Insane speed Easily overclocked to 4.8 even for me, and with stable temps using MAG Coreliquid 360R Not too much more than an I5-12600K Much cheaper that the i9

I am the only weak link in this equation.

I purchased this cpu for use in my first complete build as my previous computer was an out-of-date Gateway prebuild that had an i7-860. My GPU is still mega old (Radeon HD 8990). On my gateway setup, I struggled to play most games. Couldn't even played ARMA or Squad online even with settings dropped to low. (Under 15 FPS) I wasn't able to wait/afford DDR5 so I purchased this CPU to use with an MSI PG Z690 Edge WIFI /w 32GB of CL18 3600mz ram. I'm now able to play Arma at ultra settings (1080 only monitor) with max viewing distance, and I'm hitting 90+ FPS even for a POS gpu. Running a WD_Black 500GB for OS and WD_Black 1TB for games, my computer boots in seconds. My load time in games is literally non-existent now. I'm just a newbro when it comes to computer parts, but this CPU has been well beyond night and day from my old one.

No issues works amazingly fast. Great for my new upgrade! Going from an amd phenom 955 to this is hilarious 8-) Runs my halo and got lucky to snag ddr5 :)

Beats the AMD 5900X in productivity. 5900X is priced much higher. For gaming, expect very similar performance to the 12900k.

DDR5 memory is sold out everywhere as of right now so you may want to opt for a DDR4 mobo. DDR4 is similar if not better than DDR5 when is comes to gaming. You may see performance loss when it comes to productivity, however.

Very good cpu