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Thinking about a new office/workstation, Processor Question

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System Name Computer of Theseus
Processor Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling Noctua NH-D15S, 2xThermalRight TY-143, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25,3xNF-A12x15, 2xAquacomputer Splitty9Active
Memory G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s) ASUS PROART RTX 4070 Ti-Super OC 16GB, 2670MHz, 0.93V
Storage 1x Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data), ASUS BW-16D1HT (BluRay)
Display(s) Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s) Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White, MODDIY 12VHPWR Cable
Mouse Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software Win 10 LTSC 21H2
I am thinking about building a new office computer. My Xeon W3680 build has been having increasing problems I attribute to my P6X58DE being ancient and my i5 8600K Z370 Taichi computer keeps bootlooping.

Microcenter has the i7 12700K open box routinely for $169. My question is should I go for that or buy something else. I haven't seen to many good deals on Ryzen 7700X/9700X. Occasionally it looks like the open box models are $185.

Uses are general windows stuff and prototyping some machine learning / neural network python code in a Linux environment. The ML stuff doesn't need to be a priority beyond just being able to do it, I plan to run it remotely on a more powerful computer. It needs to be somewhat powerful, so something around the power of an i7 would be fine.

I have an RTX 3060 and 3200C14 DDR4 I can put into it, or possibly go to DDR5.

The system will not and probably will never be used for gaming.
 
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