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

Was shipped and delivered on time and as expected. Great processor.

It didnt work good i returned it but still havent received my refund yet

I found this on sale for $350. A 12th gen i9 for a comparable price to an i7 I mean the review writes itself couldn’t have been more excited to get such a great cpu for such a competitive price.

The 12900k can be hard to justify. The 12700k is around two-thirds the cost and the difference in performance is only a few percent. Furthermore, you can get away with a moderate cooling solution on the 12700k whereas the 12900k really requires a top of the line cooler which will set you back even more. Even while using the NH-D15 CPU cooler I decided to underclock the 12900k a little bit in order to keep thermals in check, bringing the performance nearer to the 12700k. Given the option to do it over, I would have just gone with a 12700k and saved myself about $250.

Increased my 3D Mark Time Spy cpu score by 70%.

Intel has knocked it in the bleachers with this one. Super fast. No OC necessary. Using it with Win11 and a 3080 gpu. Incredible. Not regretting it at all. Glad I decided to go with Intel on this build

I went from an i7-8700K with DDR4 and a Z290 chipset, to THIS ABSOLUTEL BEAST i9-12900K, now with DDR5 and a Z690 chipset, and MY GOD, my computer is running so damn fast, I am pretty sure at this rate, I will never be able to capture it again.

Excellent

With this 12900k cpu, Bf2042 ultra settings now 144fps with 3090.

I like the 8 performance cores and the 8 efficiency cores. The efficiency cores are multi-threaded and the performance cores are not, thereby providing the best performance possible. I paired this processor with a Gigabyte Aorus Z690 motherboard and an Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics card and 32 GB of 6200 Mhz DDR5 memory. Works GREAT!