Honestly… Its kinda hard to go wrong right now buying a mid to upper tier chip. Both side have some great hardware

Went from 13600k to 7800X3d. More of a side grade than upgrade for the games I play. Motherboard died on me.

14900k club no regrets

I think a tuned 14700k with the e-cores disabled so you can clock the ring bus way higher, as well as tuned memory at 7200-7800 with tightened timings, might beat the 7800x3D even when you tune that. I’m just speculating, but I’d like to see YouTuber try with a dozen different games. I heard disabling e-cores often does nothing, but I think the ring clock OC might compensate for a lot, from what I’ve seen so far.

But that’s a lot of work for something that still will use a lot more power.

I’m running 3900x on desktop, 4800hs on laptop and 12900hx on workstation for work.

Only bad thing i can say is that the intel cpu have felt slow due to bad scheduling on the efficiency core to the point where i have disabled them.

Login screen was very slow as E-cores were prioritized, yet overloaded due to too many small apps running. Yep my company setup sucks

So i say go with what ever your gut tells you. Either choise is good. Remember that AMD have more PCI-e lanes if that is relevant.

7800X3D is definitely the best option for gaming. It’s much more efficient (aka. easier to cool) compared to it’s intel equivalent and maybe cheaper depending on where you live.

I went with a 7800x3d from a 10700k and was blown away with the performance

9600K + 3080FE (alt PC now, used for VMs/HW and occasionally coop stuff) to 7800x3D + 4090FE. Open to either and this time, I went AMD for longevity and due to the strong CPU performance in games I play/runs fairly cool otherwise. Been very happy with the results and experience for a few months so far.

I switched from intel to amd, i have no regrets. As a gamer i feel like amd just offers a better package than intel especially now when ddr5 prices are acceptable. Lower power draw, easier to cool, platform that will allow for more upgrades than intel, x3d chips.

Personally if I wanted a new PC now I’d go AM5 for upgrade options on the socket down the line. Word on Zen 5 seems good if incremental.

I expect Intel’s next release to be a big jump but it’s at least 8-9 months away.

yes, 8700k to 7950x3d

9700k was good enough. You really need upgrade? I am still Rocking i3-3240 with gt 750 ti …

Other way around. Went amd now intel lol

Intel and Amd are “basically” neck-and-neck I would buy which ever have the better bundle deal tbh.

Since you’re coming from 9700k the chances are very slim that you would upgrade again before am5 die. If you go Amd route.

It’s superior at 1080p in SOME games, how long will you stay on 1080p? Frametimes are often better on the 13th or 14th Intel gen but sometimes Amd is ahead. For things like emulation you can always count on Intel being ahead. I’d say it’s a no brainer to buy Intel if you don’t mind undervolting/powerlimiting to reduce heat.