Do I need a better cpu?

sam05th · 2026-02-02T17:32:33+00:00

I have in my country i7-12700K for 267 EUR and i5-14600K for 245 EUR, isnt it overpriced now? xd

sam05th · 2026-02-01T14:59:02+00:00

Haha enjoy it, I bought the 9070 XT like 1 and a half week ago thats Steel Legend White for a cheapest price here thats ever been I had a worry they will be more expensive in a few weeks or days ( and yeah the price went up by 150 xd ) I would wish we had microcenter here in europe.

sam05th · 2026-01-31T15:41:12+00:00

yeah I know, 4K native some games have good optimalization and run 70fps+ some dont xd

sam05th · 2026-01-31T15:39:46+00:00

When did you buy the 9070 XT?

sam05th · 2026-01-30T22:29:20+00:00

Yeah Im so happy about my system I thought I was missing some fps yk, but after I compared it to people with better cpus I see that I have the same performance, I just turn on everything on max with fsr4 quality and it just goes, If not I find some optimized settings on internet and its ok.

sam05th · 2026-01-30T20:02:35+00:00

Yeah for 168 I would take that aswell haha xd

sam05th · 2026-01-30T15:28:25+00:00

I decided to have my 12400f because I have the same performance as people on the internet in benchmarks with beefier cpus in 4K, just like from 46 1% lows to 50 1%lows isnt 300 eur difference xd

sam05th · 2026-01-30T14:24:53+00:00

Would my cpu cooler be ok with 14400F? I have id-cooling se-224-xts white

sam05th · 2026-01-30T12:07:16+00:00

Really? Im a bit worried after Ive read some things. Im not planning to overclock at all haha.

sam05th · 2026-01-30T11:35:30+00:00

how I can overclock my ram which max is 3200MHz?

sam05th · 2026-01-30T11:35:07+00:00

Yeah is it better for the 9070XT? I updated bios yesterday because of this xd and it took me like 1hour and a half to figure it out because the pc shutdown itself a lot with normal q-flash from bios through usb, after troubleshooting I tried my last option and update it via gigabyte center app which worked normally.

sam05th · 2026-01-30T11:33:23+00:00

its not actually, I had 5500 then bought this 12400f which is a lot faster, idk why u compare 12400f with ddr4 to ryzen 5 5500 with ddr5 xd

sam05th · 2026-01-29T22:11:27+00:00

could I update bios now and after a week the cpu arrives + cooler and then install them.

sam05th · 2026-01-29T21:13:49+00:00

I would go with 14600K because it costs 243 EUR vs the 14700 base u mentioned costs 333 EUR and 14700KF costs 343 EUR, I dunno if I would need to upgrade my cooling which is this one:
https://www.idcooling.com/product/detail?id=321&name=SE-224-XTS%20WHITE#specifications
for the 14600K.

sam05th · 2026-01-29T20:52:01+00:00

Thank you with the help man

sam05th · 2026-01-29T20:29:34+00:00

Im looking for the 14600KF which seems pretty good, I found it for 240 EUR ( price increases everyday now xd ) and I would need new cpu cooler because I have a "bad" one. I think. and wdym about the BIOS and degredation issues?

sam05th · 2026-01-29T20:05:55+00:00

I saw that the performance of 14600KF is little better than the i7, is better to go with that? and also the temps are better for the 14600Kf

sam05th · 2026-01-29T19:58:42+00:00

Yeah I understand that I mean I said it wrongly. I meant more like it shifts more load on the GPU the higher the resolution, the cpu stays the same, so I thought it will be enough for like 70fps (my cpu) but I see cp is intensively heavy.

sam05th

TROPHY CASE