12900KS compatibility

[Brandon_S_H]

Hello, I purchased an HP Omen 45L prebuilt recently and it should arrive at the end of the month. It will come with an i7-12700K.

The motherboard currently supports 4 Intel chips: 12700K, 12700KF, 12900K, 12900KF.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/omen-by-hp-45l-gaming-desktop-pc-gt22-0000i/2100827516/document...

I would like to know if I can put the newer 12900KS in my system without issue. It came out last month.

From my understanding, the 12900KS is just a slightly better 12900K with a higher turbo frequency.

Can I use the 12900KS with the current system or will I have to wait for a BIOS update?

Thanks.

[NonSequitur777]

@Brandon_S_H,

First of all, the i9-12900KS would give you only a 3% boost over the i9-12900K (UserBenchmark: Intel Core i9-12900K vs i9-12900KS), Second, the Core i9-12900KS has a 150 watt TDP/processor base power demand and is reportedly running (very) hot.

Haven't seen any OMEN by HP 45L Gaming Desktop GT22-0xxx super Users yet with an i9-12900KS (UserBenchmark: HP OMEN by HP 45L Gaming Desktop GT22-0xxx Compatible Components), probably -but I'm spit balling here, because either HP doesn't allow (yet) the higher processor TDP and/or as you speculated, people are waiting for a BIOS upgrade.

In principle, an i9-12900KS should be compatible with your HP Omen 45L.  Providing, of course, that HP's hard- & software would allow it.  And if you're willing to spend the extra cash AND seriously upgrade your CPU cooling.

In that case, congrats: you too will own a bona fide Ryzen killer.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777