For PC gamers and budget-constrained creative types, Intel's "Alder Lake" Core i5-12600K punches well above its weight in gaming and content creation alike. Just know that the cost of adoption (memory, motherboard, cooler) may make waiting a bit to upgrade a better bet.
The Core i9-12900K is Intel's first truly innovative high-end desktop CPU in years, showing great potential in its performance/efficiency mixed-core design and support for DDR5 memory. Just expect a high initial cost of adoption and, perhaps, some PC-gaming growing pains.
With "Rocket Lake" a relative fizzle, Intel welcomes six new 12th Generation chips and an all-new chipset to its desktop processor portfolio plus a big architectural shift in the form of "Efficiency Cores."
With "Rocket Lake" a relative fizzle, Intel welcomes six new 12th Generation chips and an all-new chipset to its desktop processor portfolio plus a big architectural shift in the form of "Efficiency Cores."