Intel · LGA1700 · Upgrade guide
Upgrading from a Core i9-14900KS?
What you can drop into the same LGA1700 motherboard, and the graphics cards the Core i9-14900KS can drive before it becomes the bottleneck.
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Gaming tier 82/100
TDP / base power 150 W
Released 2024
⬆️ Best drop-in upgrades (LGA1700)
The Core i9-14900KS is already at the top of the LGA1700 platform for gaming — a faster CPU means a new motherboard (a platform upgrade), not a drop-in.
🎮 Graphics cards it can drive
The strongest GPU the Core i9-14900KS can keep up with before it bottlenecks, by resolution:
1080p up to ~GeForce RTX 4090
1440p up to ~GeForce RTX 5090
4K up to ~GeForce RTX 5090
Higher resolutions lean on the GPU, so the same CPU pairs with stronger cards at 4K than at 1080p.