i7 14700k or Ryzen 7 7800X3D

[jh01]

Currently got a i5 12600k on a GIGABYTE B660 GAMING X DDR4 with 32GB DDR4-3200 and a RX 6900 XT.

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU so I looked into two options.

 

Option 1:

Keep motherboard and RAM and get the i7 14700k. But I don't know if the RAM and motherboard will hold back the performance of the CPU.

 

Option 2:

Get the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with a new motherboard (ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F GAMING WIFI) and 16GB DDR5 RAM.

 

I know option 2 is more future proof, but option 1 is the cheaper option.

 

What would be the best option?

[_Omega_]

what resolution is your monitor?

[filpo]

8 minutes ago, jh01 said:

Currently got a i5 12600k on a GIGABYTE B660 GAMING X DDR4 with 32GB DDR4-3200 and a RX 6900 XT.

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU so I looked into two options.

 

Option 1:

Keep motherboard and RAM and get the i7 14700k. But I don't know if the RAM and motherboard will hold back the performance of the CPU.

 

Option 2:

Get the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with a new motherboard (ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F GAMING WIFI) and 16GB DDR5 RAM.

 

I know option 2 is more future proof, but option 1 is the cheaper option.

 

What would be the best option?

Is your monitor 4k or 1440p? If so keep your cpu. If it's 1080p tho I'd say get the 7800X3D

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($441.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($103.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $694.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-02 13:37 EST-0500

[Dedayog]

21 minutes ago, jh01 said:

Currently got a i5 12600k on a GIGABYTE B660 GAMING X DDR4 with 32GB DDR4-3200 and a RX 6900 XT.

 

I am looking to upgrade my CPU so I looked into two options.

 

Option 1:

Keep motherboard and RAM and get the i7 14700k. But I don't know if the RAM and motherboard will hold back the performance of the CPU.

 

Option 2:

Get the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with a new motherboard (ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F GAMING WIFI) and 16GB DDR5 RAM.

 

I know option 2 is more future proof, but option 1 is the cheaper option.

 

What would be the best option?

32GB RAM.  2x16GB.

 

Not 16GB total.

[jh01]

31 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

what resolution is your monitor?

1440p

[jh01]

28 minutes ago, filpo said:

Is your monitor 4k or 1440p? If so keep your cpu. If it's 1080p tho I'd say get the 7800X3D

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($441.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($103.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $694.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-02 13:37 EST-0500

Its 1440p. 

 

I noticed in games like MW3 my GPU usage is only 85 - 90% while for example on Cold War, it sits at around 99%. So I thought I was CPU bottlenecked. 

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, jh01 said:

Its 1440p. 

 

I noticed in games like MW3 my GPU usage is only 85 - 90% while for example on Cold War, it sits at around 99%. So I thought I was CPU bottlenecked. 

Just up some settings and then no more cpu bottleneck. Problem solved. Unless you are getting bad performance in game I wouldn't worry about such a minor bottleneck.