I was expecting some kewl bois youtube watching comments like this:
so here it is:
i know alder lake is made out to be some huge revolution in performance, but the thing is.. even if you start looking at benchmarks with your bear minimuim motherboard which has no featues and a class shit audio.. with the most bear minimuim IO, no wifi/bluetooth. the 8700k at 5ghz gets a cinebench score of 10K and 12100 results are here https://overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_12th_gen_core_i3_12100_and_i3_12300_review/8
secondly the sweet spot right now for gaming is a 6 core cpu, buying a quad core (even with slightly higher IPC) with the most shit motherboard known to man at current times when all games are optimised for a 6 core cpu is imo stupid but sure you and everyone are entitled to there opinions. its you alls money you can do what you want with it.
the performance is ALMOST inline or slightly lower with a 12400F and thats how i have priced it. 12400F (no igpu) with a decent b660 board with similar features will cost you atleast 31-32K. and with igpu vairant 34K.
So if you want to game at 1080p 12400F might be a better buy, you will recieve slightly better fps.. but at 1440p.. there will be no differences.
after my upgrade to 12th gen, i kind of have buyers remorse.. and this is for everyone looking to upgrade.. 12700 imo got me better performance in only bf2042 where the lows improved a little.. but every other competitive game or SP games i played 8700k was Aok and upto the mark. and mind you 12700 has a cinebench score of 22K. thats double the performance of a 8700K (yet it feels the same in 1440p gaming)
so just because a youtuber said so its not always true.
Also condition 5/5? these things dont degrade all of a sudden just because there is no warranty? I’ve been building PC’s for almost 10 years now and i’ve never heard of a processor failing or motherboard deing out of the blue. especially for intel. AMD i’ve heard of RMA’s but intel almost never.