Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i7-10700K

In general faster in gaming, especially CPU bound titles like CSGO, but Forza Horizon 4 and Far Cry 6 also showed improvement.

And once you look at production and these two competitive there, especially with the 3900 acts now roughly the same price and the 3700 acts a bit chea...

Additionally, the motherboards for the 12600k can cost over twice as much as that of the 5600x ones. It basically just makes more sense to go with the 5600x at the time of this review, because both CPUs are the same price of $300. The 12600k is not a bad CPU, it's just that the 5600x is considerably more affordable and efficient for the same performance as the 12600k.

So while the Core I7 10 700 K is certainly a good deal compared to the outgoing Quran I 1900 K the Core I5 10 600 K should offer the same gaming exper...

Stock memory support, though does include either 3200 or Ddr5 4800. And recently I looked at Ddr5 6000 performance with the Core I9 12900k and found t...

It has handled anything I can throw at it with complete ease, I'm yet to see it get anywhere near full load. I paired it with a Noctua air cooler and it keeps the chip very cool. My intention in getting this chip is to "future proof" my setup as much as possible. I upgraded from a 2500K chip (4 logical cores) I got about 10 years ago, so I want it to last, I really regret not having gotten the 2600K (8 logical cores) at the time that would have lasted me at least a year longer than the 2500K

I chose the msi edge z690 ddr4 as I feel the price of ddr5 is currently too much without little benefit currently. The board is great with an easy to use bios for simple overclocking. Selecting XMP profile 1 worked without an issue, running my memory at 3600mhz.

In benchmarks the CPU hit 80-Celsius in seconds and gradually up to 90 where I had it set to throttle. In more practical testing, under basic workloads the temps are more reasonable but the Contac Silent 12 has to ramp up to %100 fan speed frequently to keep that way and it is not quiet at that speed. I know somebody is going to say that's because the default settings on the motherboard are overclocking the CPU beyond Intel's recommended settings. Well, that was one of the first things I checked and that's not the case here

I’m so glad I decided to step up from the 12600T I was planning on using to the 12600K, which is the cheapest Intel CPU that has the efficiency cores. I was nervous at first, because my plan was to build a low-ish power, 100% passively-cooled, internal GPU, no moving parts PC for use in my bedroom, where my previous computers were annoyingly loud. I used a Noctua NH-P1 passive cooler and a Seasonic PX-500 fanless PSU, and my system is not only 100% silent, it turns in impressive benchmark numbers and never gets close to throttling temperatures even after sustained Cinebench runs. I run my system at -130 mV, with no overclocking, and CPU power consumption peaks at about 100 W, while idle CPU power consumption is less than 2W

I mounted the pump in the base. Together with a crossflow radiator I managed to make tube routing really simple.