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I3 12100 £140, absolutely wipes the floor with all previous 4c / 8t chips, 12300 is barely any better.

I5 12600 is only £50 more than the 12400F at £230, the lower I5s don't cost enough less for losing the 4.8 Ghz boost clock.

£90 more for the top non K CPU, and it has the better integrated graphics until I can ever find a decent price RTX card for my main PC to move my 1080 Ti to this lounge PC. Also I wouldn't want to bother with needing to upgrade it any time soon.

I'm leaning towards the 12600, but there aren't any motherboards for it yet so I can wait a while. I also need NZXT to send me an alder lake mount for a 140mm AIO I already have.

Also H670 is better than B660 according to this?

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/intel-h670-b660-h610-motherboard-roundup

Asrock are releasing an ITX H670 and they're usually the cheapest ones, so I will likely want that one.

I3 12100 £140, absolutely wipes the floor with all previous 4c / 8t chips, 12300 is barely any better. I5 12600 is only £50 more than the 12400F at £230, the lower I5s don't cost enough less for losing the 4.8 Ghz boost clock. £90 more for the top non K CPU, and it has the better integrated graphics until I can ever find a decent price RTX card for my main PC to move my 1080 Ti to this lounge PC. Also I wouldn't want to bother with needing to upgrade it any time soon. I'm leaning towards the 12600, but there aren't any motherboards for it yet so I can wait a while. I also need NZXT to send me an alder lake mount for a 140mm AIO I already have. Also H670 is better than B660 according to this? https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/intel-h670-b660-h610-motherboard-roundup Asrock are releasing an ITX H670 and they're usually the cheapest ones, so I will likely want that one.

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Neither cause intel is a bunch of cock gobbling kikes

Get an amd chip and dont get fucked by the requirement for windows 11 or the coming security patches that fuck performance

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Idiot.

Alder Lake completely wrecks AMD now

There are exactly zero valid AMD mid range options, the I3 12100 and I5 12400 destroy everything from AMD right now.

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How much was your MB, and will you be able to use the next several generations of Intel processors on the same board?

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Who gives a shit about using several generations of processors on an ancient obsolete motherboard?

Idiots.

H and B series boards are cheap, they just arent released yet.

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Cant argue with a moron

Enjoy getting fucked

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Well OK I went and ordered the 12600 because a decent PSU was also on offer (Corsair RM650 reduced to £69), and these things tend to sell out very fast these days.

Now I need to wait for an ITX budget board.

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AMD. Leave intel to the normies.

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Beefier. Eventually you'll want to do 4k from it. You'll want the 1080 and a beefier cpu.

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It will already be with a 4K TV, but I would be using Steam link for anything high end to stream from the main PC.

12600 and then pass down my 1080 Ti so it can run as much as possible without ethernet latency.