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amazonDammit was not aware there were pre-orders available for the 12900K. Sigh.. now to play the waiting game... again.
Anyone know if any reputable e-tailer has the 12900K in stock? I can't find the Asus Z690 Extreme anywhere in stock either.
NE selling them but with cooler bundles.Dammit was not aware there were pre-orders available for the 12900K. Sigh.. now to play the waiting game... again.
Anyone know if any reputable e-tailer has the 12900K in stock? I can't find the Asus Z690 Extreme anywhere in stock either.
these probably won't be overclockable much if any due to that pmic thing.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1668935-REG/msi_meg_z690i_unify_intel.html
Well when I order it awhile back was $269 Canadian Amazon Canada,back in stock at higher prices
The results seem a bit all over the place today
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Wendell review:
Seem to say to expect a lot of noise right now, from platform to platform and even game to game on the same one, would take a little bit (win11, drivers, game updates, etc...) to stabilize to the final result I feel like.
On techpower result they make it look like a 12600k has being pretty much has good has it get for just gaming.
ANNNNNND my Shadow Rock TF2 isn't supported by the mounting kit
And Wendell on Borderland on a 3090 has the 12900k with a good lead at 1440p but the other way around and by a good amount with a 6900xt, quite noisy it seem right now.
The 12600k numbers are maybe more realistic for most potential buyer for that reason (and maybe why there is so much noise between different benchmark made, a 12900k 5.0ghz OC can peak over 400 watt on a stress test, which I can imagine some testers setup made that possible and some others not), the 12900k specially paired to a giant priced GPU is an ultra enthusiast machine, so it is ok to have enthusiast level cooling, but it would be nice to have some high quality high priced noctua air cooling at reasonable noise with it, to have realistic expectation.
They don't. Say so long to that good ol' 115X layout that lasted quite a while.
I had purchased a 12900K from Newegg then I seen Gamersnexus' video and the ending got me. Steve said it doesn't seem to be worth upgrading if you have a 10th or 11th gen cpu right now, and that caused me to cancel the order which I was on the fence with anyway. Can't really justify price for the gains I would see over my 10850K. I may change my mind, but with everything selling out so fast I decided to hold off a bit.
That seems like a sensible approach in your case. However for me, I want to upgrade now from an i7-6700K, and it seems like the i5-12600K is a no-brainer.
Smart. PC3200 LL DDR4+12600K best bang for your buck period
I thought that too, but Steve at HU said these do not overclock well. You could argue the upcoming 12600 non-k or even the upcoming 12400 may be the 'best' bang for your buck for gaming considering there's not much headroom and those chips could cost 30-40% less.
That's my one reservation about DDR4 with Z690. In a year, we'll have DDR5 10,000 kits. To capitalize, you'll need another new mobo.
Smart choice
If I was buying all new right this second for gaming... I'd get the cheap DDR5 and the 12600k and have great performance and a little future proofing on features.
If I was buying for all-around content creation and gaming? I'd still get a 5900x at $530.
The guy above who has the 10850k? That's going to be a timeless classic CPU like the 8700k. Keep that thing another year.
Since I HAVE a 5900x and 32GB of B-die... I'll be selling off the 5900x for a reasonable loss and getting the 3D refresh to close the gap on the new gen with tons less power draw, keeping my D15 cooler, and waiting till late next year to see if there's a reason to completely rebuild with DDR5 yet.
Video cards aren't likely going to get cheaper next year, new models that come out won't be obtainable within 6 months of launch as usual so I'm assuming that my RTX 3080 is going to be going at least another year without being changed out. So there's no pressing need for PCIE 5 on a new mobo any time soon.
