Intel Core i7-12700KF Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked  LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Processor runs reasonably cool, typically 20c less than my GPU on the same water-cooled loop. I installed Windows 11, and it shows 20 cores. Benchmarking with RDR2 shows a laughable difference from an I7-6700K, which is a 7 year old processor; it was 2-3fps on average. Its all about the GPU folks, the CPU after 7 years makes just about 1% difference.

The cpu is mesmerizing. It’s auto clocking easily to 5ghz and staying very cool and performant. If you are gaming consider the 5800x3d as it’s a close battle between these two for good value cpus.

Been using Ryzen for the last 3 years, I upgraded from Ryzen 7 3700X. This is such a great cpu that could easily last the next 5 years.

With an sp rating of 64 I thought I’d lost the silicon lottery but I’m still able to push 5.4 3 cores snd 5.1 all cores on a 360aio in the low 80s under high load for long runs. So even a “meh” is a beast in disquise.

Does great while gaming and shreds when it comes to rendering. With my 9400f it would take several minutes to render videos that I have edited whereas this takes no longer than 30 seconds to a minute. Love it.

Games are gpu limited by my 3080 strix which says a lot.

The heart of my new build beats with strength and power. Love the i7 12700kf

Typical CPU from Intel, works 100% like always!

Building new setup to replace laptop since I dont travel for work anymore.

Was upgrading from i9-9900KF and what an improvement!