Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor 10 (6P+4E) Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked  LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

This CPU is one of the most best for gaming. It has plenty of cores to handle gaming and to mutitask. I went with the 12600k over AMDs 5600X because the price was cheaper and this CPU is also faster in single threaded workloads. 6 performance cores plus 4 efficiency cores will be plenty for gaming and moderare workloads for years to come. It also runs fairly cool with a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 cpu cooler.

The single core speed for this chip is insane. About 20% increase. As you may know, this chip has hybrid architecture. 6 “Performance” Cores and 4 “Efficient” Cores. The top 12900K has 8 Performance 8 Efficient Cores. The 12900K is way hot, and intel souped this processor up to barely beat the Ryzen 5950x but with a lot more heat generated. Keep in mind the 5950 is $799 compared to $579, but Intels is way more inefficient and hot.

This handles my Asus tuf 3070 ti just fine. Elder ring on max settings with no lag. If you want real value then buy the amd 5600x. That’ll also do the job for $70 dollars cheaper. But I enjoy intel.

Very quick,y handles anything I do. I also installed M2 ssd hard drives so the boot up takes only a few seconds and you are ready to go. I’m using the built in intel graphics and I’m not a serious gamer so I don’t really know how far I can push graphics. There was no option to put BA by the gaming rating so I was forced to give a rating, for my games it is perfect, I also don’t overclock so I haven’t tried to lock or unlock, again, there was no way to say NA so I put a 5 star. Overall, very happy with this cpu and I couldn’t see any reason to spend extra for the i7.

Recieved cpu broken didnt build pc in time for return and now i cant return it.

Great cpu

Bought the i5 because it was on sale and unfortunately I could not get the system to boot. I made sure to update the bios on my motherboard and did the usual trouble shooting with various components. It was difficult to try to talk with tech support from Gigabyte but after troubleshooting and going back and forth for about a week and a half we had zero success. Ordered an i7 from Amazon and everything works very well I’m happy to say. 12th Gen intel CPU’s are a great bargin!

No se traba, es muy rápido. Los gráficos integrados funcionan perfectamente para jugar Apex Legends, pero no sirven para jugar Warzone 2.0, por lo que toca tener una tarjeta gráfica. Pero es muy rápido este procesador. Con el cooler de de ventiladores que le puse, si mucho llega a 65° en gaming. Me gustó mucho.

Middle end perfect CPU, thats all)))

This is a great CPU and I give it 5 stars. Im sorry Amazon, you just dont ever ship a processor in a bag!