Intel·processor
Core i7-14700K
Based on 19 credible posts from Hacker News. 7 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
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Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Most owners are happy with it: 68% of 19 reviews are positive and 5% negative. The most common complaint is build & durability (2 owners).
What owners like
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners complain about
Build & durability raised by 2 owners
“Their secureboot is still broken.”
Performance raised by 2 owners
“It slows single-threaded programs the most.”
What owners talk about
- Build & durability0 praise · 2 complain
- Performance0 praise · 2 complain
- Display1 praise · 1 complain
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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.
[...] The other processor was an i7-14700K, and it was about eight months old when the problems started to manifest. [...]
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.
[...] 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. [...]
[...] Core i7 14700K was released in Q4 2023. [...] 5.5GHz for Performance-core max frequency. [...] Passmark scores: 6700K: 8,929 14700K: 53,263 Yeah, that's practically the same performance. [...] I'm still using an Ivy Bridge CPU for a server in my closet hosting various services for my home, but it is vastly slower than my Ryzen 7 3700x on my current gaming desktop and was even slower than the previous Ryzen 5 2600 I had before and sold to a friend.
[...] Not only that, I switched from a 14700K on Windows to a 1260p running ChromeOS and coding/compiling is just as fast. [...]
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.
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.
[...] 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. [...]
[...] Personally, I have a 14700K in my desktop and my laptop has a 12700H. [...]
I have to wonder, with a $690 price tag and a 320 watt power budget who is this chip for? [...] But now, the KS-series intel chips are for slightly insane gamers and overclocking enthusiasts with more money than sense. [...] At our work, we buy the 14700K for dev machines like sane people.
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.
[...] 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.
[...] I'm far more interested in buying a 14700K to upgrade my 12700K daily driver desktop than I am replacing my M2 Macbook Air that spends most of its time as a portable jukebox.
[...] 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.
[...] 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:
[...] 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. [...]
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?
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“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.”
after 1 yearView on Hacker News“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.”
“[...] The other processor was an i7-14700K, and it was about eight months old when the problems started to manifest. [...]”
after 8 monthsView on Hacker News“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.”
after 3 monthsView on Hacker News
Common Core i7-14700K problems
Issues at least two owners independently report.
- Build & durability2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“[...] 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. [...]”
- Performance2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“[...] Core i7 14700K was released in Q4 2023. [...] 5.5GHz for Performance-core max frequency. [...] Passmark scores: 6700K: 8,929 14700K: 53,263 Yeah, that's practically the same performance. [...] I'm still using an Ivy Bridge CPU for a server in my closet hosting various services for my home, but it is vastly slower than my Ryzen 7 3700x on my current gaming desktop and was even slower than the previous Ryzen 5 2600 I had before and sold to a friend.”