Customer Ratings & Reviews

I always buy the 7 series chip and always buy the k version. This chip has proven to be very stable and fast at every task I throw at it. Have over clocked to 5.2 stable for teating purposes. At the standard boost clocks she hit 4.9 on most instances. Awsome chip and making me really want to try the I9-12900K

Stumbled upon Best buy when just searching for what processors were new so I could upgrade from an i7 7700k, and it just happened to be the day after these bad boys came out! Got to me super fast and now that I've received it I never have to slow down in any aspect of my life. Definitely blown away and happy that I scored one before they sold out!

Great CPU for gaming, even in December 2024. I bought this in June of 2021 for a water cooled PC I was building and it is the best gaming PC I have ever owned. By far the most reliable CPU I have used. I am a photographer by day and a gamer by night and I use the same PC for everything. I for my photos I use photoshop, Lightroom, and auto stacker (to stack 200+ lunar exposures from telescope images) and I game AAA titles. This CPU handles it all like a champ. I have it cooled with a ThermalTake 480 AIO water cooler and MX-6 paste and it stays ice cold day and night. I do a thermal paste swap annually just to be safe but have no issues for 3 or so years now.

I have always had an affinity for AMD over Intel, and with the last several years being really good to AMD I was planning to continue building with their CPUs. However, I found myself needing a system now and not able to wait for their new AM5 chipset to come out, and I definitely did not want to buy an AM4 setup when it is on its last run. Intel has been doing really well with these Alder Lake CPUs and the fact that it supports DDR5 and newer standards was a better prospect. I have to say I am VERY glad I went Intel on this build. The single-core performance and general responsiveness in most applications is noticeably better than some of the high end AMD builds I have seen. My boot time improved quite a bit, too, which surprised me. I run it with a Mini-ITX board in a tiny case (Lian Li Dan A4-H20) so it is bound to get a bit hot, but nothing outrageous. Overall the performance is excellent and the price is really good comparing to higher end AMD CPUs at the moment. I DID still give AMD some love by going with a 6950 XT instead of a higher end Nvidia GPU, which was also a great call after years of Nvidia, for what it's worth :) This is a great time to go Intel and there is nothing to be disappointed about with this chip! Full build specs: Lian Li Dan A4-H20 case Intel Core i7-12700K NZXT Kraken X53 240mm AIO MSI MEG Z690I Unify 32GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 @ 5600Mhz CL40 PowerColor Radeon 6950 XT Red Devil Silverstone SX1000 - 1000W 80+ Platinum SFX-L PSU

I love it i have it paired with a evga 3090 ftw3 and have a 240mm aio on it and never breaks 60c with the 120w power set up. previous cpu was a r7 5800x and it blows it out the water, no doubt.

Intel.. older then i am. Bought the i7 12700k when i was in a pinch and it fit the budget. Read it was good for gaming so took it home and i installed it. Never did have any issues and probably never will untill it becomes outdated. Runs my computer pretty good and seems to run pretty cool temp as well. Its an intel cpu what else is there to say? How do i know if its good? It works great for me and my video games and im sure it would do just about anything.

For the first time in my long history of building computers (over 15 years) I decided to be brave and jump on a new platform right after launch. While I didn't get a DDR5 motherboard to pair this with as I don't feel like spending stupid amounts for a very iffy increase in performance, I think this is truly a massive step forward by Intel. For the first time in a long time, we have a good ol' processor war going on between AMD and Intel. I came from a 3700X and my Cinebench R23 scores nearly doubled. I saw a decent increase in FPS in some CPU limited games. I don't do any real production work so I can't speak to that aspect but, I am sure this chip is sufficient for whatever you may throw at it. To be honest, for gaming this thing is a lot of overkill. I would have just rolled with the 12600K but, I managed to get this for a good deal on a sale. Now for the elephant in the room. This thing is powerful but, it is power hungry as well. Running synthetic benchmarks this CPU will pull easily over 230W. Make sure you are running a 240mm+ AIO or a very good air cooler to keep it cool if you plan on hitting it on all cores. Power efficient under max load this chip is not. Gaming loads are much more reasonable. I was seeing less than half of that wattage playing Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 4. It is an excellent time to be a PC enthusiast (chip shortage and GPU pricing not withstanding). Alder Lake is what Intel need after a pathetic showing with Rocket Lake. I am a life long AMD guy and here I am with a 12700K now. Your move AMD.

The processor is cool and efficient. Using simple air cooling with a Noctua DH-15 (a very large air cooler, I know), temperatures tend to stay in the 40s, maybe low 50s under very heavy load at most. The CPU has done everything I've asked of it without issue and without the need to overclock it. The only real downside is that it's a new form factor, so compatible motherboards are fewer and therefore more expensive. Also, be sure that your cooler has the necessary parts to fit this new form factor. If not, you may have to purchase a conversion kit for your cooler to ensure that it fits properly.

First Best Buy rocks for only marking this up $10 over MSRP, other retailers started at $450 and $470 and they were big name places, just shady (but they still sold out). I also got my 10% birthday discount so I was even happier with bestbuy for allowing that on a pre-order. For the chip, I have it with a MSI DDR5 board and memory and its amazing how much better it performs compared to my i7 9700k. I actually had a cpu bottleneck on some games (rtx 3080 ti). mobo, ram, cpu, gpu are all hard to find but if you can, these build awesome systems. I know I overpaid for my gpu ($500 markup over msrp) and DDR will crash in price soon but I don't like waiting to enjoy things in life.

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 :)

the CPU works great and is super fast. i didn't really want to pay for the latest and greatest, mainly because i have found that a 10% increase can add 50% to the price of the CPU. one thing to watch out for, there is no cooling fan in this package, so you have to buy one. you can get the CPU with a fan, but it's a different part number. personally, even though it cost more to buy the fan separately, i believe the Noctua cooler i got will work much better than anything Intel provides.

Trust me you do not need an i9-12900K (well I wish I could afford one). This CPU is a beast and can be overclocked. I have an MSI Z690-A mother board, basic stuff so the CPU is not at its full potential. It runs games such as DCS and flight simulator smoothly with no crashes. At idle, it runs at about 28°C-32°C with 3 radiator fans at 10% running. Overall a wonderful CPU especially while on sale You have to get a 12700K

Powerhouse of a CPU that can handle anything you throw at it. Whether it be gaming, transcoding media, or editing photo/video this CPU doesn't break a sweat. Paired with an adequate cooler this CPU never has any issue keeping up with a modern gaming system.

I think this might be the best value CPU from Intel right now for gaming. It is at least the better value compared to the I9-12900k as it delivers comparable performance at $200 less and doesn't heat up as much as the i9 CPU. I'm cooling my i7-12700K with the Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black and have paired this CPU with an Nvidia RTX 3070 FE. This combination is fantastic and I highly recommend this CPU.

I been wanting to upgrade from a i7 9700k, which is am amazing cpu. Intel managed to make a cpu worth upgrading too finally. My assumptions of the i7 9th bottlenecking my rtx3070 were right, ive managed to get at 20+ average fps in warzone, sometimes even see fps ive never seen.

Smokin fast lil chip here. And unlike the 11th gen this guy handles some overclocking. I didnt get to deep into it but i had 8 cores running at 5.4ghz but my 120mm aio couldn't handle it for long before throttling started. But expect a 5-10% increase in performance is feasible. My single thread score on passmark was 4350. Thats a 33% increase from the 11700k! 360mm cooler recommended if overclocking.

Fast efficient CPU. Easy to install. Performs as expected.

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.

I wanted to switch to AMD ryzen but i decided to give team blue one last chance, so I reluctantly upgraded from a Core i7 9700k to this i7-12700k thinking that I wouldn't notice any difference from the previous generation. I was proven wrong, this 12700k is an absolute performance beast. it kills my 9700k and doesn't even break a sweat. No matter the tasks whether video encoding or heavy multitasking running numerous programs. Video editing at 4k is now an absolute breeze. If you are a gamer , this is the CPU u need. I have an RTX 2070 super and was considering upgrading but due to market , I held off. This CPU has extended the life of my 2070, Game play feels more smoother , never dropping below 60fps at ultra setting at 1440p, an example would be Batman Arkham knight which is notoriously a stutter fest is now much smoother and immersive. I don't know how but this upgrade has made my games look better and more responsive. This CPU is a game changer. I have to commend AMD also for this because if they didnt challenge intel with Ryzen , intel would never have stepped up their game. The 12700k is the best CPU intel has made in over 20 years, this product is incredible, highly recommend and also AMD needs to be supported also ,so that things don't return to the way they were 15 years ago. Buy this cpu

Was originally going to get the 65w version, timing and convince won out and grabbed this. While my usual upgrade process takes months, this cpu (along with an upgraded mobo and ram) had such noticeable speed increase to my previous system that I surprised myself. Even with my old 1060 (for now), the performance in games and apps is through the roof.