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

better pack a juicy 360 aio or the beefiest cooler you can find because this thang gets hot

This one is fantastic, I have been using it for the past couple of months and the performance is outstanding. No issues found.

Ive put together a few systems and run some retail 12900k chips so far and the 12900k is by far an amazingly fast CPU.

Its great, Im using 13900k but wanted a better cpu for my 2nd PC, and its great, especially for compute tasks and multi-threaded workloads. The raptor lake, and forthcoming, will of course be better, but if you need the best Alder Lake CPU and can find a decent deal, it wont let you down. Im able to cool it efficiently with a Noctua N-14 (single stack, single fan setup) and it works great.

I bought this with a ASUS z690 gaming board and it wasn’t impressive compared to my similar i9 Core 9900k setup. Not worth upgrading unless you are a 7th Gen or older system in my opinion. Great to have ddr5 support but that isn’t really impressive either. Love intel but I feel like there is a bottleneck with processors these past few gens

Got the asus z690 eva edition running a 12th gen i9 with eva edition asus 3080 12 gig gpu and the ryujin 360 eva edition and the Asian horse matrix 360 up front and a cool masters 120 halo out back

This is the second computer that I build myself. My previous one was a threadripper 2750x with 16 cores. I was very impressed with AMD at that time. Since then it appears that the roles of AMD and Intel have switched. Intel is now offering more value for the money than AMD for similar performance. I am ecstatic and cannot wait for what comes next. The 12900k is a fantastic processor at this price point.

Very excited to get up and running, came in OG box sealed. Took a long time to get but very pleased

I went with this for my new 2022 build because I know how fast these things can actually go. Without an OC this runs plenty fast for me and the things I do for work. It does run hotter than most CPUs but this is expected so make sure you have a good cooler. Very fast!

This processor takes gaming to a whole new level! I assemble my own towers for every use their ids and this one is my new gaming tower and it will not disappoint. It ids exhilarating