Question Does the temperature matter on the Intel i7-14700KF? Do you get higher performance?

[blazing4181]

Besides from noise, aesthetics, perhaps a bit of lifetime, and (manual) overclocking potential, is there any point in going for better, more expensive cooling on a i7-14700KF?

The context in which this would matter I imagine is the CPU's ability to automatically overclock itself in certain cases, such as single thread load where the other cores are mostly idle. I can imagine that if the CPU runs somewhat cooler, thanks to a better cooling solution, then it will overclock itself more aggressively, perhaps.

But is this the case in reality? Are there any graphs or statistics that can be referred to which can show this in action?

Basically, if you don't care about the abovementioned things (noise, aesthetics, perhaps a bit of lifetime, and (manual) overclocking potential), will you lose any performance by going for a budget cooling option? And even if you might lose something, is it worth the extra cost for a high-end cooling solution, when you're running a stock setup?

 

[TerryLaze]

No, unless you want to overclock, especially in single the CPU uses like 30W to hit its max clock (5.5-5.6Ghz) you would have to have overclocking enabled (not all core enhancement) and a heavy one at that.

This site has the power draw as well as many results if you want to check it out.
They have stock settings, power limits removed and overclocking.

Also the ag400 is super cheap and will more than cover the 14700k
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i7-14700k/6.html

 

[geofelt]

This guide may give you some perspective on this:
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/intel-core-13900k-cooling-tested

Yes, better cooling does increase the potential performance, but not by all that much.

Noctua maintains a chart of acceptable air coolers.
Here is the one for the 14700KF:
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/INTEL-Core-i7-14700KF-1761

 

[TheHerald]

Besides from noise, aesthetics, perhaps a bit of lifetime, and (manual) overclocking potential, is there any point in going for better, more expensive cooling on a i7-14700KF?

The context in which this would matter I imagine is the CPU's ability to automatically overclock itself in certain cases, such as single thread load where the other cores are mostly idle. I can imagine that if the CPU runs somewhat cooler, thanks to a better cooling solution, then it will overclock itself more aggressively, perhaps.

But is this the case in reality? Are there any graphs or statistics that can be referred to which can show this in action?

Basically, if you don't care about the abovementioned things (noise, aesthetics, perhaps a bit of lifetime, and (manual) overclocking potential), will you lose any performance by going for a budget cooling option? And even if you might lose something, is it worth the extra cost for a high-end cooling solution, when you're running a stock setup?

No, especially for single threaded workloads, a better cooler does nothing.

 

[faalin]

On top of the ag400 i would also look at the Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE or the Peerless Assassin 120 SE. Both compare to the Noctua NH-D15 and sit around the $35 mark.