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The Intel Core i9-12900KS has three major flaws.

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The Intel Core i9-12900KS The Core i9-12900KS, Intel's latest and finest, is being hailed as the best gaming CPU on the market, a claim Intel made just six months ago with the Core i9-12900K. It should give the best performance of any consumer CPU you can buy, with a price tag of around $750 to $800. Based on early benchmarks, it appears to be the best Intel CPU available, but that doesn't imply you should rush out and get it. In the realm of PC technology, edging out tiny improvements is nothing new, but Intel's latest attempt strikes an unappealing balance between price and performance gains, exacerbating the platform's greatest flaws. The issue with performance The Core i9-primary 12900KS's flaw is how little it adds to the vanilla Core i9-12900K. Intel's S-series, or special edition, processors don't normally provide a significant performance boost. They're binned processors that use Intel's top-of-the-line dies to squeeze out every last ounce of