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Name: Intel - Core i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W - Grey/Black/Gold
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Intel - Core i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W - Grey/Black/Gold

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SKU:: 12332874

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QuestionDoes it come with a cpu cooler?
Asked 4 years ago by Joey.
- Answer No it doesnt. Als be careful you buy a cooler that works with LGA 1700 or you buy a motherboard that includes LGA 1200 cooler mounting support as well (which is what I chose to do)
  Answered 4 years ago by gtsteff
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QuestionDoes the processor come with a graphics card installed?
Asked 4 years ago by Ej.
- Answer This chip does come with integrated graphics only the KF models do not have integrated graphics, it’s an alright idea to use onboard graphics until the gpu market settles.
  Answered 4 years ago by Bruh
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QuestionDoes it have integrated graphics? In the overview it says "Processor Graphics / Intel UHD Graphics 770". But below that, it says "no integrated graphics" in 2 different places. I was under the impression that the K series DOES have integrated graphics.
Asked 4 years ago by felwithe.
- Answer Yes it has integrated graphics.
  Answered 4 years ago by Jake
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QuestionDoes this come with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?
Asked 3 years ago by Yue.
- Answer It's part of the Intel Gamer Days. It doesn't look like Best Buy is still participating. Here is the website. https://softwareoffer.intel.com/Campaign/LearnMore/18d45e50-2753-42df-bd35-6ec1be88ccef
  Answered 3 years ago by Anonymous
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QuestionMy current PC has an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz would this fit my pc?
Asked 1 year ago by Chase.
- Answer It really depends on your motherboard If it is compatible with 12th gen CPUs
  Answered 1 year ago by AustinD
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QuestionI have an ASrock B365m/OEM motherboard and i am currently running a i5-9400F CPU. Can I upgrade to a i7-12700K without compatibility issues?
Asked 2 years ago by jman21.
- Answer Intel® Core™ Desktop processors (12th gen) use the LGA1700 socket and require motherboards based on Intel® 700 Series Desktop Chipsets and Intel® 600 Series Desktop Chipsets. Intel® 600 Series and Intel® 700 Series require a BIOS update when upgrading from Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors 12th or 13th to a 14th gen.
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionI'm slowly learning this computer stuff but my current PC has an Intel Core i5 9600k 6 Core 3.7 GHz so I'm assuming this would be a substantial upgrade, correct?
Asked 2 years ago by Phoenix4Hearts.
- Answer You will need a compatible motherboard for this cpu and sufficient cooler as it doesn't come with a cooler and make sure power supply compatible plus powerful enough and the most important part, make sure the pc case can fit all this without problems
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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Questionis powerful enough to push a 3090 ftw 3 ultra
Asked 2 years ago by freakdaddy.
- Answer It'll work, recommended for such a powerful graphics card i9-13900K but i7-12700K is good too
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionIs this compatible with an hp all-in-one desktop?
Asked 3 years ago by Al.
- Answer No, AIO pcs are built like a mini pc or a laptop, Graphics card or GPU not upgradedable, Unless it was a desktop replacement, That's different plus very very rare to find one that you can install anything other than memory and storage unit.
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionI bought this processor with their ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus combo. It has been great but one caveat - Does anyone know how to get Intel QuickSync working? Nothing in the motherboard manual and the processor supports it.
Asked 3 years ago by JD71.
- Answer Intel Quick Sync EDIUS X is optimized for Intel Quick Sync like no other NLE. Not only does Quick Sync speed up the encoding of H.264/H.265 exporting files. Playing back H.264/H.265-footage on the timeline has been greatly improved as well as enabling to smoothly edit 4K-material even with a less then optimized office PC. Quick Sync is a hardware implemented GPU-feature offered by many of Intel’s current Core i9, i7, Core i5 and even Core i3 processors. Version i9-12900K is highly recommended for desktop-PCs as well as the i9-12900HK or i7-12xxx for notebooks. Below you find a list of all Intel processors which support intel Quick Sync Video for H.264/H.265. For 4K/UHD support and the best Performance with EDIUS X we recommend an intel i7 processor of minimum the 4. generation. For H.265 export by the hardware encoder (with EDIUS 9.10 or newer) an intel Core i processor of minimum the 6th generation (8bit) or mimimum the 7th generation (8 and 10bit) is recommended.
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionI'm looking to upgrade. My system features are as followed; win 10 64 bit intel core i7-8700 cpu @ 3.20 GHz Ram 24GB can this i7 12700k be a worthy upgrade? and can best buy technicians install cpu? thanks in advance.
Asked 3 years ago by CiscoMar123.
- Answer This is what im getting on ACC
  Answered 2 years ago by RacetimeS
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QuestionCan I play a CD on this CPU? How do I open the CD player?
Asked 3 years ago by golfkatt.
- Answer You can cook eggs too, What you talking about? lol
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionHello I’m trying to upgrade my pc I play warzone call of duty. My pc is not very good lol I am getting about 60 frames per second. Will this increase my FPS?right now I have a 4 core processor.
Asked 3 years ago by WAFFO.
- Answer This is what im getting for ACC
  Answered 2 years ago by RacetimeS
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QuestionIs it multi threaded? If so what is the thread count.?
Asked 4 years ago by ComputerNerd.
- Answer 12
  Answered 1 year ago by Anonymous
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QuestionCould I swap out my processor with something like this in my laptop that is relatively new?
Asked 4 years ago by Ryan.
- Answer No, due to the fact this is a desktop processor die, which means that the LGA socket and the associated cooling pattern is substantially different from the mobile variant. However, there is a mobile variant. Please note while am not positive I believe "M" appended to the model number indicates this.
  Answered 2 years ago by dumuzi
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QuestionI'm looking for single-core performance, should I buy this or the 12900k? Is it worth the difference in price?
Asked 4 years ago by LUIKS449.
- Answer If I may be so bold, if so gle core performance and price are your concerns AND number of cores aren't, consider an i5. Long and short is I have dual nVidia Titans on military motherboards with aviation engineering grade hardware, and it's never seen over 20% total capacity. (23% exactly). It scans 1090213 million files off SSD in approximately 2 seconds s during virus scans.thats a million files, yes
  Answered 2 years ago by dumuzi
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QuestionWill the DEEPCOOL GAMMAX GTE V2 work for intel I7 12th gen unlocked? As a cooler?
Asked 4 years ago by Russell.
- Answer Any cpu cooler that supports LGA-1700 is compatible
  Answered 1 year ago by MichaelF
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QuestionWill this not work with e motherboard that has a 1200 slot?
Asked 4 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer No, only 1700 socket.
  Answered 3 years ago by DragonNerd
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Questions & Answers

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

Q: QuestionDoes it come with a cpu cooler?

Q: QuestionDoes the processor come with a graphics card installed?

Q: QuestionDoes it have integrated graphics? In the overview it says "Processor Graphics / Intel UHD Graphics 770". But below that, it says "no integrated graphics" in 2 different places. I was under the impression that the K series DOES have integrated graphics.

Q: QuestionDoes this come with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?

Q: QuestionMy current PC has an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz would this fit my pc?

Q: QuestionI have an ASrock B365m/OEM motherboard and i am currently running a i5-9400F CPU. Can I upgrade to a i7-12700K without compatibility issues?

Q: QuestionI'm slowly learning this computer stuff but my current PC has an Intel Core i5 9600k 6 Core 3.7 GHz so I'm assuming this would be a substantial upgrade, correct?

Q: Questionis powerful enough to push a 3090 ftw 3 ultra

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with an hp all-in-one desktop?

Q: QuestionI bought this processor with their ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus combo. It has been great but one caveat - Does anyone know how to get Intel QuickSync working? Nothing in the motherboard manual and the processor supports it.

Q: QuestionI'm looking to upgrade. My system features are as followed; win 10 64 bit intel core i7-8700 cpu @ 3.20 GHz Ram 24GB can this i7 12700k be a worthy upgrade? and can best buy technicians install cpu? thanks in advance.

Q: QuestionCan I play a CD on this CPU? How do I open the CD player?

Q: QuestionHello I’m trying to upgrade my pc I play warzone call of duty. My pc is not very good lol I am getting about 60 frames per second. Will this increase my FPS?right now I have a 4 core processor.

Q: QuestionIs it multi threaded? If so what is the thread count.?

Q: QuestionCould I swap out my processor with something like this in my laptop that is relatively new?

Q: QuestionI'm looking for single-core performance, should I buy this or the 12900k? Is it worth the difference in price?

Q: QuestionWill the DEEPCOOL GAMMAX GTE V2 work for intel I7 12th gen unlocked? As a cooler?

Q: QuestionWill this not work with e motherboard that has a 1200 slot?

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QuestionDoes it come with a cpu cooler?

QuestionDoes the processor come with a graphics card installed?

QuestionDoes it have integrated graphics? In the overview it says "Processor Graphics / Intel UHD Graphics 770". But below that, it says "no integrated graphics" in 2 different places. I was under the impression that the K series DOES have integrated graphics.

QuestionDoes this come with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?

QuestionMy current PC has an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz would this fit my pc?

QuestionI have an ASrock B365m/OEM motherboard and i am currently running a i5-9400F CPU. Can I upgrade to a i7-12700K without compatibility issues?

QuestionI'm slowly learning this computer stuff but my current PC has an Intel Core i5 9600k 6 Core 3.7 GHz so I'm assuming this would be a substantial upgrade, correct?

Questionis powerful enough to push a 3090 ftw 3 ultra

QuestionIs this compatible with an hp all-in-one desktop?

QuestionI bought this processor with their ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus combo. It has been great but one caveat - Does anyone know how to get Intel QuickSync working? Nothing in the motherboard manual and the processor supports it.

QuestionI'm looking to upgrade. My system features are as followed; win 10 64 bit intel core i7-8700 cpu @ 3.20 GHz Ram 24GB can this i7 12700k be a worthy upgrade? and can best buy technicians install cpu? thanks in advance.

QuestionCan I play a CD on this CPU? How do I open the CD player?

QuestionHello I’m trying to upgrade my pc I play warzone call of duty. My pc is not very good lol I am getting about 60 frames per second. Will this increase my FPS?right now I have a 4 core processor.

QuestionIs it multi threaded? If so what is the thread count.?

QuestionCould I swap out my processor with something like this in my laptop that is relatively new?

QuestionI'm looking for single-core performance, should I buy this or the 12900k? Is it worth the difference in price?

QuestionWill the DEEPCOOL GAMMAX GTE V2 work for intel I7 12th gen unlocked? As a cooler?

QuestionWill this not work with e motherboard that has a 1200 slot?