Intel's reportedly working on an i9-12900KS processor to kill AMD's Ryzen V-Cache CPU

[WYP]

With all-core clock speeds of 5.2 GHz, Intel's i9-12900KS would be a monster gaming CPU.



Read more about Intel's rumoured i9-12900KS processor.

 

[Bagpuss]

If true, probably means they've been cherry picking the best 12900K's since launch, meaning current retail ones aren't the highest quality silicon they could be and the chances of landing a golden sample at retail is practically zero.


They pulled the same stunt with the 9900K, launching the 9900KS.


'Vanilla' 9900K's that hit the retail market after Q1 2019, tended to be hotter running & pulled more vlts to reach 5Ghz than the first batch.

 

[robert3892]

Personally I feel that lack of DDR5 ram modules is going to bite Intel's sales. If you're going to release a pre-binned CPU it makes no sense to use DDR4 based Z690 motherboards.

 

[Gothmoth]

all i know is that friends with 12900 alder lake CPU´s have cooling issues i have not...



lets hope intel is not brute forcing even more with these KS cpu´s.




https://www.igorslab.de/en/bad-cool...cket-lga-1700-on-the-lane-among-all-remedies/

 

[Warchild]

Personally I feel that lack of DDR5 ram modules is going to bite Intel's sales. If you're going to release a pre-binned CPU it makes no sense to use DDR4 based Z690 motherboards.

Well I already know quite a number of users on this forum aiming for the 12th Z690 and sticking with DDR4 sticks so I don't see Intel sales affected whatsoever.

1. DDR4 is readily available
2. DDR4 is far cheaper
3. DDR5 runs extremely warm/hot
4. Gaming wise, there is zero advantage. DDR5 only seems to excel in synthetic benchmarks.

In todays markets, availability is king, second comes the price, and then thirdly is the performance.

DDR4 wins on the first two points hands down.

 

[Dicehunter]

Personally I feel that lack of DDR5 ram modules is going to bite Intel's sales. If you're going to release a pre-binned CPU it makes no sense to use DDR4 based Z690 motherboards.

As Warchild said, There's really not much in DDR5 compared to DDR4 when looking at gaming, Most but not all have single digit differences sometimes not even that, Usually 0-3FPS seems to be the average with todays DDR5 modules compared to DDR4, Although it can be useful in decompression in programs like 7zip.

 

[AlienALX]

all i know is that friends with 12900 alder lake CPU´s have cooling issues i have not...



lets hope intel is not brute forcing even more with these KS cpu´s.




https://www.igorslab.de/en/bad-cool...cket-lga-1700-on-the-lane-among-all-remedies/

From what I can make out the main issue is the socket. Well, not so much the socket, but that certain boards are a bit thin and can flex quite badly.

Which lets face it has been happening in all PC parts lately. GPUs with plastic back plates and everything, manus are nickel and diming every stage of the assembly process for the most profit.