Should You Buy a Ryzen 9 9900X or Core i7-14700K?

If you are building a new PC, should you buy the new AMD Ryzen 9 9900X or Intel Core i7-14700K? In this video, the next in our "Ultimate PC Component Fighting Championship" battle series, we are going to find out. In the UpcFC series we’ve been helping you make the right choice by pitting two components against each other in the PC octagon to see who wins. In this video our focus will be on two top CPU’s, with the newly released Ryzen 9 9900X in the red corner, taking on the Intel Core i7-14700K in the blue corner. In addition to showing you benchmarks across 18 games, I will also review the recent issues with Intel 13th and 14th gen processors, as well as the negative day one reviews for the AMD 9000 series launch. And if you stick around, I will share with you my pro tips for how to unleash the performance locked inside the new 9900X, something you will definitely not want to miss. AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - https://amzn.to/4eqZqEY Intel Core i7-14700K - https://amzn.to/4gBaamq Title: Should You Buy a Ryzen 9 9900X or Core i7-14700K? Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:22 - Video Focus (9900X vs 14700K) 00:55 - Recent Intel & AMD CPU Drama 01:13 - The Intel Raptor Lake CPU Debacle 01:46 - How Did Intel Respond? 02:44 - The AMD 9000 Series Launch Debacle 03:01 - How Did AMD Respond? 04:09 - What Should You Do? 04:46 - Test Setup & Components 06:08 - Testing Methodology 07:44 - Benchmarks featuring Bruce Buffer 08:28 - Cinebench R24 08:33 - AIDA64 Extreme 08:38 - 3DMark Time Spy Extreme 08:43 - 3DMark CPU Profile 08:48 - Blender 4.2 08:53 - Geekbench 6 08:58 - 7-Zip 19.0 09:03 - Total War: Warhammer III 09:08 - Cyberpunk 2077 09:13 - Company of Heroes 3 09:18 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 09:23 - Forza Horizon 5 09:28 - Civilization VI 09:33 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 09:38 - Red Dead Redemption 2 09:43 - Middle-Earth: Shadow of War 09:48 - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 09:53 - Formula 1 2023 09:58 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 10:03 - The Talos Principle II 10:08 - Far Cry 6 10:13 - Horizon Zero Dawn 10:18 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 10:23 - Skull and Bones 10:28 - Black Myth: Wukong 10:33 - 17 Game Average 10:48 - How To Optimize The 9900X (Step-by-Step Guide) 13:33 - 9900X Optimization & Performance Summary 14:46 - Intel Core i7-14700K Optimization Tweaks 15:27 - CPU Optimization Silicon Quality Limitations 15:58 - Who Wins The Battle & Why? 17:35 - Recommendation 18:26 - Wrap-Up Thank you for watching this video in the "Ultimate PC Component Fighting Championship” battle series. If you enjoyed today's video please hit that like button and subscribe so that you don't miss out on future episodes as other components battle it out in the PC octagon. Please also comment and offer suggestions on any future components that you would like to see go head-to-head. Blackbird PC Tech Links: Website: https://blackbirdpc.tech/ Store: https://blackbirdpctech.store/ Benchmarks: https://blackbirdpc.tech/ Membership:    / @blackbirdpctech   AMD Test Platform Affiliate Links: Motherboard: Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master - https://amzn.to/4girjBa CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - https://amzn.to/4eqZqEY RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 - https://amzn.to/3ZcwvQV GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition - https://amzn.to/3B4kJ0I CPU Cooler: EVGA CLCx 360mm AIO - https://amzn.to/3z1dMx4 Storage: 2TB SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD - https://amzn.to/4ecfmek PSU: Gigabyte GP-AP1200PM 1200W Platinum - https://amzn.to/4eeuo39 Intel Test Platform Affiliate Links: Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II - CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K - https://amzn.to/4gBaamq RAM: Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-7200 CL34 - https://amzn.to/47x1MA9 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition - https://amzn.to/3B4kJ0I CPU Cooler: Asus ROG Ryujin III 360mm AIO - https://amzn.to/3BdzuOY Storage: 2TB SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD - https://amzn.to/4ecfmek PSU: EVGA Supernova 1200P2 1200W Platinum - https://amzn.to/3XUCMzK Memory Testing Software: Memtest86+ - https://www.memtest.org/ Karhu - https://www.karhusoftware.com/ramtest/