[SOLVED] What is the difference between these two 12700K

[freebie.1]

Are these people being tricky or what?
On newegg I am looking at two i7 12700K CPUs with identical boxes and seemingly identical specs, but one is $100++ more and they have different SKU: BX8071512700K and CM8071504553828.
https://www.newegg.ca/p/pl?d=i7+12700k

That aside, is there any reason for a person with a separate video card (RX Vega64 at present) to want integrated graphics?? Any reason the i7 12700KF is inferior save for it doesn't have integrated graphics?

 

[USAFRet]

Given minimal price difference, you want the interated graphics, for troubleshooting those times when your GPU may be faulty.

For that price difference...

One is sold/shipped by Newegg (the less expensive one)
The other, "Sold and shipped by: Hot Deals 4 Less"

They are just trying t put a markup on it.

 

[SkyNetRising]

BX8071512700K - comes in a box.
CM8071504553828 - is just cpu in a plastic tray (without a box).

Integrated graphics may come in handy, if there's some gpu related issue, you need to diagnose.
For example, if discrete gpu doesn't have UEFI compatible vBIOS and you can't get video output on it.

 

[freebie.1]

nice--ty!

 

[KyaraM]

As was explained above, different vendors. Happens all the time at those platforms, also see Amazon.

I would look around for a better price regardless. Even 500 is much too high today. Unless these are Canadian dollors, iirc they are worth a bit less?

 

[freebie.1]

Yes, it is $CA, worth about US. $0.73 or something--definitely less

 

[freebie.1]

Is there anything else besides the CPU and the plastic tray???
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[SkyNetRising]

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