Intel Core i7-14700

At the appropriate price this is an excellent CPU that runs at significantly lower power than the now notorious K variants. IPC is excellent and if you can use the E cores, not sure even Windows knows what to do with them, programs that can use all the cores will rev. Still its a good idea to be sure your motherboard has the latest and greatest BIOS fixes. After several months of daily use its been rock stable, seems faster and generates less heat than the comparable Ryzen it supplanted.

bmoag · 2025-12-05 · via amazon

Really good for the market at a good price and had a great core count. Don’t let anyone down talk this cpu.

Noah W · 2026-04-23 · via amazon

According to benchmarks that I checked this CPU only falls behind the 14900 by a mere 10 percent if not less in a lot of cases. 20 cores, 65 watts, and holy moly does this thing chew through CPU heavy tasks. Notable accomplishment is loading chunks using the Minecraft mod Distant Horizons which is a very CPU heavy (and overall slow) process. The 14700 gets all the cores and threads utilized and absolutely blasts through chunk loading! One thing to note however is that you should ABSOLUTELY NOT touch the CPU cooler that comes with this thing though. The Intel RM1 isn't even powerful enough to keep the i3 12100F from throttling (I replaced my 12100F with this CPU after realizing my Synchron piano VSTs couldn't render audio properly on 4 cores) and when the 14700 goes to full load the cooler can't keep up and the CPU will hit over 100 C instantly. I put an Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 on it and that keeps the CPU running under 50 degrees even under full load. Do NOT bother running this CPU without a water cooler unless you have a crazy good ventilated case. For the price, the performance is amazing, there's a reason it's one of the best CPUs on the market to this day. For those who are curious about gaming I'm using a 3060 ti with this CPU at 1440P (and previously at 4K) so the 12100F was hitting about 100 percent when the GPU was but now the 14700 sits at 5 to 25 percent during gaming. If you have a 3060 ti then use a 12100F there's no reason to use a 14700, I needed this one for piano VSTs to run and for Distant Horizons chunk loading specifically.

kaska barcz · 2025-07-03 · via amazon

I installed this with a Thermaltake Gravity i3 95W CPU fan and on multiple checks my CPU stays in the low 30s Celsius range which is plenty cool. Other reviewers have complained about how hot it gets but I am running a standard protocol in bios and not overclocking, so I am very pleased with how my new Windows 11 build is running.

Michael J. Kramer · 2025-10-06 · via amazon

Upgraded from an i5-13400F and I'm very happy with my computer now. MSi B760 mobo.

Skeletor · 2026-05-09 · via amazon

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VALUE SCORE

FUTURE-PROOFING

Cores

16C/undefinedT

Boost

5.3GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W

Cores

16C/undefinedT

Boost

5.3GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W