>>105994485
>7800x3d is the comfier CPU
>It has 8 real cores and there is no need to deal with e-cores and it uses only 40W in most games

This was the most useful response. I kinda forgot 14600k only has 6 physical cores. And the wattage is what's attractive in AMD to me anyway: you can run relatively small tower to cool it.

>>105994408
>but the i5s on raptor lake are where ddr4 vs ddr5 starts to matter a decent bit even in video gaymes.
>>105994408
>13600k/14600k will throttle at stock even with the best air coolers. Even with a 360mm shitty aio it'll hit like 90c+.
May I see proof of that? Also your metairony cringe at the end of post was really embarrassing.

>>105994716
>don't forget the 14700K
It's not $230 so a worse deal.


Still looking for anyone to actually convince me