The 12th generation Core has been listed for a while, but unfortunately, the first to be listed is the overclocking series with K, which is more suitable for high-end Z690 motherboards. The recently listed non-K series is the gospel of many installed users, and they are the first choice for installation. Intel brought you a variety of new products including 3 Core i9, 3 Core i7, 7 Core i5, 5 Core i3, 2 Pentium and 2 Celeron, as well as B660 and H610 motherboards that focus on the low-end market.
The detailed models of the CPU are as follows, there are 3 i9s, namely 12900, 12900F, 12900T; 3 i7s are 12700, 12700F, 12700T; 7 i5s are 12600, 12600T, 12500T, 12500T, 12400F, 12400T; 5 i3s are 12300, 12300T, 12100F, 12100T, 12100T The 2 Besturn models are G7400 and G7400T, and the Celeron is G6900 and G6900T respectively.
At this point, there is finally no need to start with the noble Z690 motherboard, and it is enough to use the B660 or H610 motherboard. At present, the 12th generation of Core processors that are worth paying attention to, that is, the products that are recognized as relatively cost-effective, are Core i3 12100F, Core i5 12400F, core i5 12600KF. Of course, if you don't have a solo display and don't want to overclock, then the Core i3 12100, Core i5 12400, Core i5 12600 is the best choice.
Core i5 12400 processor, used to match the B660 motherboard is very suitable. As for the radiator, because it is not overclocked, the air cooling within 100 yuan is actually enough, anyway, the B660 motherboard cannot be overclocked. If you overclock, it is best to choose 360 water cooling, the heat generation of the 12th generation Core is still relatively high. The power supply is recommended to be larger, and when the price of the graphics card comes down, there is no need to change the power supply. The chassis this depends on personal preferences, that is, it is okay not to use the chassis, anyway, it has no impact on the performance of the host, but it has an impact on the appearance. As for the memory stick and hard disk, it must be the first to promote the domestic Changxin granular products, as well as the domestic Yangtze River storage granular products. Relatively speaking, domestic memory modules and SSDs are still very good. Unfortunately, the civilian-level high-end domestic CPU, GPU is still far away.
Motherboard: MSI) MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 Mortar
MSI's mortar motherboard has nothing to say, for the vast majority of netizens, as long as you see the three words of mortar, you can choose without a brain. Because the workmanship is better than it, the price is definitely more expensive than it. The price is more expensive than it, and the workmanship is not necessarily better than it. The three words of mortar are basically linked to the three words of cost performance. With MSI's excellent R&D capabilities, MSI's mortar motherboard series has now been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This motherboard supports 12-way 60A CPU intelligent power supply, using 6 layers of PCB3 ounces of copper enhanced design, the third generation of titanium inductor to ensure the stability of power supply, in the auxiliary power supply part has been similar to MSI's Z690 motherboard. It can be seen that in terms of materials, this B660 motherboard still maintains the usual high level of the mortar series motherboard.
The motherboard comes with two M.2 interfaces, supporting PCIe 4.0 x4 specifications, of which the one close to the CPU is directly connected to the CPU, and the one below is connected to the south bridge. And these two M.2 interfaces, all with M.2 refrigerator armor, that is, metal heat sinks, which can effectively reduce the temperature of the SSD, to prevent due to the SSD temperature is too high, there will be performance degradation, slow speed and other problems.
Now the motherboard, CPU power supply, basically use dual 8P interface. This is also a major trend in the development of motherboards. Although the old power supply can still be used, in order to improve the stability of the platform, it is recommended that you change to a power supply that supports dual 8P interfaces. In terms of memory, it supports 128G DDR4, the highest frequency is 4800MHz, you can not use expensive DDR5 memory modules, and the memory slot buckle is also replaced by a single-sided buckle.
The interface of the mortar motherboard has always been very rich, and this time is no exception, from left to right are 4 traditional USB 2.0 interfaces, 1 DP 1.4 interface, 1 HDMI 2.1 interface, 3 USB3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-A), 1 USB3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps (Type-C) interface, a 2.5G wired LAN port, two WIFI antenna interfaces and six audio interfaces.
Radiator: MSI Ares K360 integrated CPU water-cooled radiator
Since it is impossible to overclock, this configuration is sufficient with an air-cooled radiator within 100 yuan. I chose this radiator for testing. After all, before I used it to press the Core i5 12600K, after surpassing 5G, its heat generation is very large, and it can only be pressed with 360 water cooling. MSI's radiators now come with 12th generation Core-specific 1700 buckles, and the God of War K360 in my hand is no exception.
This water-cooled belongs to MSI's high-end series and supports a five-year warranty with leaky payouts. The product comes with a 2.4-inch programmable LCD screen that supports Asetek's 7th generation powerful water pump and embedded cold head fan. The MSI unique TORC 4.0 fan operates together with each of the two blades and an outer ring for stronger wind pressure. Centralized airflow can be provided for cold discharge for faster heat dissipation. Measured, this water cooling is indeed very powerful, and the dedicated setting software can not only set the ARGB lighting effect and the content of the LCD screen, but also set the speed of each fan in more detail, so that you can easily balance between temperature and noise.
Memory: Netac (Netac) 16GB (8Gx2) set DDR4 3600 frequency Shadow Series RGB light bar Changxin domestic granules
Support domestic production, starting from me. Domestic memory is relatively OK, although there is no domestic DDR5 particles, but DDR4 can already stand alone. Being able to grab food from the hands of the three world-class giants of Samsung, Hynix and Micron also proves the strength of Changxin Granules. This time directly recommended 3600MHz products, Changxin granules now in addition to entry-level products, there are also medium and high-end products. Previously, Guangwei was the promoter of Changxin's particle memory, and now he has become Langke. Of course, at present, the product range of Langke is still relatively small, but I am personally still more optimistic about this brand.
Langke has made efforts in the middle and high-end fields, breaking the nonsense that domestic Changxin granules can only do low-end products. Longke's shadow RGB DDR4 electroplated silver set, using domestic Changxin granules, single capacity of 8GB, frequency optional 4000MHz, 4266MHz, and all support XMP 2.0 automatic overclocking technology, timing control at 18-22-22-42, voltage is the standard 1.35V. In addition, The RGB DDR4 Limited Edition of Longke Shadow is also the use of domestic Changxin particles, which has reached an amazing height of 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 1.35V, which is the only product comparable to Samsung B-Die special particles. There are also two production versions, the specifications are 3200MHz 14-16-16-36 1.35V, 3600MHz 16-18-18-38 1.35V.
Although there are not many memory brands that use Changxin granules now, at least there are still some, that is, the brand side is somewhat backward in publicity, coupled with the limited output of Changxin granules, so it is not possible to achieve a large number of listings at present. Brands can also understand this, after all, Changxin Granules has only been around for a few years, and giants such as Samsung, Hynix, and Micron have been around for decades. The volume and strength of the two are not on the same starting line at all. However, there is hope for domestic production.
Hard disk: Asgard 1TB SSD M.2 interface (NVMe protocol) AN3.0 Yangtze River storage domestic particles
At present, Jiahe Jinwei has engaged in two main brands, one is Guangwei, the other is Asgard, the former was previously the main medium and low-end products, the latter is the main medium and high-end products. But now there is some confusion, and Asgard is also moving towards the middle and low end. I personally actually hope that Guangwei focuses on domestic series, after all, the name of this brand is very Chinese. Asgart focuses on non-domestic series, after all, this name is not domestic when it sounds. Unfortunately, Jiahe Jinwei does not seem to think like this, but put a lot of resources, all into the Asgart brand, launched a lot of domestic granules products. On the contrary, the Guangweiyi series, which was mainly domestic before, has not produced new products for a long time, and even the problem of mixed particles has appeared. It can only be said that Jiahe Jinwei played a good hand of cards and played a thin mess.
Although I personally disagree with putting pure domestic memory and SSD under the unpopular brand of Asgard, there is nothing to do. Of course, I am even more disapproving of mixing domestic particles with foreign particles. Doing so will hit consumers who support domestically produced pellets. You can imagine that the original user was bought for domestic particles, but after receiving it, it was found that it was Samsung, Hynix, and Micron particles. What would you think? Does it feel like you've been deceived? I hope that Jiahe Jinwei will not do this, otherwise it will lose many users. Originally relying on the pure domestic Guangweiyi series, Guangwei has won the favor of many netizens, but it is really too bad to make particles mixed with this kind of thing.
Asgart AN3.0 SSD, using xtacking 2.0 tlc 128-layer flash memory particles stored by Yangtze River Storage, is packaged by Jiahe Jinwei. Map1202A master controller, using 22nm process, and support PCIe Gen3X4 NVMe1.4 protocol, with 3200Mb/s read and write speed, strong performance, up to PCIe 3.0 SSD ceiling level. The product is single-sided design, DRAM-Less no independent cache, M.2 M-key interface, support HMB (HostMemoryBuffer, host memory buffer). And the temperature control is super good, it is the best SSD I have ever seen with temperature control. Finally, I really don't like the name Asgard, and it's really weird to put domestic granules on this brand name full of foreign flavor.
Power supply: MSI MPG A850GF fully module computer power supply
In terms of power supply, it still takes into account the future upgrade, after all, a good power supply is normal for more than ten years. Although the price of graphics cards is still not cheap, I am still full of confidence in the collapse of graphics card prices. At that time, a large number of second-hand graphics cards will flow into the market, and the price of graphics cards will definitely collapse. Of course, this will definitely take time, and so on the party will definitely win in the end.
MSI's MPG A850GF power supply, rated at 850W, features a fully modular design, passes 80PLUS Gold, has a conversion efficiency of over 90%, and uses 100% all-Japanese capacitors, high temperature resistance up to 105°C, and supports a ten-year warranty.
The black flat module cable that comes with the power supply has a sufficient number of wires to easily support the current Z690 motherboard and 30 series graphics cards. Moreover, in terms of the power supply line of the graphics card, a special design has also been made to cancel the common graphics card one-by-two power supply interface. Ordinary power supply, generally with 8P + 8P such a dual interface, but for 30 series graphics cards, there will be a problem due to excessive instantaneous current, resulting in power supply, graphics card damage. When installing a 30 series graphics card, try to connect an interface to a graphics card power supply line.
Chassis: MSI Blade 100R chassis
The chassis can be completely matched according to their own preferences, you can use dozens of pieces, you can also use hundreds of pieces, and even use thousands of pieces is also normal. I personally like the cooler chassis, after all, a good-looking, beautiful chassis, the visual experience is also very good. This is especially true for users like me who like to put computer cases on the desktop.
MSI's Blade 100R chassis has a very high value and powerful features, such as support for display of graphics cards, support for side vents, support for front USB 3.0 Gen2 Type C interface, and also comes with a 6-way ARGB controller, which is very suitable for users who like to toss often.
The workmanship of the chassis and the materials are very good, after all, it is the main product of MSI.
The listing of B660 and H610 main boards has announced the end of the 10th generation, the 11th generation of Core, and the era of 12th generation Core has truly arrived. Take the Intel i5-12400 as an example, it uses a 10nm process, no small core, only 6 large cores, 12 threads, single core turbo 4.4GHz, full core frequency 4.0GHz, using UHD 770 core display. In terms of performance, it can fully meet the needs of the vast majority of users, that is, users who feel that the graphics card is too expensive, and they can also use uhd 770 core display as a bright machine card. Previously, a set of 12th generation Core hosts, whether it was a Z690 motherboard or DDR5 memory, was very expensive. Assemble one at will, and the price will exceed 10,000. Now, don't need to be alone. Two or three thousand will do it.