Customer Ratings & Reviews

This processor is great. Runs cooler than a 5000 series amd while gaming at least. Can get very hot with mce enabled on multitasking benchmarks. Plays those games that don't like AMD very well.

Upgraded from a gen 8, really loving the speed and performance, matched it with a MSI motherboard and am really happy overall. Kudos to my local Best Buy for having all the parts needed in store.

Originally bought the 12900k to replace my 9900k, but decided to exchange for this instead. This i7-12700k offered practically the same performance for 1440p gaming as the 12900k, yet comes in $200 cheaper. It also consumes less power and generates less heat. The per-core performance on these new chips and the addition of the e-cores for background programs is superb. Windows 11 is a must for getting the most from this processor. Windows 10 will not utilize the cores correctly. Can use DDR4 or DDR5 RAM with this new generation of processors, depends on what motherboard you use. DDR5 is much harder to get right now and costs more, but seems to be the way to go if looking for the best performance or long-term compatibility.

"Twelve" cores is a white-lie, there technically is, but eight of them are the ones you want for your every-day tasks. Effeciency cores shouldn't be disparaged, although I'm sure most people would prefer a full twelve cored. The K variant being over-clockable/boostable shines in gaming and in multi-core workloads. You get what you pay for.

Awesome product, easy to overclock if you want. I left mine standard and I clock 5.1 on end and 3.6 low end while gaming. I play over 210 games and this cpu rock's them all.

It absolutely love this product.It performs very well and cooler.

I purchased this processor in 2022 for a new PC build. The have been using the system daily since then and have had zero issues. I would recommend this cpu still to this day.

Amazing CPU, can do anything from video editing, to Photoshop with ease. Buy this CPU instead of going for a 13th or 14th gen because of the failure rates those two generations are having at the moment.

Bought for new PC build. Easy to install after making sure motherboard pins are in order. Able to apply thermal paste for cooling easily. Nice for my gaming and work needs.

This is a great value in the 12th gen lineup. the 12900k is faster but its also much hotter running and more expensive. Here you get the performance you want at a better value

Great processor, it chomps through anything I throw at it. Max threads score for 3DMark CPU profile test: 10,049. My old 6700k had a score of 3,272 for comparison.

Got this at a decent price since the 13th gen processors have come out so this is a beast of a processor for a great price

Paired this up an ASUS Z690 and an RTX3070ti and my PC is disturbingly fast with fantastic FPS while gaming. Stays nice and cool thanks to my Corsair H150i capellix.

Overral real good perfomance and very easy installation. Great price also.

Great power for a custom pc that I built. Would buy this again due to the insane value it provides

Incredible performance, and includes Modern Warfare II. It runs cooler than my 11700f. I got an increase of 40fps in Warzone. Im very happy

I was originally going to get the i9, but after watching several reviews comparing the i9 to the i7, it just didn't make sense to spend twice the money on ~10-20% gain. Plus, the i9 uses WAY more power than the i7. I've gotten it comfortably overclocked to 5.0GHz on a Z63 Kraken AIO. And even at that voltage the CPU temps don't really get above 40c-45c. So far the performance has been outstanding. Along with my 3090 and DDR 5600MHz RAM, there really isn't anything I can't run at max settings. And it runs buttery smooth on my Samsung Oddyssey Neo G9 :)

upgrading from an i5 9400f and its been great. all the extra performance is really useful and its very fast. i run games at alot more fps now

i have had this in my computer for a while now and have down tons of gaming it has been able to run everything on ultra without issue

I have swapped back and forth from Intel to AMD since the 90's and I can honestly state that all of my Intel PC's and laptops ran smooth as butter. AMD always seemed glitchy and slow to load while doing the most mundane of tasks. Granted its been at least 10 years since my last AMD device... But the Alder Lake CPU's are just amazing. Fast, overcockable, and just in your face! Shoot for first when gaming! Dont blow it with AMD!