Intel Core i9-12900K Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

very nice package

This was a huge upgrade to my system for good price. Im back into the modern pc world. Win 11 runs great

For my new build I picked an EVGA Z790 Classified motherboard, since it has an 1700 socket that meant an Intel Cpu, wanted to future proof somewhat so kept choice between I9-12xxx and I9-13xxx gen, I dont need the latest and supposedly the greatest, so flipped a coin and the 12 gen won. Then researched thru

I bought this instead of the 12th gen i7 anticipating future demand for more cores. There is a price difference to consider. As many know, more cores doesnt necessarily mean better. Games only use a max of 6 cores, though it may vary from game to game. If you just want to game, buy the i7 series. My 4790k had served me so well, its still my backup on my old mobo. Its been at least 5 years since I bought ol reliable. Shes been through rough seas. It was time for her to rest easy.

If you get this processor it has high temps problems if you look it up you see online that it cant handle top of the line liquid coolers bought intel i9-12900ks works like a champ no high temp problems the best one out there!

This isnt the processor for everyone, but it is very fast. The individual cores arent significantly different from those in the 13th generation i7. But if you have a need for a lot of parallel processing then this may be the processor for you. I do software development, which it doesnt help 99% of the time, gaming, which it helps a little, and occasionally transcoding large amounts of video and music. During transcoding it helps a huge amount. I have over 300GB of FLAC audio files that I ripped from my CD collection, I never buy mp3s. I wanted to have that on my phone, but I didnt want to carry it at full rate because I cant tell the difference in the car, so I transcoded it. I had done that once before and it took more than a day on a five year old Ryzen 7. This machine took around 30 minutes. 30-40 times faster. At work the optics team, which uses ray tracing software to design optical telescopes and laser focusing lenses, uses i9s in preference to Xeons. The Xeons might be faster under some circumstances, but the machines are hugely expensive, so the i9s are much better for price performance. Would I buy it again? Id probably buy the 13th generation, but if I had any sense Id just get the 13th gen i7.

The processor performs excellent, without any problem, I have it mounted on a MSI Z690 Force WiFi board and cooled with a Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix liquid cooler.

I decided after half a decade of using AMD I decided to give intel another try. I am happy to say that they won back another customer. Clock speeds are amazing and processes run seamlessly.

Love the box, but the performance in gaming is not as i expect!

Talk about bang for your buck