New Fastest CPU ⁠– Intel i9 12900K Review

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The fastest gaming and production CPU - for now.

Timestamps
0:00-0:39 - Intro and specs
0:40-1:20 - Test bench setup
1:21-2:44 - Clocks, power, temps
2:45-5:00 - Production workloads
5:01-5:46 - Gaming
5:47-6:24 - Hybrid workloads
6:25-6:52 - Overclocking
6:53-9:09 - New fastest CPU

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[blackbomber]

What I love about this channel is that power efficiency is always covered. Looking forward for the efficiency tweaking potential follow up video

[TheDaNuker]

Appreciate the hybrid workload testing. I think that is something a lot of reviewers skim out on when it is one of the real use cases that you want to pick up a higher end CPU with more cores.

[therick]

Loving the competition between teams blue and red! Can't wait to see AMD's response

[ChrisStriderr]

Power hungry beast with a price tag of a motherboard, ddr4-5 and new aio, then again good to see innovation and competiton again!!

[TARUNPARASHAR]

There's a certain amount of calmness in your videos. Love to watch your content! 👍🏻👌🏻

[hankhillsdisappointedsigh]

Thank you for covering 1440p as well! I keep getting excited when I see the 1080p fps boost so it feels good to be reminded how minimal the gains actually are in 1440p.

[JakeGreen]

Honestly man your channel is so amazing. Keep up the good work. No pre-rolls, sponsored slots or other BS, just quality content.

[tkpenalty]

Man i wonder if the 12900k is unnecessarily overvolted. The power usage looks really similar to a pbo'ed 5950x

[sagerdood]

My board and chip just came in today.... just waiting on my ddr5 and its tuning time! I cant wait to see what this new architecture can do

[iamricardomarques]

Ah, my favorite channel and one most antecipated videos of the year. Life is good 😌

[temporaltomato]

Given your enthusiasm for SFF builds, I'd love to see if this cpu stands a chance in a compact build without heavy tuning. The power consumption seems just insane, and it makes me wonder whether even Ryzen 5000 (forgetting whatever their next launch will look like) would remain the go-to for small builds running high-end parts.

[SpacehotelMusic]

Your rec is exactly what I've gone with... kept my 3200mhz CL14 G.skill Ripjaws DDR4 32GB ram, bought the Asus Strix Gaming A (DDR4 mobo) + 12900k, Arctic 420 AIO and still using my 3080 FE (in meshify 2 XL case). I'm just waiting on the updated bracket from Arctic before I can fire her up :/

[odinsplaygrounds]

Just an idea: Would love to see a temp to performance efficiency comparisons for the latest CPUs (AMD and Intel). Tested in a 10-12L case, with a low profile cooler, all capped to the maximum TDP you're able to get away with while keeping it for example below 85 C. Then seeing how they perform. Could be a good guide / reference or SFF people to figure out which CPUs to go with and what cooling is required.

[iOakTree]

Always love the content! The Kunai in your video was the icing on the cake 😂

[jaloobi]

Best tech channel out there. Thank you!

[Gunni]

Can't wait for a non-throttling SFF build, that will be a beast.

[RealWerfy]

8:30 nice i5 12900k lmao. Great video all around. I see you put in a lot of thoughts and effort

[madd]

Here comes the best reviewer of CPUs on youtube :)
Seriously, you make the most relevant benchmarks and tests.

[rulz]

Hey Ali, great review as always! Would you consider adding a code compile test to your production workloads? It would be really nice to see how these processors stack up in something like Chromium build. Thanks

[legojoseph]

Even his testbench is black and minimal and clean, that’s beautiful