Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz

Great processor, pretty much as fast as you could need unless you are doing professional compute workloads. I ended up undervolting to get it to run cooler

THIS IS A REVIEW FOR THE 14900KFRuns every game perfectly the highest cpu activity I’ve seen is around 50-70% when running blackops 6 and warzone for example.max temps I’ve seen under benchmark is 90c and throttled so be sure you have a very good cooler a 240mm rad is definitely not enough to cool this beast. Either use a 360mm radiator or a deep cool air cooler, an air cooler will probably be better for this cpu but if you want looks the nzxt kraken works just fine for 1440p 144hz gaming if you have the respectable graphics card etc.My current specs if someone is looking to replicate this build.14900kfRTX 4070 Supertrident z royal ddr5 7200gigabyte aorus z790 motherboardcorsair 1000e psuNZXT kraken 360 rgbNZXT H7 Elite

Swapping my 12600K for the Intel 14900K has been a game-changer. I’m definitely seeing more frames now, and the gameplay feels way smoother. The extra cores and higher clock speeds really make a difference, especially in games that push the CPU hard. It’s a bit hotter and drinks more power, but with good cooling, it’s no big deal. If you want better performance and higher FPS without fuss, the 14900K is solid. Totally happy with the upgrade!Cons- price and heatOfc its easy to install

Edit: It is my Asus board. I was getting latency spikes and freezes when acceleration needed to happen in windows. I was also getting severe latency when more than 3 USB devices were plugged into the board.I changed from my Asus z790 D4 Strix to my old trusty z690I Aorus Ultra Plus ddr4 and ALL the issues (other than degradation that already took place) are solved. This is not my first asus board that kills components with terrible vrm regulation. This will be my last Asus board.Shoutout to Intel support. They are amazing to deal with. Literally one phone call, & 20mins later my rma was approved and a crosship approval also issued. Amazing. Seriously.It doesn't make sense that both CPUs (new 13700k and 14900k) would die in literally like 2-3 months and have the same symothoms. It is not just ring that collapsed on the two new 13700k and 14900k. Its the memory controller from my observed behavior. The first 13700k was oxidized which is why the entire chip died. I'll need to get my hands on a ddr5 board to test my theory. I'll make another edit when I do.Original Review: All of them will eventually die, Ring collapse is something ive seen on three 13th-14th chips. First a 13700k, then another, and now a 14900k.The first 13700k ran auto voltages and was delidded. It Ring collapsed due to voltage spikes on the old microcodes (I presume). My second 13700k (also delidded) collapsed for seemingly zero reason. It was ran at below 1.35v on adaptive voltages at all times on a static clock speed. My 14900k (which i left 100% stock with paste on my aio) collapsed on 1.25v set static (vid and vrm), with a voltage protection cap of 1320 in the uefi. 1.25v is core voltage.1.35vddqtx1.25v-1.35V (MAX) Vccsa^ These voltages were ran on all of them. They all died.No matter what you do, they will die. There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with this architecture. My 12900KS had ZERO issues with ring clock stability. I will likely ask for a refund and buy it once more. Ironic how things worked out.Edit: When these CPUs work and are in a board that works properly. It is by FAR, the best experience I've ever had on a desktop. Monolithic architecture is something that you cannot beat. The instant feeling of everything you do. It just works, and it works amazingly. Thats why ive had 3 of them and keep gong back. Nothing else comes close. Specially when you go to windows 10 LTSC Iot with e cores off. Its a different world. Trust me.

Run pretty darn hot! But it's fast! Make sure you have a good 360mm AIO for this or go custom cooling. They released microcode to fix the problem with the 13th/14th gen chips so it should be all good now. It does draw alot of power by default so learn how to undervolt to get better speeds. Been running for a couple of weeks now and it been functioning fine. I spec'd my system for content creation thus why I didn't go AMD x3D so I can take the core counts and not go broke with Threadripper.

Upgraded from a i5 12400f and immediately saw the difference, for the price this is a very good cpu and actually compares to alot of higher end cpus from what i've read. It runs hot but i manage my temps just fine with a small dual fan cpu cooler with 2 92mm fans. From what i've read, anything after this should need liquid cooling but this one definitely doesn't.

She be fast, and HOT!

Don't be me. Get an AMD CPU. Mine works fine. In fact I'm actually pretty blown away by how fast and powerful it is....But I still recommend it to almost nobody at least in current year.... it's overpriced there's no upgrade path from here and it runs unreasonably hot so you're also going to be spending more on a good cooler. Etc. There's also the issue of these things overheating and breaking which they say was fixed...and I've run into no issues...but I don't necessarily trust Intel.