Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz

Great chip, slaps hard
Fast but hot. I was able to tame the heat demon by getting a good case – Fractal north xl, and an MSI a13 AIO. I know there is negative feedback out there about this chips integrity but I haven’t had any issues and the warranty period of 5 years should keep me in the clear.

Good price for the performance you’ll get!
One of the best products I’ve bought for my pc! Super fast and stable for what I’m running. The price is good for the performance you’ll get

Intel support is top tier awful
My Intel CPU failed in under a year. I never overclocked it. The system was running perfectly one day and completely dead the next.I tried to troubleshoot myself for 5-6 hours, checking connections, removing and testing components, flashing BIOS, everything. No luck.On day 3 I took it to Geek Squad at Best Buy. Cost: $100. The PC was there for 2 days. They called and confirmed the CPU was dead after testing with a known working CPU. At least now I knew the issue.Day 5 – Best Buy Geek Squad calls and confirms the CPU was dead after testing the system with a known working CPU. At least now I knew the issue.I called Intel Support. The number is a +44 UK line even though I live in the U.S. The call quality was awful, and the rep struggled to understand English. She seemed kind, oddly she ends up being the better part of this nightmare experience, but it took over 20 minutes just to get my name, email, and phone number entered correctly. Please, AI wizards, start replacing call centers with something functional. Begin with Intel’s.While on the phone with support, I emailed the Intel support agent i was speaking with photos of the CPU, confirmed serial numbers, proof of purchase, and the full Geek Squad report from Best Buy verifying the CPU was defective and undamaged. You’d think that would be enough for a quick replacement, right? Nope.Here’s how Intel handles support:First, I was told they would send me a special return box that I’m required to pay $25 for, non-refundable, I think she said there was an option to upgrade to a faster delivery service that I could pay more for. just so I can ship their faulty CPU back to them. This has to be done before they even start sending out a replacement. I’m well within the 1-year warranty period, and it’s not exactly a secret that 14th-gen i9 chips have issues.Second, before Intel ships me the new CPU, I have to pay the full price of a replacement CPU upfront “for Intel’s safety (support agent’s actual words).” They said it would be refunded sometime after they verify things on their end. Apparently, a Geek Squad diagnosis, serial numbers, and proof of purchase aren’t enough verification for Intel.So realistically, it’s going to take 2–3 days to get the return box, another 1–3 weeks (if I’m lucky) before getting a working CPU back, and a few hundred dollars out of pocket during the process. My money and time, customers money and time for Intel’s product failure.Wrapping it upIntel CPU fails within warranty → customer spends hours troubleshooting → pays for a repair shop to confirm defect → pays Intel $25 (or more for faster time frame) to ship the bad unit back → pays again upfront for Intel’s “safety” → waits weeks for a replacement and refund.Is there support from Intel hidden somewhere in this process I can’t see? I’m actually involuntarily supporting Intel essentially.So when your latest-gen Intel CPU dies, expect it to cost you around $800 total and a couple weeks of downtime. If I were a company with a high failure rate on a product and wanted to avoid replacing tons of them.. I wonder if i’d try making the process a nightmare and way more costly to the consumer to discourage that to save myself money.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Perfectly working with RTX 4070 Super

Excelente CPU con un precio algo elevado. Si buscas disfrutar de videojuegos, películas, etc. es un procesador muy potente, hasta la fecha puede con todo lo que quiera correr. Desde los videojuegos más exigentes en gráficos Triple A (CyberPunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Forza Horizon 5, etc.) hasta programas de edición de vídeo (Photoshop, Premiere, etc.) sin hacer uso extremo de dichos programas*Eso sí, sí te vas a decidir por éste procesador vas a necesitar una buena refrigeración líquida, no recomiendo los disipadores por ventilador ya que ésta CPU aunque no consume energía en exceso, si puede calentarse bastante dependiendo de lo que estés haciendo. En IDLE las temperaturas pueden subir de 42º a 50º dependiendo de si tienes la CPU con OverClock (OC) o si la tienes de stock. Que nadie se asuste ya que estas CPU están preparadas para rendir sin ningún problema a más de 50 grados centígrados.* No recomendaría esta CPU para trabajos pesados: Edición avanzada de vídeo, Uso de maquinas virtuales, etc. debido a que para eso las versiones “superiores” como el i7 y el i9 cubren de sobra las exigencias más extremas de trabajo.Advertencia: La versión KF hace referencia a los núcleos desbloqueados (K) excelentes para hacer O.C. mientras que la (F) hace referencia a que no posee gráficos integrados. Algo que se ha de tener muy en cuenta.

CPU (14900K) is packaged differently than visible in the unpacking video (not a sleek silver imitation of a silicon wafer) but in a simple box. Amazon CS wasn’t helpful and wouldn’t replace product or even explain the discrepancy. I have ordered 2 CPUs, both came in simple boxes. Simple boxes (CPUs made in Vietnam) are supposed to be inferior in comparison to „premium” variant made in US, which is quite important considering Intel loose interpretation of stability and longevity of their hardware.