Pros: I had terrible overheating when I tried to upgrade to 10th gen and 11th gen. I waited for 12th gen non-K CPU's to get the best possible thermals. 12400F is currently the top of value/performance, mine runs stable at 30 C idle and around 45 C in CS:GO using Phanteks GlacierOne 240 AIO installed in Asus ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 (which is an overkill for this CPU, but I was going for an all-white build). I reused my old Corsair DDR4 memory, no issues.

Cons: Armoury Crate would not install for some reason.

Overall Review: Definitely recommended. I would buy 12400F again or 12100F, both excellent choices for casual gaming while running at low temperature.

Pros: -good gaming performance -4.0 ghz all core sustained boost -good temps compared to other 12th gen chips

Cons: -no efficiency cores -no integrated graphics -stock cooler is noisy under heavy loads

Overall Review: - Recommended for a budget multi-generational upgrade. Twice as fast as my haswell i5, and eliminated my processor bottleneck.

Pros: Nothing comes close at this pricepoint performance-wise.

Cons: Cooler is better than my 8th gen but I would still invest in a good aftermarket cooler. Too noisy and temps over 80c

Overall Review: Would buy again, awesome cpu.

Pros: + Extremely powerful + Less expensive than a competing AMD cpu + Great upgrade

Cons: - No integrated graphics, should not matter if you have a gpu or do not use

Overall Review: All I can say is it is a great cpu. From my testing, it is almost exactly double the speed of a ryzen 2600, so if you are running anything before zen or zen+ this is the time to upgrade.

Overall Review: Decent performance for a 12th gen processor, quite affordable as well.

Pros: You can play any game with it. Period.

Cons: It can't be overclocked "officially"

Overall Review: Great gaming CPU for the price, nothing else compares.

Pros: Included stock cooler performs more than adequately for this. Great gaming performance Strong enough multi-threaded performance for my use case.

Cons: Included stock cooler actually overhangs the nearest DIMM when used on an ITX board.

Overall Review: I was uncertain of the quality of the stock cooler, based on other reviews here. However i believe they may have had inadequately mounted the cooler. I was seeing temps of idle around 40c, load around 60c, Which varies greatly with what some have said about this cooler. As for the chip itself, i was looking for similar performance to my 9900KF at lower thermal load so i could downsize. This fit that bill. for under $500 CAD, the H670M-ITX/AX and this chip bundled together is a solid ITX build for gaming, without needing extra cooling in most cases.

Pros: fast cheap

Cons: none at this price

Overall Review: Finally upgraded from a 3570k. Its fast and cheap, dont hesitate.