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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