Look Im literally at my wits end with this current setup. Im trying to finish a massive 4K project for a wedding client here in Seattle and my computer just decided to start crapping out during the final export. Its a joke. Im sitting here at 2 AM watching the progress bar crawl and then boom, blue screen. Ive been using an older i9 but its just not cutting it anymore for the amount of After Effects work Im doing lately.

I spent the last three hours reading up on the i9-14900K because it seems like the obvious choice for heavy Premiere Pro work but honestly I am so confused now. I read on some forums that the 14th gen has these major stability and voltage issues that cause crashes which is literally what Im trying to escape right now. But then other people say the QuickSync on the i9 is essential for H.264 and H.265 playback so you shouldnt go with a Xeon even if you had the money. My budget is around $900 for the CPU and a new board and I need to buy this like yesterday because I have three more edits due by Friday.

Is the 14900K actually safe to buy now with the bios updates or should I just downgrade to a 13900K or maybe even an i7-14700K to save some heat? Some guys say the i7 is actually more stable for long renders because it doesnt thermal throttle as hard but I dont want to lose those extra cores when Im rendering out heavy 10-bit footage. Im just tired of my PC being a space heater that dies every time I hit the render button. What is the actual consensus for a pro workflow that doesnt involve me rebooting every hour...