Amazon starts listing Core i9 9900K preorder at 499 USD

#5593742 Posted on: 10/08/2018 12:00 PM

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8/16 cheaper than I got my 6/12 just a few years ago. Thanks AMD

#5593743 Posted on: 10/08/2018 12:04 PM

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9600K
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HHLX1R8/ref=sr-1-1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538996602&sr=8-1&keywords=Intel&refinements=p-n-condition-type%3A6461716011

#5593746 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:05 PM

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9900k not listed anymore. I guess it won't stay at this price very long.

Anyway I think $500 is quite expensive compared to a R7 2700(x) and Threadripper 1920x that are both cheaper. Let see if in real life, it is worth the price once it's out.

I will wait 2020 to change my i7 6950x just bought 4 months ago for just about $650 but for real, it cost me $450 by getting rid of my 5820k. A fair price for this 10 core @ 4.4GHz.

#5593747 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:06 PM

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500$ I thought it would be more, with the price escalation with the intel's cpus ... But even so salty ...

#5593748 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:07 PM

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I don't the i5 9600k would be any kind of upgrade over the i5 8600k. Mine is at 5.0ghz, and if I delid it could hit 5.2ghz. I could see the 9900k as one though.

#5593749 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:10 PM

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This mess is only happening because Intel was caught pants down by AMD, and the Intel brass had no clear plans for how to proceed. So, they are pumping out CPUs with little thought to how the whole selection looks from generation to generation from now on. Whether the HT is enabled in a particular CPU model is seemingly decided with a coin.

#5593755 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:30 PM

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I thought that HT would have been standardized by now with all of the Ryzen chips on the market?

#5593764 Posted on: 10/08/2018 01:49 PM

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This is just the intro price - I wouldn't be surprised to see $600 a week after release (and that's assuming that this isn't just another (semi-)paper launch).

#5593785 Posted on: 10/08/2018 02:52 PM

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It's a trap. Many will go for CPU without HT. Intel cashes in... People get product which will have to be replaced sooner.
But buying intel's chips today is for someone who is willing to spend extra for minor difference in some specific workload. So, they are surely willing to pay for upgrade next year anyway.

#5593788 Posted on: 10/08/2018 02:57 PM

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Dam what a price, my 8700k was only £280 brand new from Amazon

#5593789 Posted on: 10/08/2018 03:02 PM

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It's a trap. Many will go for CPU without HT. Intel cashes in... People get product which will have to be replaced sooner.
But buying intel's chips today is for someone who is willing to spend extra for minor difference in some specific workload. So, they are surely willing to pay for upgrade next year anyway.
What are you blabbering about, most people upgrade every 4, 6 or even 10 years only.

#5593792 Posted on: 10/08/2018 03:04 PM

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About value. Buy 6C/6T or 8C/8T over-expensive chip which has lower longevity than cheaper alternative with HT.
If you are someone who is willing to pay extra for that ST performance, then you are someone willing to upgrade more often.

#5593803 Posted on: 10/08/2018 03:20 PM

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I wonder if they come with the Spectre/Meltdown patches applied or will they bench the shit out of them and wait for someone else to point out the vulnerability is still there and never re-bench.

#5593806 Posted on: 10/08/2018 03:22 PM

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way to go Intel. of course they've had (and still have) a way to go...

i was extremely worried that Intel would miss the $500 target, which although overpriced is still within reason.

the elaborate branding and premier pricing...
well of course it sucks, but you get that awesome Dungeons and Dragons die...err box.
this is why i constantly want to b*tch-slap Intel marketing. i guarantee they spent more time and resources designing and manufacturing that box than they did on logistics for the release of the cpu.

#5593822 Posted on: 10/08/2018 03:57 PM

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these are gamer's CPU and you are talking about HT, cores or Ryzen threadripper you clearly are not the target
what does the 9900k offer ? 5Ghz stock clock speed for 1-2 cores
stock as in no overclocking, no memory compatibility problems, no problems at all you just install boot and it works

the only thing that matters for 99% of the games especially the older or non-AAA ones
also even the new ones google : forza horizon cpu core problem
the game basically use only one core Turn10 says it's on purpose >< which proves my point really as a gamer you want 1-4 cores with high speed and the rest does not matter
and this is what those cpus bring, sli being pretty much dead we don't care about cpu lanes as much
(I had SLI on 580-680-780-980-1080 so I know a "little" about it and dropped it in favor of a single 1080ti, my target being 120fps in 1080p)

- yeah my turnaround is around 4 years for example
- I'm not saying those are better CPUs for me the recent AMDs are better still like I said as a gamer only clock speed matters and work cpus have low speeds so I'm getting a 9900k, losing 500Mhz or more clock is a huge difference in some games
- that said before actually buying one I'm going to have to see what kind of MB lanes I'm getting because I also need 10Gbit network which take 4 lanes and a lot of USB ports, this could be a problem depending on how the motherboard is configured