topic Why is the 14900k such garbage? in Mobile and Desktop Processors

Why is the 14900k such garbage?

14900kistrash — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:29:11 GMT

I dont know what I am doing wrong, probably never going to buy an Intel processor again after this experience. I bough a 14900k in October basically the day they came out upgrading from a 9900k and I got a dud. Issues everywhere with blue screens and crashes and no I never overclocked it. Microcenter told me it was the issue with the CPU and I got a replacement of the 14900k a month later. Ever since then I have continued dealing with issues with this CPU that I have never dealt with before on my 9900k. I also changed the mobo just in case it was an issue with that as well.

This thing is not stable at all. I even undervolted it to 5.5 on the intel side of things and it is just complete garbage. I cant even update my mobo bios with this POS in it. The thing that really sucks is that I upgraded to a water cooled system and I am dreading taking this thing apart to return this garbage.

Long story short, I am probably just gonna sell my PC and build a new one and buy AMD because I never had any problems running a Ryzen 9 unless someone can tell me what I need to do to make this garbage more stable. I am tired of every game crashing, every 3d cad software crashing, blue screens once every 2-3 hours.

Seriously intel, did you guys do any compatibility testing when you came out with this garbage CPU? The fact that I got two in a row that are completely unusable is beyond comprehension.

Rant over, what can I look at to make this better?

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

vmovups — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:17:32 GMT

You are not alone having problems with Intel's 14th gen i9, i have a similar situation, bought it soon after release and the only difference is for me the crashes are a lot more vicious, some software never crash while other crash within 2 hours, stress tests don't crash because the CPU throttles on a good air cooler and also never reaches the advertised 6Ghz one and two core speed since stress tests are an all core load.

However i strongly suggest you seek a refund instead of selling, insist that the entire 14th gen is like that and get a refund on the motherboard and RAM while you're at it since the motherboard is incompatible with not-Intel and i don't know if the RAM will be able to operate at the recommended settings for not-Intel...

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

AlHill — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:24:34 GMT

@vmovups

In defense of the i9-14900K, I purchased one for my son. He built his machine, is a gamer, and has ZERO problems with the processor.

Your statement is very broad and condemning the entire lot, when I believe many of these "problems" are self-inflicted.

We shall see...

Doc (not an Intel employee or contractor)
[Maybe Windows 12 will be better]

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

vmovups — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:33:40 GMT

I've seen people in the forum complain of their 14th gen i5 or i7 machine BSODing or resetting, it was a reference to them.

I don't think we're self inflicting this, The CPU and motherboard were installed correctly, the shop i bought it at replaced the CPU and reseated both it and the cooler, also confirmed the motherboard has no damaged pins.

It's also possible your son just has a use pattern that does not trigger the crashes, or is blaming CTD crashes on the game/app rather than the CPU, or perhaps the CPU just has yet to become unstable, there are too many variables to tell.

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

higz — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:38:39 GMT

Make sure to install latest updates for drivers your bios is updated and why can’t you update the bios?You need to update to the latest bios. And try disabling XMP.

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

AlHill — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:43:11 GMT

And, make sure you are not running "Norton 360 for games" application that has turned on: game optimizer.

Doc (not an Intel employee or contractor)
[Maybe Windows 12 will be better]

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

LeonWaksman — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:47:22 GMT

Did you check one of those solutions?

Leon

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

agriculturesnagricult — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:06:11 GMT

Yeah i got a 14900ks because i thought intel was the best, so i wanted the best of the best. CPU cant handle anything lol sigh...... i dont wanna buy fkn non-Intel whats the latest good intel CPU? should i RMA until intel sends a stable 14900ks?

im sad

Re: Why is the 14900k such garbage?

John5628 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:03:46 GMT

Did anyone ever answer you? I agree. Returning my i9-14900K and going AMD. NEVER again. Cannot get past UEFI before it crashes. I should not have to deal with trying to make this think work. It should work out of the box. No tweeks should even be necessary. I am using an ASRock Z690 Taichi...Artic Liquid Freeze III 420\ with minimum 64G memory. I give up. Latest bios I barely managed to update before it crashed. Now at the latest bios for ASRock mobo @ 21.02

Junk. Complete garbage.