed

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very fast cpu. Just gets a little warm on a heavy load.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Powerful but inefficient

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    14900k is among the best processors you can buy for both gaming and productivity. However, 14900k is power hungry. If you strictly use your PC for gaming, there is a cheaper more efficient “3D cache” processor from AMD that mostly meets or exceeds the gaming performance of the 14900k.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    i9 14th gen is great!

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great processor, excellent quality, super-fast speed. If you're in the market for a new processor I would highly recommend the i9 14th gen.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great computer

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great. Powerful. As always, computrs cost more than we want. But great computer for recording the band.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Totally worth it

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I just built my new pc witt this 14900K and so far it is exceeding my expectations! No bootleg with my GPU, nothing is gling wrong so far! 10/10 would build with it again!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great investment

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great help from the bestbuy team choosing which cpu I need. Very easy installation and worked perfectly out the the box. Very much recommended getting this CPU either for gaming or computer engineering.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best of the best! Dell!

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome and best CPU's can't wait for the next gen to upgrade. Q

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing cpu

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing product, fast and smooth, easy to tweak and configure

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Processor, Update BIOS

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Make sure to update your bios upon installation and configure BIOS settings correctly to ensure longevity. Great processor.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Beast

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Title says it. This thing is a beast of a processor and rarely crosses 30-40% utilization, even on poorly optimized games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Havnt had a single problem. Works great with the new build. Available compared to the competetors

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good but not top tier anymore.

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Has been good with good performance. That being said, Recent 14th gen issues cause it to get warm and micro code updates reduce performance.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Processor speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast, Very fast.

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Have always been an intel guy. This. One. Owns. All. Runs very stable when maxed out at 6 gig.

    I would recommend this to a friend