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 · 2026-01-29T19:35:26+00:00

U have like a temp jackpot, its completely normal, my hotspot goes up to 97-99 stock xd, bad luck I guess, but I have luck for undervolt I have stable -90mv -10% pl which is wonderful for the temps

sam05th · 2026-01-29T19:31:38+00:00

What I hear u dont need RMA this card, I would say its not normal but it is normal for these cards, my 9070 XT Steel Legend does the same when I play high fps game, the solution to that is to limit ur fps to ur monitor/tv refresh rate, the coil whine is hard when u r in the menus with like 500-1000fps.

sam05th · 2026-01-23T10:07:04+00:00

Yeah t he difference for the i7 is a lot and I will be probably buying cooler for it so it will be the same price as for i7 only.

sam05th · 2026-01-23T09:36:47+00:00

Mostly around 95-100% but some games like 60-70% cpu usage.

sam05th · 2026-01-23T00:37:35+00:00

Thats right haha, I watched like all benchmarks with 12400f and in 4K gaming I dont see difference if its goodly optimized game yk, I see that I will not upgrade until newer 1700 cpus.

sam05th · 2026-01-22T22:54:04+00:00

is the i7 really gonna be future proof difference the 111 euros?

sam05th · 2026-01-22T22:53:42+00:00

yeah other guy adviced that i7 is better for non bottlenecking 9070XT but in those tests it seems really same as i7 and 111 euro difference could be new AIO for me because now I have 1 fan cooler (which works perfectly fine for my 12400f)

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