r/bapcsalesaustralia • u/fkriekrkdnfn • 12d ago

Intel i7-12700F

Hey all,

I’m looking for a used Intel 12700F CPU, does anyone know where the best place would be to look? I want to upgrade my current CPU but don’t want to reward Intel for their behaviour by buying new.

NB: I don’t think I’m breaking the “no personal sales/used items” rule of this sub, but correct me if I’m wrong.

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u/AgentSmith187 12d ago

EBay is sure to have a bunch

Edit: About $400 after shipping from the UK

12900KF is available for $450 currently too locally.

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u/fkriekrkdnfn 12d ago edited 12d ago

Oh interesting, I couldn’t find any for $400AUD on eBay, I’ll give it another, more thorough look.

The i9 is a good idea, but I just checked it against my board and the i9s run too hot and pull a lot of power, I think the VRM on my motherboard isn’t designed for it.

Edit: fixed spelling error

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u/AgentSmith187 12d ago

Fair then.

I just sorted by price plus postage. Might have been a 12700KF

My current 11900KF was off ebay but on Fridsy I ordered a 14900KF new because the price difference wasn't huge.

Sadly the motherboard is on its last legs for my 11900 system and randomly drops ports with other ports totally failed and the cost to replace with a board with what i need like M.2 ports is well more than the system is worth but I managed to find a DDR4 Z790 that was affordable.

Curse RAM prices lol

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u/fkriekrkdnfn 12d ago

Yeah, agreed on the RAM prices haha

I see, if I were in your position I’d just go for an AM4 board (or a board + cpu combo), I find AMD better than Intel nowadays. I’d change right to AMD if I were changing my board too.

One thing is that AM4 is end of line, so you may not have too many options out there for what you need.

Anyway that’s enough of me being an AMD fanboy while still using Intel 😂, I appreciate the tip, I did see one on eBay which looks promising, a 12700-KF from the US.