Core i7-14700K

[...] The other processor was an i7-14700K, and it was about eight months old when the problems started to manifest. [...]

[...] My last build (i7-14700K) used an MSI board. Their secureboot is still broken. The BIOS setup is complete mess, and all the settings are reset after a BIOS update. I have to unplug and replug my USB keyboard after a poweroff, or it doesn't work. [...]

It slows single-threaded programs the most. [...] That said, Intel said performance drops should be negligible if any. I haven't updated my system yet since ASUS's releases are currently marked as beta, but I don't expect there to be notable performance drops either. Granted, my 14700K in my daily driver has been working perfectly fine since I bought it and so have all the other Raptor Lake machines I care for.

[...] In my recent experience on an Intel z790/i7-14700K system, getting a signal during boot (e.g., when you want to go into BIOS) was not reliable (usually worked, but sometimes not). When connected to a portable 1280x720 monitor I use when setting up systems, parts of the BIOS screens were a garbled mess. [...] Plus CSM is not an option when booting from certain Intel iGPUs: Or even better, with AMD APUs 4 years ago, if you used a discrete Radeon GPU instead, you'd lose sound over HDMI:

[...] These days I am happy I got my 14700K boost to 6200 MHz on single and dual core loads and to 5600Mhz P-cores and 4400 E-cores in multi-core loads. According to benchmarks this means about 10% performance gains. [...]

Intel is already honoring most warranty claims as far as I'm aware, the only thing they've refused to do is issue a voluntary recall. [...] As an aside, I have a 14700K. I've not filed for an RMA because it's been working perfectly fine for the better part of a year now.

I've been firmly in camp Intel ever since my third Athlon 2200XP burned itself out (and finally took the motherboard socket with it on its way to the melty grave) back in circa 2005 (Intel CPUs had thermal envelope protection at the time, AMD CPUs did not). This fiasco has me convinced that I will not be building an Intel system again, and I haven't even (yet) had any problems with either of the Z790 i7-14700K systems I put together in March.

[...] chatgpt) says my current desktop CPU (i7-14700K) decodes 7000x faster.

I've since upgraded to a 14700K and Windows 11, but I still have my previous 2700K machine around as a sub unit. Aside from forced Windows 7 obsolescence, it can do practically everything except play the very latest games just fine. If I could have been bothered to downgrade the Windows 7 install to Windows 10 it would have been even more useful to this day.

[...] Personally, I have a 14700K in my desktop and my laptop has a 12700H. [...]

Got any specific numbers? On the Intel side of things, I've seen my 14700K idle at around 5W (which shoots up to 300W under load, I find it greatly amusing) and my 12700H at 0.5W or less.

I checked and I have it enabled. But, I don't have a dedicated GPU, just whatever is inside of i7-14700k. Maybe it's just not up for the task?

[...] This i7-14700K has bumped frequencies, added E cores and increased "Smart Cache" (3MB) and total L2 cache (4MB) and uses the existing socket. It's a fine refresh product that will do what it says on the tin for years, and given that it is a refresh of an existing, mature product, it will do so with the least possible friction.

[...] To be fair my latest purchase, a 14700K, says "Manufactured in US with global content." which is a slight improvement, but that could just as well mean "We shipped chips in from Israel and soldered a heat spreader on it." and it still ultimately says "Final assembly in VN." (Vietnam) right under it. [...]

[...] Split and decoded in software via LAVFilters then ran through ffdshow before rendering on Enhanced Video Renderer. CPU anything ranging from an i7-14700K to an i3-2100 (yes, Sandy Bridge). [...] Y'all keep throwing out contrived situations like that, meanwhile I'll be a sane man living in reality and re-encode it (in software, finer tuning of parameters) in my spare time down to 1080p or 720p so I save myself precious disk space and CPU usage while travelling.