Amazon starts listing Core i9 9900K preorder at 499 USD
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Fox2232
If you are into resource light games (typical competitive-something), You'll not need more than 6C/12T for very long time. Those games are not multithreaded. Save yourself $200 and upgrade CPU in few years when you actually start playing something well coded for more than 2C/4T chip. Because all those 9X00K will play same in those DoTA/PUBG/...
D3M1G0D
If I had money to waste I'd buy a 2990WX and max out the memory and storage on it 😉. The e-peen factor of 32 cores is hard to resist.
As a former Intel customer, I have also never considered Intel more future proof. I have an old Athlon II system that is still kicking as well as a Core 2 Quad that still has life. Based on what I've seen and worked with, AMD CPUs last just as long as Intel CPUs - out of all the possible reasons to buy an Intel CPU, durability is not one of them.
user1
turns out its hard to break what are essentially fancy synthetic rocks, who knew:D
, price of the 9900k is underwhelming, it should really come with a liquid cooler at that price, but as is standard these days for intel , it wont even come with a crappy all aliminium stock heatsink.
BarryB
Current exchange rates put the Newegg price of $580 @ £441 for the i9 9900K, and SCAN is selling in the UK @ £600 ($788), no prizes for guessing which country gets screwed the most again!
chinobino
Australia? 😛
[edit] $799 AU at launch
user1
😱
BarryB
Hang on, If that's Australian Dollars then that's £430 / $567, so even CHEAPER than the UK/US 😱
Corrupt^
I worked in a repair shop for 4 years and I haven't seen a CPU fail, ever, unless it was user error (putting it wrongfully in the socket, etc).
AMD or Intel, CPU's are one of the most durable products in a PC.
BarryB
I've never had a case fail, they are quite durable 🙂
Andrew LB
The only one doing the screwing is your Government who slaps a large VAT on what you purchase even though you already paid tax on that income. I also wouldn't be surprised if there was a tariff on those goods.
D3M1G0D
But it's 50% faster than a 2700X! A principled marketing company said so! 😛
$750 might seem like a lot but there are people who regularly spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on their luxury cars so it's actually very cheap! This CPU goes very well with a 2080 Ti, which is also very cheap compared to luxury cars. Just think like a rich person and you'll see how cheap it is! 😉
chinobino
That price was for "out of stock" item (never had stock).
A local shop is selling pre-orders for $859 AU (approx £459 / €526 / $607 US)
