Pros & Cons
Pros
Immediately noticed lightening fast speeds and excellent multi threaded processing. Works great on my gaming build pc. Runs a little hotter than i expected … maybe 5°-8° c.
Highlights
Quality
I've been extremely impressed with the low temperatures and the great performance from the 12700kf cpu.
Relatively easy to install, plenty for my gaming needs.
It’s robust at i7 tier… it runs a little hotter than i expected … maybe 5°-8° c.
At the moment this is a solid choice for someone worried about 13 / 14th chips cooking themselves.
Price
Great price point and is blazingly fast.
I was so blown away by the performance of this chip for the $180 i got this on sale for that i bought another one just to do an... Read More
I got the i7 12700kf with rtx 4060 ti and there wasnt a bottlebeck at all so i really recommend paying this if it was for good price
Built my partner his first gaming pc with this processor because it was on sale and had good reviews.
Competitiveness
Great price and better performance in comparison to similarly priced amd products.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I got the i7 12700kf with rtx 4060 ti and there wasnt a bottlebeck at all so i really recommend paying this if it was for good price
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had the i9 before but got overheated i couldnt solve the problem and now i did a step back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I moved down to this cpu from a 13th gen
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even if youre building from the ground up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I dropped from a 13700kf to this and honestly i havent noticed any difference
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Given the issues with the 13th and 14th gen processors opted to go with this 12th gen
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had always built with amd cpus so i wasnt really sure what to expect