Intel 12th Gen CPU Deals: Core i9-12900K For $345 US, Core i7-12700K For $219 US, Core i5-12600K For $189 US

Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs including Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K & Core i5-12600K have been discounted and offer great value to new PC builders.

As a part of its Fantastech deals, Newegg US is not only offering huge price discounts on AMD CPUs but also Intel chips too. While there's no 13th Gen CPU in the deals yet, the company has the 12th Gen trio which includes the Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, & Core i5-12600K, listed at great price points.

Starting with the Intel Core i9-12900K, the CPU can be found for just $345 US using the promo code "FTTPCU583" which gives you $85 US off the original price of $429.99 US. This price is cheaper than the Core i7-13700K and you are getting almost similar amounts of performance for $75 US less. In addition to the Core i9-12900K, the Core i9-12900KS is also available for a price of just $389 US and that also makes it cheaper than the Core i7-13700K while offering much higher clock speeds. This is a highly binned chip that is known to offer some great performance out of the box. You can find both deals below:

Next up, we have the Intel Core i7-12700KF which is discounted down to just $219 US. The CPU is an 8+4 core variant and while it lacks the 4 extra E-Cores of the 13600K, it does offer two extra P-Cores which means that both share the same thread count. The Core i5-13600K still sells for over $300 US and gets discounted down to $260-$280 US on certain occasions but the $219 US price of the 12700KF makes it a great CPU for mainstream gamers.

Finally, we have the Intel Core i5-12600K which is a 6+4 core configuration and is currently being sold for just $189 US. The Intel Core i5-13400 also shares the same configuration but is priced at around $200-$230 US. This is an absolutely great chip for budget users and the CPU is known to offer a competitive lead over the Ryzen 5 7600X which sells for over $230 US.

These are absolutely great deals and the Intel 12th Gen lineup is very strong when it comes to the value proposition. Furthermore, you can get any 600-700 series motherboards which gives you the choice to select from DDR4 and DDR5 and fine-tune the cost according to your needs.