Should just drop right in with no issues, just ensure you have good cooling and do the usual setup in the bios to lock the clocks and undervolt to get the most out of it :)

Originally posted by Monk:

Should just drop right in with no issues, just ensure you have good cooling and do the usual setup in the bios to lock the clocks and undervolt to get the most out of it :)

Thank you for the timely response! Sounds good.

Originally posted by Monk:

Should just drop right in with no issues, just ensure you have good cooling and do the usual setup in the bios to lock the clocks and undervolt to get the most out of it :)

I'm not clued up on Z690 but could he be on an older BIOS needing a newer BIOS for the next generation support?

Yeah probably needs the BIOS update if you have not done that recently or ever.

Yeah a bios update wouldn't hurt, but shouldn't be 'needed', id probably still do it though if you haven't done on recently.

https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-z690-e-gaming-wifi-model/helpdesk_bios/

I took a look, if that is your motherboard make sure you have BIOS 2602 or later, that is the first BIOS with 14th gen compatibility.
If you do need to update might as well get the newest 4505 BIOS.
Remember to update before the new chip.
if you bought it before October 23 and not updated BIOS after that date then you will need to update.

Firstly, a great 6ghz cpu! I use a 13900KS myself....and these are very quick cpus! Sad that so many dummies didn't know how to undervolt a cpu and update a bios because they've missed out on a stonking monolithic designed cpu, with no AMDip and stuttering.

Secondly, is the 14900K brand new or second hand? If it's second hand do you know its history? I'd also strongly recommend you keep your 13700K.

Definitely check your bios version and compare that with the newer versions. Going for the very lastest version may not be necessary. As long as your bios supports 14th gen and has the microcode 0x12F you are good to go.

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Is this a simple plug & play swap, or do I need to do anything special to ensure everything is working correctly?

I wouldn't just plug and play and forget about a cpu like the 14900K. Is your cooling good? If possible, can you leave your pc open for more air flow and cooling?

I'm only gonna agree with Monk 50%.

You should undervolt the cpu by minus 0.05 mw. Although this is a good starting point, who knows, it may hurt your performance so minus 0.035 might be better. Or if performance remains the same, then up to minus 0.075 mw might work too....who knows? You certianly don't.

Locking your cores is outdated. Let the 14900K boost according to its thermal conditions.

For gaming purposes, you don't need hyperthreading......no extra fps or negligible at best, just considerably more heat so turn it off.

Turn off that garbage setting called, multi core enhancement, MCE. This setting locks all your cores, thrashes the cpu, generates unecceassry heat and throttles your cpu.

Turn off the igpu....pointless to keep it on.

Keep e cores on. Intel's thread director is really good and plenty of tests have shown they benefit gaming (see Danny's review and YesTechCity)

Keep your c states on. Under full load a cpu with c states on performes the same as with c states off. (hopefully your psu is up to date and fully supports c states...but I'm not assuming anything)

I would update the BIOS just prior to your CPU swap and ensure your cooling is more then enough for that new i9

Originally posted by Peter:

Firstly, a great 6ghz cpu! I use a 13900KS myself....and these are very quick cpus! Sad that so many dummies didn't know how to undervolt a cpu and update a bios because they've missed out on a stonking monolithic designed cpu, with no AMDip and stuttering.

Secondly, is the 14900K brand new or second hand? If it's second hand do you know its history? I'd also strongly recommend you keep your 13700K.

Definitely check your bios version and compare that with the newer versions. Going for the very lastest version may not be necessary. As long as your bios supports 14th gen and has the microcode 0x12F you are good to go.

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Is this a simple plug & play swap, or do I need to do anything special to ensure everything is working correctly?

I wouldn't just plug and play and forget about a cpu like a 14900K. Is your cooling good? If possible, can you leave your pc open for more air flow and cooling?

I'm only gonna agree with Monk 50%.

You should undervolt the cpu by minus 0.05 mw. Although this is a good starting point, who knows, it may hurt your performance so minus 0.035 might be better. Or if performance remains the same, then up to minus 0.075 mw might work too....who knows? You certianly don't.

Locking your cores is outdated. Let the 14900K boost according to its thermal conditions.

For gaming purposes, you don't need hyperthreading......no extra fps or negligible at best, just considerably more heat so turn it off.

Turn off that garbage setting called, multi core enhancement, MCE. This setting locks all your cores, thrashes the cpu, generates unecceassry heat and throttles your cpu.

Turn off the igpu....pointless to keep it on.

Keep e cores on. Intel's thread director is really good and plenty of tests have shown they benefit gaming (see Danny's review and YesTechCity)

Keep your c states on. Under full load a cpu with c states on performes the same as with c states off. (hopefully your psu is up to date and fully supports c states...but I'm not assuming anything)

Thank you for this thorough post! I think my cooling is going to be fine. I have the CORSAIR AIR 5400 LX-r RGB iCUE Link Triple Chamber case and the iCUE Titan 360 RX RGB liquid cooler.

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Thank you for this thorough post! I think my cooling is going to be fine. I have the CORSAIR AIR 5400 LX-r RGB iCUE Link Triple Chamber case and the iCUE Titan 360 RX RGB liquid cooler.

Thank you

Is your 14900K new or used and which gpu and psu do you use?

Awesome and innovative case the 5400!!!

Originally posted by Peter:

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Thank you for this thorough post! I think my cooling is going to be fine. I have the CORSAIR AIR 5400 LX-r RGB iCUE Link Triple Chamber case and the iCUE Titan 360 RX RGB liquid cooler.

Thank you

Is your 14900K new or used and which gpu and psu do you use?

Awesome and innovative case the 5400!!!

i have a 14900k jumped from the 13900k im waiting to see if they still put out the 15900k
and if it would benifit my asus 4090oc edition

Originally posted by Peter:

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Thank you for this thorough post! I think my cooling is going to be fine. I have the CORSAIR AIR 5400 LX-r RGB iCUE Link Triple Chamber case and the iCUE Titan 360 RX RGB liquid cooler.

Thank you

Is your 14900K new or used and which gpu and psu do you use?

Awesome and innovative case the 5400!!!

It is new. My GPU is the 4070Ti Super and my PSU is the Corsair hx1200i ATX 3.1. I know, right? My friend was practically begging me to get this case because of how amazing the cooling design was. Doesn't sound like I'm going to be disappointed.

pretty sure the i7 13700K is more than enough for 4070Ti S
99% of the games still mainly rely on GPU
The i7 would be the bottleneck only if you run games at 1080p low or 720p

Originally posted by Emmanuel:

Hello,

I am going to be upgrading to the CPU in question from an Intel Core i7-13700k. Is this a simple plug & play swap, or do I need to do anything special to ensure everything is working correctly?

Motherboard is an ASUS ROG Z690-E motherboard.

Don't bother especially if you are upgrading for gaming you will not notice a discernible difference.

What a stunning case to house your brand spanking new 14900k. Glad to see a cpu of this caliber being given this kind of classy treatment. It's gonna run like clock work with the microcode update and will eat shader compilation for breakfast.

I'd install the 4301 version of the bios as that has the essential 0x12F microcode you need. 4505 doesn't seem to have any gaming benefit so I'd skip it.

The 4070ti is a venerable gpu but it sounds like you're ready for a 5080.

Once everything is done post some picture of your rig.