Intel Core i7-12700KF Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked  LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Works well for my purposes light gaming and CAD

I picked this up for $303 on Amazon Prime day. I knew raptor lake was coming out, didnt realize how good Raptor Lake was going to be or I would have waited for that.

Processor runs reasonably cool, typically 20c less than my GPU on the same water-cooled loop. I installed Windows 11, and it shows 20 cores. Benchmarking with RDR2 shows a laughable difference from an I7-6700K, which is a 7 year old processor; it was 2-3fps on average. Its all about the GPU folks, the CPU after 7 years makes just about 1% difference.

Good processor, my computer is honestly overkill and this processor is a part of it lol

Totally recommend it. Cinebench R23 multicore 26k score. Temps with noctua nh-15 max 85 during test

Typical CPU from Intel, works 100% like always!

I think if you really want the most out of an i7, go with the i7 1300 series, because it has more cores and threads and overall is a faster chip for not a whole lot more. It’s basically like getting an i9 12th gen but as an i7 13th. Without even spending the money on an i9

All worked fine (Its Intel they had to get it right eventually how many years they been doing this?)

Good

Upgraded to this from an 8700k and was worried I wouldnt see that big of a performance increase but so far it does everything I expected it to do and more. No regrets.