Nereus

fragility_V1

Nereus
Unless there's some kind of spectacular improvement over the 11900K, then I see little point for myself, plus it would mean getting a new motherboard for the new socket. Technically it's 24 cores for the 12900K vs 16 cores for the 11900K, but they are utilized differently. Real world benchmarks will be interesting. I don't think it will make much difference for gaming, but rendering and other multi-core intensive tasks will be interesting. Also will be interesting to see how hot the 12900K gets (which may in turn impact overclocking ability) - certainly the 11900K runs very hot, so the 7nm lithography on the 12900K may help. DDR5 compatible too - lots of new stuff going on = lots of variables to impact performance. I'm not going to be an early adopter, I can say that much.

I was not impressed by 11th gen overall.  Very little OC overhead and runs pretty darn hot.  I got more out of 10th gen.  That being said, the memory overclocking on 11th gen was better.  But overall I'm hoping 12th gen is an improvement on 11th.  But as you said, likely little impact on gaming/daily use, but may be more fun to push the clocks.  I'm willing to dive in.

True, OC on my 11900K is not exactly awe-inspiring - on water and best I can get is 5.3GHz on all cores seemingly stable on Prime95. Any cores clocked higher than that, even if I graduate the clocks down on other cores, still is not stable under full load. 5.3GHz on all cores runs pretty damn hot under Prime95 too. Still playing around with it when I have time.
 

rjohnson11

Nikos4Life
Have the same type of monitor (Samsung G7).

Sure, will update thread with my decision. But first I will wait for reviews to come up. Then I will do my move :)

I also want to see the reviews. I want to see if the hype matches reality. 

CraptacularOne
Well looks like my order got cancelled through no fault or doing of my own. I just got an email stating that "as you requested your order has been cancelled......blah blah blah". They also are not able to reinstate my order, nor can they guarantee me a CPU. I didn't request a cancellation, so no idea what happened. They just said their technical team will look into it. 
 
Looks like I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. 

GloR1ouS_

Jc

Nikos4Life
Just bought 12900K, upgrading from 9900K. But funny thing I can not find any motherboards at all 🤯.

Is there any release date for the Dark model? I would love to pair my 3090KP with it.

Second option:
Asus Rog Z690 Extreme if it is possible to find 😔

Third option:
DDR4 board so I could use my 3800CL14 kits and have some fun 😅


PS: As others members here I am still waiting for Optimus KP waterblock.

If you decided to go with third option please let me know the result. I'm thinking of doing the same, In fact I already bought the motherboard. Its Asus ROG Strix z690-A D4 and I'm planning to pair it with either one of this: 
https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820374221?Description=ddr4%20cl14&cm_re=ddr4_cl14-_-20-374-221-_-Product
 
https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820374101?Description=ddr4%20cl14&cm_re=ddr4_cl14-_-20-374-101-_-Product
 
My main reason of going this route, is due to the fact that ddr5 loose timing might severely impact my fps. I'm playing on 240hz 1440p monitor and want high and stable fps. 
 
 
 

We don't know how ddr5 will perform yet. You need to keep in mind it has better bandwidth and the timings look loose but theres also 6000 kits already in the hands of reviewers as well. Intel has never been affected by the latency of ram as bad as amd. A 4400 cl19 kit performs as good as a 3600 cl14 kit on intel. Technically better and the viper kits are b die and can tighten the timings. I think the 12900K wont be as big of an upgrade for me with a 10900K. Its just the most exciting platform since 2010.
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I hope your right. I will be waiting and watching closely for the reviews. I already bought my i9 12900k and if ddr5 affects fps much then I will go with option 2 and buy the fastest, ddr4 4000mhz-cl14. As for the ddr5 I'm looking forward to gskill triden z5. 
 
2010! <3 That was the year I built my first ever pc... A glory day. The time before rgb took over. :(
 
 

CraptacularOne

Jc

CraptacularOne
Well looks like my order got cancelled through no fault or doing of my own. I just got an email stating that "as you requested your order has been cancelled......blah blah blah". They also are not able to reinstate my order, nor can they guarantee me a CPU. I didn't request a cancellation, so no idea what happened. They just said their technical team will look into it. 
 
Looks like I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. 

That means you got a free CPU or huge discount. I remember someone from reddit telling the same story of how he's order got cancelled for no reason. This was on Coffee lake refresh launch day btw. Basically, Amazon cancelled his order due language barrier. He complain on them and they ended up giving him the i9 9900k for free. He has to wait thougg, but still.
 
 
Goodluck!

Doubtful after spending all day on the phone with newegg and going back and forth with emails I'm only able to get a i7 12700K as the 12900K is completely sold through and even more aggravating so is all the DDR5. So it seems if I want to jump to Alder lake it'll be on an i7 (which honestly is pretty good) but it'll have to be with a DDR4 motherboard and the pickings are pretty slim for what's left available. 

CraptacularOne

Jc

CraptacularOne
Well looks like my order got cancelled through no fault or doing of my own. I just got an email stating that "as you requested your order has been cancelled......blah blah blah". They also are not able to reinstate my order, nor can they guarantee me a CPU. I didn't request a cancellation, so no idea what happened. They just said their technical team will look into it. 
 
Looks like I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. 

That means you got a free CPU or huge discount. I remember someone from reddit telling the same story of how he's order got cancelled for no reason. This was on Coffee lake refresh launch day btw. Basically, Amazon cancelled his order due language barrier. He complain on them and they ended up giving him the i9 9900k for free. He has to wait thougg, but still.
 
 
Goodluck!

Doubtful after spending all day on the phone with newegg and going back and forth with emails I'm only able to get a i7 12700K as the 12900K is completely sold through and even more aggravating so is all the DDR5. So it seems if I want to jump to Alder lake it'll be on an i7 (which honestly is pretty good) but it'll have to be with a DDR4 motherboard and the pickings are pretty slim for what's left available. 

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

CraptacularOne
Well looks like my order got cancelled through no fault or doing of my own. I just got an email stating that "as you requested your order has been cancelled......blah blah blah". They also are not able to reinstate my order, nor can they guarantee me a CPU. I didn't request a cancellation, so no idea what happened. They just said their technical team will look into it. 
 
Looks like I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. 

seta8967

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

Where did you get the ram? I couldn't find Corsair ddr5 anywhere.

seta8967

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

Where did you get the ram? I couldn't find Corsair ddr5 anywhere.

transdogmifier

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

 
Nice! Let me know how it performs....I don't think I need an upgrade, but never know.
 
 

CraptacularOne
Well looks like my order got cancelled through no fault or doing of my own. I just got an email stating that "as you requested your order has been cancelled......blah blah blah". They also are not able to reinstate my order, nor can they guarantee me a CPU. I didn't request a cancellation, so no idea what happened. They just said their technical team will look into it. 
 
Looks like I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. 

 
Well that sucks.
 
Edit 2: btw, I hate to be 'one of those people', but the 'there' in the title should be their...It just bothers me.
 

mech9t5

rjohnson11

seta8967

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

Where did you get the ram? I couldn't find Corsair ddr5 anywhere.

I have a feeling that everyone has bought out existing stock

It seems so. It’s the same here in Canada. It was available at Canada Computers and I was not fast enough to pre order it. It is now not listed on their website, any DDR5 memory brands.

mech9t5

GloR1ouS_

mech9t5

rjohnson11

seta8967

CraptacularOne
I think everyone here will be "shocked" to learn I've ordered a 12900K, ASUS RoG Strix Z690-F and 32GB DDR5 5200Mhz Corsair Dominator RAM. 

Where did you get the ram? I couldn't find Corsair ddr5 anywhere.

I have a feeling that everyone has bought out existing stock

It seems so. It’s the same here in Canada. It was available at Canada Computers and I was not fast enough to pre order it. It is now not listed on their website, any DDR5 memory brands.

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en...ghz-processor/15778670

Thanks. Yes. The 12th Gen CPUs are readily available for pre-order in Canada and MBs as well, but not the DDR5s.

GloR1ouS_
Curious to see the price on the evga boards. Ive ordered my 12900K. I havent owned an EVGA board since the x58.

ctark11

GloR1ouS_
Curious to see the price on the evga boards. Ive ordered my 12900K. I havent owned an EVGA board since the x58.

I’m still Rocking my x58 classified with an i7-975 in it.

Ordered a 12900k from Best Buy Canada, a cheapo msi ddr4 mobo until the 690 classy comes out and some tighter ddr5 timings. Watching manufacturers they are already tightening up their timings from the first release batch so I’m excited to see what they push out in 3-6 months.