News Intel Core i5-12490F Review: China's Exclusive 'Black Edition' Gaming Chip

[Admin]

Intel's elusive 'Black Edition' Core i5-12490F is a China exclusive, but we snagged a chip we found overseas and put it through our benchmark suite.

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[JamesJones44]

I doubt they would be using the best possible silicon for this. My first thought was damaged/bad e-core cluster(s) with a 12600k under clocked. However, given the power draw, maybe it's some kind of frankenstein, using a mid cycle update, something closer to an Intel 7 process (err... 10 nm +++)

 

[Exploding PSU]

Man, I miss playing games at internet cafes. 10 kids clumping together on one PC, everyone was a coach back then.

 

[jacob249358]

Cant they only play 2 hours a week at a designated time in China? Why are they getting exclusive cpus?

 

[TerryLaze]

Cant they only play 2 hours a week at a designated time in China? Why are they getting exclusive cpus?

There are still a lot of people over there, 2 hours per person multiplied by billions, these are for internet Cafés not for home use.