Intel 12900K Issue Report: VBS, Game DRM, BIOS & Power Limits, Cooler Spacing, & PCIe 5

This post-mortem coverage of the Intel Alder Lake CPU launch focuses on various issues or interests, including VBS in Windows 11, game DRM breaking things, power, and more.
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This video talks about several of the follow-up topics that arose during and following initial Intel 12th Generation Alder Lake CPU reviews, including from coverage of the Intel Core i9-12900K, i7-12700K, and i5-12600K. We’ve already talked about DDR5 vs. DDR4 memory results (initial ones, anyway), Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 benchmarking, and the three main CPUs. Now, we’re back to talk about VBS and virtualization support, how game DRM “breaks” the Intel Alder Lake CPUs and prevents them from launching games (and why), how the Intel guidance and power limits on motherboards are once again in conflict, cooler spacing on LGA1700 sockets, and more. We’ll also briefly go over some common questions from the audience and comments, like the on about PCIe Gen5 inclusion on Z690 motherboards.

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We reviewed the i7-12700K (and KF) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14h25fKMpY
Alder Lake Windows 11 vs. 10 benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFTSej-yIs
We also reviewed the 12600K here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkHMh8sUSuM

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Alder Lake Testing Observations
01:10 – VBS & Default Settings
10:16 – DRM Issues
13:46 – BIOS & Power Limits
20:08 – Cooler Alignment & Spacing
24:27 – PCIe Gen5

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