expiredjasonwj322a posted Aug 07, 2025 12:12 PM
Item 1 of 2
Item 1 of 2
expiredjasonwj322a posted Aug 07, 2025 12:12 PM
Intel Core i5-14600K New Gaming Desktop Processor - Unlocked Power - $164
$164
$193
15% offAmazon
Visit AmazonGood Deal
Bad Deal
Save
Share
Leave a Comment
15 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
True, the 13th and 14th gen have their issues.
BUT, it's only for the higher core count! The 14600k and below are safe from the engineering defect. This is a great CPU and can be undervolted for very low "idle power" efficiency!
Thats incorrect. I actually purchased it via Walmart about 2 weeks ago at $180 but it got canceled for some reason. Decided to wait and this deal popped up.
Feel free to check their site. The pervious deal posted on slick deals have been expired for a long time so I'm not sure why it's still up. If you click the link there the price is literally $195
BUT, it's only for the higher core count! The 14600k and below are safe from the engineering defect. This is a great CPU and can be undervolted for very low "idle power" efficiency!
And also make sure to update the motherboards bios to their latest version and you're good to go!
Feel free to check their site. The pervious deal posted on slick deals have been expired for a long time so I'm not sure why it's still up. If you click the link there the price is literally $195
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Care to share the link? If true they definitely don't make the listing easy to find. When I click on other sellers I don't see Walmart as an option.
If using for transcoding, the 14th gen is a lot better.
BUT, it's only for the higher core count! The 14600k and below are safe from the engineering defect. This is a great CPU and can be undervolted for very low "idle power" efficiency!
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I don't think that 4 more E cores and overclocking the hell out of the chip is worth $64 more in this case. Nothing is going to be more than 50% faster on this vs the 12600kf. Less than 10% improvement in single core turbo isn't going to be noticeable to a user. If you need the iGPU or quicksync I could see going for this but that's about it.
About 40% higher total passmark plus actually having an igpu makes it a no brainer for me. The only scenario where this cost savings makes sense is with a gaming focused build where you are buying a high end gpu regardless. Performance will be similar and you'll probably only see a noticable improvement in 1080p gaming, anything higher res will likely be gpu limited. You can spend the extra $60 on a better gpu. For casual use you would have to get at least a gt1030 for comparable igpu performance which brings the cost up $80. For homelabbers it's not even close, you'd need at least a p400 ($60) to be comparable Transcoding wise, more likely closer to a gtx1650 ($120) but the cores and total passmark smoke the 12600kf. Then at that point you're idle draw is going to be higher as well. Even if you're planning to get an arc gpu for av1 encoding it's better to have the igpu as well for vms or containers.
Leave a Comment