The Core i7-12700K could cost almost as much as the Rocket Lake flagship does right now, going by this Micro Center leak.
Intel’s Alder Lake processors, which could go on sale at the start of November, have appeared in yet another pricing leak, this time from major US retailer Micro Center. And if the spilled price tags – highlighted by prolific hardware leaker @momomo_us on Twitter – are correct, they’re on the disappointing side. The spotted product listings have since been taken down by Micro Center, but they showed the flagship Core i9-12900K weighing in at $670 (around £490, AU$1,235), with the 12700K pitched at $470 (around £340, AU$865). Interestingly, the chip listings were obviously marked as unavailable, but carried a release date of November 4, which coincides with what the rumor mill has been saying for some time now will be the on-sale date for Intel’s 12th-gen processors. The theory is that there’ll be a launch event before that, the previous week, on October 27 when we should see pre-orders go live (and that’s just a few days off now, so Micro Center isn’t jumping the gun by that much – and at least hasn’t accidentally sold the 12900K early, like another retailer).
