Amazon has
Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core / 20 Thread 125W LGA 1700 Processor (BX8071512700KF) on sale for $263.11 - $43.12 when you clip the coupon listed on the product page =
$219.99. Shipping is free.
Newegg has
Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core / 20 Thread 125W LGA 1700 Processor (BX8071512700KF) on sale for $289.99 - $70 when you apply promo
FTDCUAZ32 code at checkout =
$219.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
phoinix for finding this deal
Product Features:
- Intel 7 Alder Lake Processor Base Power: 125W
- Maximum Turbo Power: 190W
- 25MB L3 Cache
- 12MB L2 Cache
- None Integrated Graphics
- Windows 11 Supported
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IMO buy what's the best value NOW that will provide you what you need for the next 2-3 years because come that time who knows what things will look like. Also, never ever ever ever trust promises and rumors about support and features that are not available at the time of purchase. Sure, AM5 will probably still be around and kicking in a few years when it's time for a CPU upgrade, but you'll probably want to at least upgrade RAM and probably even the motherboard, negating things.
If I were in the market for a system right now I'd get one of these 12th gen i7+motherboard combo deals floating around for great prices, pairing with 64GB of 3600 DDR4 RAM and calling it a day. Then in ~3 years undervolting that system to use as a server or media PC and then seeing what's available. Of course, things depend on the scenario and workload the unit will be supporting, but for an average enthusiast, chasing futureproofing is a wastefully expensive and foolish thing.
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For a long time I was not paying attention to cpu upgrade and PC build as there is little performance gain in Win10 and everything, last time I built a 10th intel 10850k and found not a huge benefit in everything. But the 13th intel changed min mind, there is a huge gap and performance jump, especially you have a use case needs the fastest single core on the market. This is why the gamers are overwhelmed to 13600K now, its such as good deal.
I'm not knocking Dell but good luck if you can even get close to 10 years with their PSU units.
I would stay away from Intel.
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I would stay away from Intel.
IMO buy what's the best value NOW that will provide you what you need for the next 2-3 years because come that time who knows what things will look like. Also, never ever ever ever trust promises and rumors about support and features that are not available at the time of purchase. Sure, AM5 will probably still be around and kicking in a few years when it's time for a CPU upgrade, but you'll probably want to at least upgrade RAM and probably even the motherboard, negating things.
If I were in the market for a system right now I'd get one of these 12th gen i7+motherboard combo deals floating around for great prices, pairing with 64GB of 3600 DDR4 RAM and calling it a day. Then in ~3 years undervolting that system to use as a server or media PC and then seeing what's available. Of course, things depend on the scenario and workload the unit will be supporting, but for an average enthusiast, chasing futureproofing is a wastefully expensive and foolish thing.
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