Upgrading CPU from Intel i7 9700K

[Feranoks]

Budget (including currency):  +- 1500 euro

Country: Belgium

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly games but some light Blender and Unity

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 
So as stated in the title, I'm looking to upgrade my current CPU and connected parts. Since I am noticing some issues and frankly I want to upgrade from PCIe3. So CPU, motherboard, RAM and CPU cooler being the obvious parts. Depending on need I might upgrade the PSU and case too.
Parts I will be keeping are my RTX 3080 and if I can my Corsair RM850x powers supply.

I've always used Intel but I'm curious about changing to AMD but I know less about that platform.
Currently my main contenders are the i7 14700K or the Ryzen 7900x but it doesn't have to be between those two.

I usually play singleplayer games at 3840x1600 and I'm happy with 60fps. I don't need "competitive" framerates. 

[BentleyOwen123]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/cKgBt7

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor  (€572.95 @ Megekko) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€242.26 @ Azerty) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€138.85 @ Megekko) 
Total: €1057.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:16 CET+0100

 

 

 

 

 

personally i would go for this, although you could be gpu bottlenecked

[filpo]

8 minutes ago, Feranoks said:

Parts I will be keeping are my RTX 3080 and if I can my Corsair RM850x powers supply.

definitely keep these two, they're great parts

 

8 minutes ago, Feranoks said:

Depending on need I might upgrade the PSU and case too.

probably case but not the PSU, should be more than enough

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€384.95 @ Azerty) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€159.00 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €956.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:18 CET+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (€436.48 @ Amazon Belgium) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: MSI Z790 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€211.73 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €1061.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:17 CET+0100

 

2 minutes ago, BentleyOwen123 said:

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core Processor  (€572.95 @ Megekko) 

not much point in that since it's only slightly faster in blender, will most likely get hotter and they're essentially the same in gaming 

4 minutes ago, BentleyOwen123 said:

although you could be gpu bottlenecked

for games that's what you want, unless you're talking about productivity, but there will always be a bottleneck. For games a GPU one is best

[BentleyOwen123]

5 minutes ago, filpo said:

definitely keep these two, they're great parts

 

probably case but not the PSU, should be more than enough

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€384.95 @ Azerty) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€159.00 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €956.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:18 CET+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (€436.48 @ Amazon Belgium) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: MSI Z790 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€211.73 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €1061.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:17 CET+0100

 

not much point in that since it's only slightly faster in blender, will most likely get hotter and they're essentially the same in gaming 

for games that's what you want, unless you're talking about productivity, but there will always be a bottleneck. For games a GPU one is best

true

[BentleyOwen123]

6 minutes ago, filpo said:

definitely keep these two, they're great parts

 

probably case but not the PSU, should be more than enough

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€384.95 @ Azerty) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€159.00 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €956.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:18 CET+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (€436.48 @ Amazon Belgium) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: MSI Z790 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€211.73 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €1061.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:17 CET+0100

 

not much point in that since it's only slightly faster in blender, will most likely get hotter and they're essentially the same in gaming 

for games that's what you want, unless you're talking about productivity, but there will always be a bottleneck. For games a GPU one is best

i9 just sounds cooler

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-14700F 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor  (€399.95 @ Megekko) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€272.26 @ Azerty) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€225.61 @ Azerty) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€95.16 @ Azerty) 
Total: €1096.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:59 CET+0100

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-MAX-WIFI 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/236854/intel-core-i7-processor-14700f-33m-cache-up-to-5-40-ghz/specifications.html 

 

https://www.arctic.de/us/Liquid-Freezer-III-Series 

 

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/377/1649234605/F5-6000J3040G32GX2-RS5K-F5-6000J3040G32GA2-RS5K 

 

https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/ 

 

 

[Feranoks]

13 hours ago, filpo said:

definitely keep these two, they're great parts

 

probably case but not the PSU, should be more than enough

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€384.95 @ Azerty) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€159.00 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €956.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:18 CET+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (€436.48 @ Amazon Belgium) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€103.85 @ Megekko) 
Motherboard: MSI Z790 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€211.73 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€108.16 @ Azerty) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Belgium) 
Total: €1061.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:17 CET+0100

 

not much point in that since it's only slightly faster in blender, will most likely get hotter and they're essentially the same in gaming 

for games that's what you want, unless you're talking about productivity, but there will always be a bottleneck. For games a GPU one is best

So any downsides to going AMD? Seems better price to performance. Only downside being that it's slightly older then the 14700K and might get a new update soon? But it's probably also more likely that a new AMD chipset will still be compatible with my Motherboard.

[BahnStormer]

for gaming 7800X3D is better than 7900X.... and still capable of light blender work.

[filpo]

9 hours ago, Feranoks said:

then the 14700K and might get a new update soon?

LGA 1700 is more dead than am5, am5 still has ryzen 9000 Zen 5, LGA 1700 is or might be dead, I'd get am5 tho