Unboxing and Photography

The Core i9-14900KS ships in a package that's slightly different to the other 14th Gen CPUs. A heatsink is not included, as you're expected to pair this processor with a high-end cooling solution.


Inside the package you find a shiny plastic container that mimics the look of a silicon die.


The Core i9-14900KS processor package looks just like other 14th gen, 13th gen and 12th Gen processors, as it shares the same LGA1700 socket. It's backwards-compatible with 600-series chipset motherboards through a BIOS update.


Intel Socket LGA1700 has an intuitive installation process that should be familiar from many past LGA sockets. Trouble is that it comes with a different cooler mount-hole spacing than LGA1200 and the five different Socket-H series sockets before it, so you'll need to search for a compatible cooler, which should be no problem at this point, since LGA1700 has been on the market for several years now.