Intel Core i5-12600KF Desktop Processor 10 (6P+4E) Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked  LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

This is an amazing processor for the price. Excellent performance and has some overclocking headroom as well.

Got this on sale at 220 and man, is it an upgrade from a ryzen 5 3600.

Arrived as described. Powerful CPU for a reasonable price.

Have one in my build for over a week and it works great, does not overheat with most FPS games i play and is powerful enough.

I am using this in my streaming rig and it is a huge upgrade compared to the old 10400f. Overclocking is so easy and I have this at 5.1 all core and could possibly get to 5.2 all core. Dont cheap out on the cooler cuz this thing will run hot during gaming. Got it on sale for under $200 and couldnt pass it up.

Works flawlessly. I havent done any overclocking on it(yet). It was the latest generation Intel CPUs. It was my first time buying a KF series. K is the overclockable version and F is the version with no integrated GPU. Ive owned K series numerous times. Ive never had an Intel CPU fail on me.

I have been building desktop computers for the past 22 years, and this is the first processor I have had such horrible luck getting to work. I have tried this in 3 motherboards, swapped RAM, video cards, power supplies, monitors, and HDMI cables. I have even returned and replaced the CPU. Nothing has gotten me to a POST screen, much less allowed me to access the UEFI/BIOS, until I borrowed a GT 1030, which is UEFI and Secure Boot compliant. Socket 1700 motherboards are shipping with CSM disabled and Secure Boot enabled. Unless your video card is compliant, you will not see a POST screen or a UEFI/BIOS menu.

You can usually find this processor for around $200 and it matches the performance of a Ryzen 7600x. Great price to performance.

The best budget processor with enough horsepower to get it all done. Paired this with a Asrock B660m Steel Legend with OC on XMP and Unlock Watt and its as good as a Z690-Mobo OC. Also bought Thermaltakes CPU bracket along to fix the Lga 1700 Socket and temps are down by 10c.

This is still an excellent choice of CPU for the money. You may be able to get a better chip for the same price with Ryzen but this is still an excellent choice if you are partial to Intel or have a motherboard that only accepts Intel chips.