The Core i9-14900K has seemingly become Intel’s bestselling CPU, beating every 13th and 14th Gen chip across major retailers. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D remains the #1 top seller, but the 14900K isn’t that far behind, distinguishing itself as the most popular Core processor. The Core i7-14700K closely follows its i9 sibling, appearing in the lower half of most bestselling charts.
Core i9-14900K, i7-14700K: Intel Bestsellers Led by the Ryzen 7 7800X3D
The 14th Gen chips have effectively replaced their 13th Gen predecessors at discounted price tags. This trend can be observed at most American retailers, including Newegg, Amazon, BestBuy, B&H, and Microcenter.
The slow but steady increase in the popularity of the 14th Gen Core processors has granted Intel a chunk of the Windows CPU share, the largest bump in quite some time. Team Blue now accounts for 67.91% of Windows gamers on Steam. AMD has dropped to 32.05%, the lowest since October last year. Linux users, however, continue to prefer Ryzen processors, granting Team Red over 70% of the market in the FOSS segment.
NVIDIA RTX 60-Class GPUs Lead the GeForce Mob
In the GPU section, NVIDIA’s RTX 60-class graphics cards dominated the scene, led by the GeForce RTX 3060, RTX 4060, RTX 3070, and RTX 4070. Collectively, the 60-class cards accounted for more than half of the GPU upgrades this February. None of the Radeon GPUs demonstrated a net gain among Steam gamers.
