Branded as the world’s best gaming
CPU on launch, this is a bold new
hybrid step for Intel’s architecture.
With 16 cores split equally, eight
foreground performance cores, and
eight background efficiency cores, itaims for the best of both worlds. The
i9-12900K sits at the top of the Alder
Lake family boasting a frequency
of up to 5.2GHz with one-click
overclocking. It’s everything we could
want in a showcase build. intel.comFollowing the traditional
ATX format, this board
from ASUS is one of
the best to pair with
some DDR5 and Intel’s
strongest Alder Lake
chip right now. With
support for 12th-
Gen Intel, PCIe 5.0,
5 M.2 heatsink slots,
and great gaming
connectivity, it should
be a strong board to
keep everything under
control. asus.comCPUINTEL CORE I9-12900K
$589/$MOTHERBOARDASUS ROG
STRIX Z690-E
GAMING WIFI
AT X $
the Alder Lake machine
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