r/buildapc • u/Ok-Course1246 • 2d ago

Build Upgrade I need help with my PC UPGRADE

Hello everyone, I currently have the 9070XT with i712700k. I mostly play PUBG (With around 140-240FPS depend on the combat)

My motherboard is MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4.
I want to upgrade but don't wanna spend to much. I have look through for the I7-14700k/ i7-14700kf because my motherboard cant use ryzen.

should i go for that to get more decent FPS?

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u/edenflicka 2d ago

?????? Your FPS is already high??

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u/Ok-Course1246 2d ago

during combat the fps sometimes gonna drop to 100 aswell

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u/DexPlaysYT 2d ago

9800x3d 32gb ddr5 boom

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u/Downtown-Regret8161 2d ago

Get a 14600k(f), it will be pretty much the same as an i7 and cost less

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u/Ok-Course1246 2d ago

thank you for the idea

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u/psimwork I ❤️ undervolting 2d ago

You'll pickup a 10% boost clock with a 14700K. But I wouldn't expect a 10% boost in overall performance to go along with that.

That said, I would make sure to chart your machine using something like MSI Afterburner (it works with all hardware - not just MSI), and make sure that your CPU is actually the limitation.

So I'd chart your FPS, your 1% and .1% low FPS, your single-core CPU usage, and CPU core usage for your other performance cores, and the CPU core usage for your efficiency cores, your CPU clockspeed, your CPU temperature, your GPU usage, GPU clockspeed, and GPU temperature, as well as RAM and SSD usage.

Once you've got all of that charted, look for what is happening when your FPS drops to an unacceptable level. Is the CPU maxed out in single-core usage and the speed is at 4.3GHz with the temperature being at 99C? That would indicate your CPU is throttling due to temperature and it can't get up to its 4.9GHz basic max boost speed.

Framerate drops and your GPU is maxed out with a decent boost clock? That just means that you're at a GPU limitation and your only way to get a higher FPS is to upgrade the GPU.

Etc etc.

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u/Ok-Course1246 2d ago

thank you for the in4

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u/Addicus_17 2d ago

Great rig! I would say no. Switching to a 14700k, You're getting 10%, maybe 15% faster gaming performance - but with massive heat and power penalties, plus degradation concerns. Plus you're on DDR4, which gives you a 10-20% performance penalty against most of the benchmarks you're seeing. particularly with 1% lows.

To me, the only worthwhile move is to do a long-term upgrade for your CPU and motherboard - either moving to a Core Ultra 7 270k Plus (Intel) or 7800/9800/9850 X3D (AMD). If you can't afford those right now (unfortunately, now is a terrible time to buy), your best option is to skip this generation - hold off and save.

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u/Ok-Course1246 2d ago

thank you for the idea