
Facts prove that this is the most powerful game-specific CPU at present. Under the 1080p image quality, the frame rate of the CPU can make rtx4090 a bottleneck, and the game performance is beyond everyone's imagination. However, the disadvantage is that it is not suitable for office work. The power consumption is very high, the standby state will be as high as about 80w, and the memory controller is very average, and the frequency of the memory stick can only reach about 6000mhz.

- The 9700X is a very efficient CPU. Paired with my 240mm liquid AIO, my computer runs whisper quiet. - If you enable PBO, the 9700X offers great overclocking potential.

Great performance and temps. Coming from 10600K this doubled my frame rates at 4K in GTA5 and made Cities Skylines 2 actually playable with 300k+ citizens. Every other game is buttery smooth. 7600mhz XMP running without a hitch. I'm cooling on air with no thermal throttling using a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 and Intel Performance defaults. Adobe Premiere feels like it's running on a commercial workstation. Complex 3D print files slice instantly and 3D modeling loves this new chip

Power usage is surprisingly low

- Able to handle fast RAM; 3600MHz no problem - Cheap price - Plug and play with B550 board

Great upgrade from AM4 3700x Low Power Draw Simple TDP 105 setting in BIOS O/C room Uses way less power than most Blue team parts.

I had no problem installing into my pc.


Speed Price Ease of installation

I didn't fry it while handling, so that is good.

Power Speed

All my games and programs (like running a game engine specifically godot) or processor intensive games like Escape from Tarkov are running WAY better than I've ever seen. 2 weeks now, I haven't had a single stutter or glitch or anything. Granted, the rest of my PC is also all new, but before I had an i5 8400 coffee lake processor. MAN. the difference is truly insane.

-Super fast, coming from a 3700x, this is a superb upgrade. -Uses next gen DDR5. -Very tunable, have been using PBO and curve optimizer -30 and this thing screams! -Pins on the motherboard, not the CPU anymore, no more bent pins or CPU stuck to the cooler when removing it from the socket like on AM4!!


- Fast, super fast, very fast. - Worked out of the box. - Insane number of cores.

- Does the job

I had terrible overheating when I tried to upgrade to 10th gen and 11th gen. I waited for 12th gen non-K CPU's to get the best possible thermals. 12400F is currently the top of value/performance, mine runs stable at 30 C idle and around 45 C in CS:GO using Phanteks GlacierOne 240 AIO installed in Asus ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 (which is an overkill for this CPU, but I was going for an all-white build). I reused my old Corsair DDR4 memory, no issues.

High productivity with good power consumption. Plenty of cores/threads for gaming and productivity.

Best bang for the buck CPU. Paired with RTX 3070TI for a mild gaming rig/media center.

Super fast processor!