Question Is the 13900ks worth the upgrade from a 12900ks ?

[Digital~Dreams]

Currently enjoying a 12900ks yet often wonder about upgrading to the 13900ks to max out my motherboard for the next few years. Thoughts ?

Also there seem to rumours of a new compatible processor coming out in Q3 ??, if true would want to wait for that....

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

It would depend on what you use your computer for and if you would notice any difference anyway.

 

[Digital~Dreams]

It would depend on what you use your computer for and if you would notice any difference anyway.

Everything... from 4k gaming, 4k video converting (using CUDA or main processor) to acting as a game server and high speed Internet downloading (2.5Gb ethernet). I'm also thinking that if I upgrade my motherboard to DDR5 at some point the 13900ks will allow a slightly higher default (non OC) memory speed..

 

[bill001g]

Unless you plan to upgrade your video card you will likely see no difference in most applications.
Now if you run a 4090 at 1080p with lower setting it can increase the fps but this is very narrow gaming use mostly for people obsessed by frame rates in shooter type games.
It will make no difference at all in most game if you run at 4k and even less for stuff like downloads since that is limited by your internet connection. Even 2.5gbit/sec is laughably slow compare to say speeds to your storage or memory.

You need to be looking at compute bound applications say code compile to really justify the upgrade.
So again it depends on what exactly you use the machine for most the time. Most the things you list are GPU bound so spend you money to upgrade that....having a 3080ti you likely have to go all the way to a 4090 to see a difference worth spending well over $1000 for a new video card.

Note your current ddr4 ram can outperform the lower speed ddr5 and again memory only benefits certain applications.

If your current setup meets you needs do not get tempted by the marketing and shiny new toys just wait until you actually "need" to upgrade. If you can use your current setup for say another year you never know what is going to be out and likely 13900k will at least not cost more than they do today.

 

[geofelt]

Worth is something only YOU can determine.
But, since you seem to have the funds and the itch, I say scratch it and buy the 13900KS.
With a bios update, it should be a simple drop in upgrade.
If you do not, you will be asking yourself forever.

As to a 14th gen upgrade on your current platform, who knows.
I was excited about it earlier, but I think it may not be at the top end, and more likely in the 4th quarter.

 

[punkncat]

IMO the only way that makes sense is to wait for 14th gen to come out, and 13th to go on sale much like 12th is now. You likely would not find the "S" skew at that point.

 

[Digital~Dreams]

Unless you plan to upgrade your video card you will likely see no difference in most applications.
Now if you run a 4090 at 1080p with lower setting it can increase the fps but this is very narrow gaming use mostly for people obsessed by frame rates in shooter type games.
It will make no difference at all in most game if you run at 4k and even less for stuff like downloads since that is limited by your internet connection. Even 2.5gbit/sec is laughably slow compare to say speeds to your storage or memory.

You need to be looking at compute bound applications say code compile to really justify the upgrade.
So again it depends on what exactly you use the machine for most the time. Most the things you list are GPU bound so spend you money to upgrade that....having a 3080ti you likely have to go all the way to a 4090 to see a difference worth spending well over $1000 for a new video card.

Note your current ddr4 ram can outperform the lower speed ddr5 and again memory only benefits certain applications.

If your current setup meets you needs do not get tempted by the marketing and shiny new toys just wait until you actually "need" to upgrade. If you can use your current setup for say another year you never know what is going to be out and likely 13900k will at least not cost more than they do today.

Yeah I get you but DDR4 3600 outperform DDR5 5600 ?.

On a side note I'm thinking both of future upgrades for my current system and having something to upgrade my sons pc with too

 

[bill001g]

This is a math thing. You can't compare just the raw transfer speeds you need to also include the latency. You have cl16 memory which is fairly fast type of ddr4. ddr5 memory many times have over cl40. You can of course spend a lot to get high end ddr5 with fast speeds and say cl34 but not all cpu/motherboards will actually support it.
There are sites that do the math to figure this out.

In the end it is highly unlikely you will be able to tell other than when you run benchmark programs between memory. It is a extremely tiny increase for most application.