Hi all. I built a new PC and threw in a 12900k into it for 501.35 Canadian. (keep in mind, taxes are included in that price) so about 378.36 USD and paired it with a 3070ti.

I've been doing research on the i7-13700K and the 19-13900k.

I personally feel alright with the build but it would seem it would've been better off, with hindsight to get the other two CPUs for longevity reasons.

I upgraded from a 4790k. Am I overthinking it?

found a power speck with this a 5070 and 2 tb ssd. is the processor still a good option? This was $1500 and I want this to last for a while

So I just basically almost got yelled at for getting the I9-12900k processor and was told I should have gotten AMD Ryzen 7 9800XD. But I already have my Processor on standby to be built into my PC. So I'm unsure if it's massively flawed or bad or is it really that dire to have not gotten that specific processor and did I screw myself over by getting it.

Update: I finally received the PC so far runs smoothly and the cpu temps have been fine. I do understand peoples concerns future upgrades but I don’t mind dealing with it when the time comes.

Was bidding on the 12900k and ended up winning at $265 but I'm primarily going to be gaming I do have some production workloads that will no doubt benefit from this chip but like I said gaming is what I'm going to be doing the most and I almost feel guilty that I'm running my games at 4K and I could have bought a 13600 for the SAME price, am I a chungus doofus

Edit: proving should've mentioned I have a 3080

My Friend wanted to me to ask this for him on here (cause he was scared he was gonna get clowned on lol) but he was debating on upgrading to either the 12900K or 14900K Intel CPU (he currently has a 10900K and he only uses his PC For gaming with some video editing in the Mix, and he is aware he’ll have to upgrade the motherboard)

Need help any suggestion for my current processor upgrade, mostly for engineering things such as programming, and running mobile emulator for development (yes gaming included lol), should I go for 12900k or 12900ks ? I already research regarding 12900ks, they said its not worth it over 12900k ?

Over the last week or so I've seen many youtube reviewers label the KS as "not worth it" or "the same as their 12900K sample". While this might be true, it shows how out of touch reviewers are with standard users getting standard binning from buying at standard stores.

On launch day, I helped 6 different users in the bay area build 12900K systems since we are all flight sim jockeys. Simming relies on very old software (especially for professional pilots) which typically rely heavily on single core peak speeds. The 12900K was a massive revolution in performance in this aspect and many of these users also need many cores for things like ripping videos or in my case, analytics work.

All 6 of those 12900K chips were bought from online or bay-area retailers and are just normal ones. With SP's ranging from 76 to 82. Almost none of these clocked past 5.1ghz stable all core or 5.3 single core and even our best one required 1.32vcore and 98 degrees to hold stable at 5.2/4.0 (this one had SP83 on the Pcores and SP68 on the E-cores). All machines are on 360AIOs from either Arctic or EKWB. the machine with the best result, only got there with a week of overclocking, tweaking and restarts since AI Overclock wanted 1.55v and that was just too scary to trust.

Since I put in my 12900KS "Limited Edition", it's been pure magic! It's SP 85 with Ecores about the same score as my old 12900K, but the P-cores are SP 91. JUST AMAZING

• 5.5ghz on 3 threads with no problem at all, just turned on asus AI Overclock and left voltage at stock mappings

• 5.2ghz and 4.1 all cores with the same settings (under load it seems to only want 1.28v)

• Cinebench scores up 130 pts vs my best 12900K, multicore up around 1100pts.

• at the above settings, single core it happily chugs along in the sims with 1-3 cores @ 5.5 and temps in the low 40s . Multi-core full load temps around 85-88C

Overall, for me, this chip is CLEARLY worth the premium because for myself and many of my friends, taking 5-6 days to tune an overclock is worth WELL MORE in lost time than $200. The KS provides top notch results, binning, reliability and temperatures. Well done intel.. This chip is way worth it for those of us who got "normal" 12900K chips, and not the super review samples given to guys like Der Bauer (still love you man, but there's some privilege that comes with being the best).

P.S. So far I havent seen any KS owners with less SP than me, so i'm fairly confident that my buying experience on the KS is also not a "golden sample" as most overclockers.net users i've seen are SP87-90

I was thinking about either trading or upgrading my CPU to a ryzen 7 7800x3D or 9800x3D

I recently built a new pc this past year and the specs are as follows:

• intel i9-12900k

• RTX 4070 super 12GB

• 32* Gb of DDR5 RAM at 6000

• Noctua NH-D15

Now I have built several PCs before, but I really only chose parts for one PC a very long time ago. When I initially did research on PCs years ago, I was much less knowledgeable, and also AMD processors were not looking too good at the time. When I chose the parts for this new PC I was extremely ignorant and completely ignored AMD for a processor option for this reason. I know I should have done more research but are the performance gains for gaming significant enough to warrant coughing up the money for a new mobo and cpu?

I've also had people tell me that my GPU and CPU combo is being bottlenecked but I don't think that is the case. The benchmarks or at least the ones I have seen are all over the place. I assume it's because its a general benchamrk and not just for gaming so the extra cores that the i9 provides rate it higher in some cases. Would just like some advice

Games that are processor heavy that I'm playing right now are The Finals and of course, like a lot of you, MH Wilds

TLDR: Should I spend the money to upgrade from a i9-12900k to a 7800x3D or 9800x3D?

Edit: I accidentally typed 16Gb of RAM. I have 32GB

Looking to pair a processor with my brand new 3080.

how does the Intel Core i9-12900K stack up, are there better choices?
Looking to play AAA at high end.

I am planning to build a PC, and I am getting the i9 12900ks brand new for 290 usd. Is it a good deal? Should I get something newer at the same price? And would this be a good pairing with the B580 or the rumoured B770? I am using it to do some CAD and sim racing.( Would prefer if the CPU and GPU be intel)

Shopping components for a new build and the i9-12900K is only $267 on Amazon. Is there a reason I should avoid this in favor of an i7-14700K ($340) or i7-13700k ($274)?

I was thinking about building a pc. wondering if I should build a 12th gen i9 or wait till 13th gen.

Planning to build with ddr5 6600 cl 32 and rx 6900xt

I've been needing a PC upgrade for a while now. Currently I have a i7-4770 with a RTX 2080. I came across this deal at micro center and I could get a motherboard, ram and cpu for $399 +tax.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006593/intel-core-i9-12900k,-asus-z790-v-prime-wifi-ddr5,-gskill-ripjaws-s5-32gb-kit-ddr5-6000,-computer-build-bundle

I know this CPU is a couple years older but it's far newer than what I have now. My goal with this upgrade is to play open world single player games at 4K(16:9) or 2K (23:9) at high settings around 60-80FPS.

Do you think this is a reasonable deal or is it really worth forking over some more cash for a newer CPU?

Seems by the benchmarks we have another “9700k/9900k” performance delta meaning a big difference in price for not a big performance leap. I’m on a 9900k and thinking of a 12700k and a leap to 12th gen so just needing to know if the 12700k is gonna be great for gaming. Thanks.

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