I have 96GB 6800 CL34. XMP no problemo runs on first boot (14900K, Asrock Z790 LiveMixer). Even tried to push it a bit to 7200 with lower timings but I have to spend more time on it.

Maybe. But a 240mm AIO has no advantages over a good air-cooler, and all the downsides of an AIO. Eg. pointless.

My 14900k does 40k in cinebench r23 on 240W powerlimit :P Aint no 13900k coming remotely close to that.

Idle usage of all of them (even the 14900k) is really really low, like below 5 Watt. And of any of the CPU’s (even 14900K), you can just set the TDP (PL1 & PL2) to whatever you want. Obviously it’s slower at lower TDP. A non-K cpu is just equal to a K cpu but it has different (lower) default settings for the TDP. You are fully in control of how hot and fast the CPU is (under load).

For gaming, an AMD CPU usually generates higher FPS for the same TDP. Something like a 7800x3d is pretty efficient.

No, undervolting improves performance. It will *always* consume to what you set the TDP. So, by lowering the TDP and then undervolting, you can keep the same performance at lower TDP (and that’s a lot more than 5W for a 100mV under-volt).

I’ve been looking at the Intel meteor lake reviews since it came out and everyone seems to be hating it.

Wrong. First of all Meteor Lake didn’t come out yet and there are no reviews of it, so you are fully mistaken here. 14th gen desktop is Raptor Lake Refresh, and everyone that doesn’t own one hates it but the people that do own one love it. My 14900K does 6GHz at more than 100mV less than a 13900K/KS would.

Yes, Dell XPS sucks (regarding performance) and always did. It’s a thin-and-light laptop. The one I got has a 3050Ti with a TDP of 35W… It performance is slightly over half the 2060 of my Dell G3 (where GPU gets 70W). XPS is hot and slow. But its light and compact. Physics…

By far the most important is that it has a coolant temperature sensor and does fan control based on the coolant/water temperature and not the actual CPU temperature. CPU temperature will fluctuate a load depending on load, but coolant will take a long time to get to equilibrium. If you get an AIO without coolant sensor, you’ll get annoying very rapid fluctuating and high fan speeds, even when coolant is ‘cold’.